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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob, just be glad you're not doing this =
in
California. I remember a press conference by one of the executives from
Disneyland after they did their latest expansion; he had a small stack =
of pages
and said " These are the permits we needed for the original building of =
the
park" and then he pulled out a truly giant stack and said; "And these =
are the
permits we needed just for the extension on our PARKING =
LOT."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Morale of the story; =
The bigger
the Government, the bigger the headaches.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A
href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rrg@unlv.edu href="mailto:rrg@unlv.edu">Robert =
Goodale</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 09, 2002 =
12:16
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Building a shop - You =
have no
idea!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>We intend to have a rest room in the shop.
Unfortunately this presents <BR>a huge problem with permitting because =
the
county will then classify the <BR>building as a dwelling =
structure. The
codes are a nightmare. My <BR>contractor brother in law =
suggested an
alternative plan that will work. <BR> The trick is to install the =
drains
AFTER inspections but BEFORE <BR>concrete it poured. Simply =
leave the
plumbing a couple inches below the <BR>surface lightly covered with
sand. When the inspectors are gone for <BR>good we can easily =
break the
pipes out of the concrete and continue as <BR>planned. I asked =
my
architect about this and he said this was a common <BR>proceedure for =
these
types of projects and agreed. No one will ever <BR>check it or
care. The same goes for heating/AC. If we install AC as =
<BR>part
of the project we must hire an engineer to do a series of =
<BR>ridiculous
thermal calcs. Our architect says forget it. The loop hole =
<BR>is
to contract a heating/cooling man to do the installation AFTER the
<BR>building is completed. Once the building is finished the =
county can
no <BR>longer dictate heating and cooling requirements.<BR><BR>Rob =
Goodale,
RPT<BR>Las Vegas, NV</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>