Kiera | "You also need to ensure that you have insurance has coverage for fire..."
To bring your home up to fire code requirements. You need to have a list of items in place. You also need to ensure that you have insurance has coverage for fire. To get your home under fire code - begin by making sure your rubbish is separated and situated outside and near to the fire extinguisher. All flammable items should be kept in a locked cupboard far from a heat source or gas source. Gas is the biggest hazzard of all. Kelly Richardson
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 Q. If your house caught fire, do u have to bring electric up to code?
"Now if your house caught fire..."
In most areas, wiring you do on your house yourself can't be monitored. Now if your house caught fire, I suspect it will be inspected by the fire marshall, and also your insurance company representative. I guarantee that you will be up to code then, unless you don't want insurance.
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Q. What is the cost of bringing a 1964 house up to code after fire or the cost of demolition.? house is approx. 1500sq ft. i'm told it should be demolished. port orchard, wa.
cost to demolish (assuming no foundation or slab removal and assuming 1 story, assume no asbestos) is approx $8,000
Dallas Contracting Co., Inc. is an expert demolition contractor providing demolition services
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Q. In sims 2 for play station 2 can you bring down the fire code meter? i want to buy more stuff for my house but the meter is too high up.
only by deleting other stuff or using a code disk to build past the fire code.
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Q. How do i frame a concrete brick wall while remodeling an old house? we are in the process of remodeling an old concrete brick house after a fire and fire hose flood. in order to bring the house up to code we have to rewire a few walls and add power receptacles. we also want to add insulation. our idea was to put normal 2x4 framed walls in front of the old concrete walls. this way we could wire and insulate the old house. what is the best way to attach the 2x4 wall to the old concrete wall? this also all has to meet code.
There is no reason to attach the framed wall to the concrete. You can simply build a wall that runs from the floor to the joists above (you may need to add blocking to catch the top plate if the wall runs parallel to the joists). If the floor is concrete, use a pressure treated bottom plate. Snap a chalk line on the floor where you want the wall. Measure up to the bottom of the joists (or blocking), subtract 3", and cut your studs to this length. When you stand the wall, anchor the bottom along the line, then check the wall for plumb at several points. Nail the top plate to the joists and you are done. Hope this helps.
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Q. Electrical fire....is the insurance company required to cover for code updates? my mothers house is about 60 years old and the wiring is probably at least 30 years old.
she had a fire caused by the old wiring under the house getting exposed, two wires touched and caused the fire. fire department has suggested that the house be rewired and brought up to code to avoid future possibility of fire.
she has full coverage w/ a $500 deductible...
"Then the insurance company pays for upgrades required by building code - but..."
Honey, there is NO SUCH THING as full coverage.
There is an endorsement that can be added to a standard HO3 Homeowners policy, called "building ordinance or law" coverage. Does she have it? If she does, then the insurance company pays for upgrades required by building code - BUT, only to the damaged part of the building. If she doesn't have it, then SHE pays for the upgrades required by building code.
If the wiring in the whole house wasn't damaged, then updating the wiring is a MAINTENANCE issue, and part of normal home ownership. Maintenance stuff like replacing the roof, repainting, updating the wiring, raking the leaves, shoveling the walks, that's just part of home ownership. The insurance contract is NOT a maintenance contract. Just to put it into perspective.
And because there is no such thing as FULL COVERAGE on a homeowners policy (example - flood is NEVER covered, and most of the time earthquake isn't either), I'd STRONGLY recommend you both sit down with her insurance agent, and review the policy - what is covered, what isn't covered, check values, and especially, make sure that the enhancement endorsements you want, are on the policy. Like replacement cost on building & contents, building ordinance & law coverage, and backup of sewers & drains coverage. NONE of which, are "automatic" on a homeowners policy.
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Q. Installing breaker panel in fire-rated wall? i'm replacing an existing lug breaker panel that happens to be located in the fire-rated wall between my kitchen and garage. per california, i have to bring the new panel up to code, which means either pulling all the wires and surface-mounting the new panel (yeah, right) or building some type of framing around the new panel. this doesn't quite make sense to me. what is the framing supposed to protect against? and is this even correct? are there any other options?
the subpanel is the main house panel, fed from a 100a breaker in the main panel outside. i actually already fed another subpanel off this one (located in the same fire-rated wall about 36" away), so i'm doubly-screwed. any ideas?
"The framing is designed to stop the fire from spreading up the wall into..."
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Q. Guy pissed on my car, bad neighbors, just moved in??? across the street from where i moved is the mutual benevolent society which is a good black organization on of the oldest. i have no problem with this. but they have a club also. this i have a problem with. wednesday thursday and sunday nights around 11 you have people yelling walking up and down the streets. there is no parking for blocks and blocks (savannah ga) my private parking space has been taken, but the city wont tow even though there is a sign. there are people smoking weed in there cars right in front of the building (house type building) fire code they are allowed 106 people. but they often have many more. there are people drinking beer in their cars while running. i had to ask a guy to stop pissing on my car tonight. he got an attitude. i don't really want to keep living here if this continues as i am female living alone and some of these guys are a lot bigger than me like the guy this evening. i've called the cops before but they rarely actually come because they are use to complaints about this club. what do i do. they will not bring in an off duty officer and there is no way to get residence only parking on my street. seriously someone pissing on my car while i'm standing right there. that's lame. so what do i do???? oh they have security but most of the guys are more worried about following tail than the drunk ass smoking weed or yelling about something or other to notice. the security tonight was off following some girl while i had to do his job.
the neighborhood and this organization have sat down and talked but it seemed like a very big bandaide to what is going on. the back lane is all private parking and the cop said call and we'll tow, but then they wont because its private property.
with links to politicians yeah they probably do
Contact your local representative/ward leader/etc. See if they can put a bug in the ear of the police.
Secondly, you might want to speak (during non-club hours) to the officers of the Association. If you can do it w/o attracting attention, take a little video. Very often, they have no real idea how bad things can be.
Unfortunately, this happens way too often, especially if the offending organization has links to the local politicians. If that's the case, you'll have to decide how much you want to push.
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Q. I need help with an issue with my brother and sister&myself stuck in the middle? my brother is 42 yrs old had his own const. bus.plus he was married with 2 kids.with-in the last 2yrs his life has fallen apart [lost everything]from house to marriage plus the kids.now for my predicament,my sister and i own a couple of rental properties,the 3 family has an efficiency on the 3rd fl.we just had our fire marshall do an inspection and he has given me a laundry list of stuff that needs to be brought up to code,fire-rated doorsx3,3 porches need renovating,i need a window put in,existing one to small,i have to hang about 15 sheets of sheetrock to make my common area fire retardant.i can go on but you get the pict.i have the $ for the material but not the labor,so i'm proposing to let my brother stay in the efficiency and he can work off the rent.i no you are never suppose to rent to friends or family but i'm in a jam,my sister is dead set against letting him stay there and i want him to live there while he does the work and can get back on his feet.i plan on having him sign a month-month lease and go by the book.does anyone have any comments on what i/we should do?
The standard business rule is this in all rental properties. You submit the receipts to your landlord, dollar for dollar, and that will be deducted from the rent. No freebies. Because he does this for a living, he may not want to do it for free rent. You can agree to help him out by knocking a couple of hundred off the rent monthly to help him out, but you really do have to be careful.
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