i heard a rumor that Obama and the Democrats are going to try to pass a law that says you have to have your home inspected before you can sell it.
YEESH! i hope this isn't true.
everyone and their mother is going to be on the payroll every time you sell a house.
it strikes fear into people when they hear the city inspector is coming to look at the house, but the truth is,at least out here in Los Angeles, these guys are a bunch of yahoos that don't know crap and try to drum up business for the big corporations.
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after i installed an air conditioner on a roof i had one inspector told me i needed to paint the PVC line.
the code says the PVC line must be protected when under pressure and didn't apply to my condensate line install.
but of course there is no arguing with the city right?
i installed an outdoor unit and the inspector told me to change the condensate line of the indoor unit.
the indoor unit was 30 years old with no problems and he wasn't even supposed to be looking at it.
i finally just ignored his ass.
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out here having an AC inspected is optional to the home owner and to the installing company, as far as residential work goes, they don't force companies to do anything.
there is an unspoken rule here that says they need to find at least 3 problems.
they create a problem then a company dings the home owner for at least 500 bucks.
the gas company pretty much red tags anything that looks old.
there been a lot of debate recently about whether or not a cracked heat exchanger (all of them crack after about 20 years) can release enough carbon monoxide to cause any health effects whatsoever.
just as a side note, your gas oven release ALL it's combustion air into your house, they just have a natural draft vent with an optional fan above the range.
YEESH! i hope this isn't true.
everyone and their mother is going to be on the payroll every time you sell a house.
it strikes fear into people when they hear the city inspector is coming to look at the house, but the truth is,at least out here in Los Angeles, these guys are a bunch of yahoos that don't know crap and try to drum up business for the big corporations.
______________________
after i installed an air conditioner on a roof i had one inspector told me i needed to paint the PVC line.
the code says the PVC line must be protected when under pressure and didn't apply to my condensate line install.
but of course there is no arguing with the city right?
i installed an outdoor unit and the inspector told me to change the condensate line of the indoor unit.
the indoor unit was 30 years old with no problems and he wasn't even supposed to be looking at it.
i finally just ignored his ass.
_____________________
out here having an AC inspected is optional to the home owner and to the installing company, as far as residential work goes, they don't force companies to do anything.
there is an unspoken rule here that says they need to find at least 3 problems.
they create a problem then a company dings the home owner for at least 500 bucks.
the gas company pretty much red tags anything that looks old.
there been a lot of debate recently about whether or not a cracked heat exchanger (all of them crack after about 20 years) can release enough carbon monoxide to cause any health effects whatsoever.
just as a side note, your gas oven release ALL it's combustion air into your house, they just have a natural draft vent with an optional fan above the range.
