Interesting Canopy

[phatdaddy]

looks good to me, as long as he did it the right way and set the post in concrete

[Striper80]

Once you take it off you can use it for a deck.

[Destroyer]

If he put a ladder on it he could have a sundeck.

[scook]

Looks like something we’d throw up in a hurry to keep the plans dry on a job site. I think we have way too many laws but there should be one against that.

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by scook

I think we have way too many laws but there should be one against that.

In my town you need a permit to build a deck.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by SkunkBoat

In my town you need a permit to build a deck.

I'm selling one of my houses. (The one in Wayne, NJ) In order to get a CCO (Continuing Certificate of Occupancy) I needed to put up some sheetrock on one side of some bare framing in the basement. I had to get a permit to do the work... (less than 2 sheets of 1/2" wallboard). Can anyone tell me why anyone needs a permit to put up wallboard in their own friggin house????? The towns around here are totally out of control. It's really nothing but legalized extortion in most cases.

[scook]

You answered your own question - the towns are out of control and it’s legalized extortion, similar to Portland on the left coast.

I’m building green certified homes here, partly because I do agree that energy efficiency is good and partly because I pay the local green organization $1400 and get back around $4-5000 in incentives from a local government agency commissioned to encourage energy efficiency. I’m actually getting some of everyone’s “tax dollars at work”. I’m not doing it in the City of Portland because they’re even further over the top with regulations than the surrounding areas.

A “green” government agency does a detailed “energy scoring” analysis of every certified home, but in Portland even if a house is almost new and has that energy score report, when it’s sold, it has to have ANOTHER energy scoring report done at added expense to the seller.

You’re definitely right about it being out of control!

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

I'm selling one of my houses. (The one in Wayne, NJ) In order to get a CCO (Continuing Certificate of Occupancy) I needed to put up some sheetrock on one side of some bare framing in the basement. I had to get a permit to do the work... (less than 2 sheets of 1/2" wallboard). Can anyone tell me why anyone needs a permit to put up wallboard in their own friggin house????? The towns around here are totally out of control. It's really nothing but legalized extortion in most cases.

NJ just passed a bill reducing permitting requirements for things the are actually "repairs and/or maintenance" such as roofing, siding, drywall, plumbing fixtures, etc. I just read that in the paper 2 days ago. A lot of towns are pissed.

That being said, there were a lot of idiots doing shoddy and dangerous work that caused the permit/inspection routine to become necessary...then it went to far...