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271. Posted: 27 Aug 2015 02:10 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    ...ject and they have to live with their decision. I chose the walking the fine line/no permit way to build and others have not. I did however build mine to be a safe, TO CODE, home away from home. I paid for the Land Use permit when building and I pay for the Camping Permit annually, to attempt legitimacy. The codes/inspections are th...

272. Posted: 26 Aug 2015 23:28 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    ...lad you enjoyed it. I did too. Here in Colorado, I would say 70% resign to the red tape and buy modular homes, and about 20% of my neighbors literally live in sheds, many year round to escape the building codes. Minimum square footage here is 200 sq ft, unless it is a shed built off-premises and then delivered. I can't go that small, so I endured all the hassle. I have to say ...

273. Posted: 26 Aug 2015 23:15 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    ...>permit comes down to local code and the structures intent/primary purpose. My wife and I own land deep in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia. We plan to start our cabin in the spring of 2016. Talking to the county building inspector, any structure under 250 sqft does not require a permit. He added if you sleep or eat in said structure then it falls un...

274. Posted: 26 Aug 2015 16:08 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    ...nsus lists us as being just over 308 million. Different world needs different rules. I am not saying that the myriad collection of rules that we have makes me happy. I feel overburdened not only by building department rules, but by the near incomprehensible IRS code and all the rules our privately owned business must contend with. However, often, not always, I can see how some of the ru...

275. Posted: 26 Aug 2015 15:14 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    I know a building inspector who fishes in remote areas. He hiked 10 miles to a lake on state property with no road access. They had installed an accessible toilet, paid for by guess who. Pretty ridicu...

276. Posted: 26 Aug 2015 14:49 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    ...? that's my favorite. on the topic of "lean in" that Don_P brings up. It's a tough one isn't it? Now hear me out. My dad was an electrician. Later in life he got a job as a building inspector. I went with him when I visited on a few inspections. He mostly kept builders from taking short cuts. You know. A guy who put a staircase down to the basement with the supp...

277. Posted: 25 Aug 2015 23:19 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    I like cake. However, threads like this one make me realize I made the right decision leaving the megaglopoluous of the D.C. area and fleeing to Alaska. We live in Anchorage which requires building permits, inspections and the like. But we have property north of there where we can mostly do what we please. We also own land well to the east where we don...

278. Posted: 25 Aug 2015 22:33 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    ... with good intentions, but the whole permit process is overloaded with too many good intentions. I wouldn't be surprised if, perhaps sooner rather than later, people get fed up and use the voting proposition process to throw the building codes and permits out entirely, just out of disgust. That's a lot easier than the difficult and messy politic...

279. Posted: 25 Aug 2015 22:26 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    My purpose here is to participate in this discussion, on this thread, on this subject of building permits. I don't believe that my contribution is out of line with others expressed here. So I'm unsure where I got off on the wrong foot with you, sir. ...

280. Posted: 25 Aug 2015 21:10 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    ... 1980. The first home I had no permits of any kind. It's still a good solid occupied home. A home I built in 1990, I had to get a water well permit from the state engineer's office and a building permit from the city (not county). This tiny 680 sq ft home I remodeled and live in now required me the following permit...

281. Posted: 25 Aug 2015 15:51 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    ...obertsonWhy the hell do I need permission to build what I want, the way I want on property I bought and paid for with my money?! The simple answer is that you won't be the only person using the building. You will invite guests in, and after you sell or die someone else will inhabit the structure. If you make some mistakes in construction you are endangering other people's live...

282. Posted: 24 Aug 2015 09:04 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    .../strong> should be a simple as getting a burger at a Mc Donalds drive through. then everyone can permit it and ends up nice and safe. Would that it were so simple. In Europe they do things differently- they have no building inspectors, but you have to get a permit and go through plan check to ensure that your design is structurally safe and it meets loc...

283. Posted: 23 Aug 2015 18:06 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    ...iving the OK just likes to see one squirm a bit. Many peopkle are afraid of all the hassle and extra hoops required, and try to avoid the permit process. This makes it unsafe for those not up to speed on conventional building practices. A permit should be a simple as getting a burger at a Mc Donalds drive through. then everyone can permit...

284. Posted: 23 Aug 2015 12:22 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
    ...permits. Sure, they broke rules. Sure they could be unsafe. When I built my home I did it by the book and I broke into a cold sweat each time I had an inspection knowing that a single decision by my building inspector could result in me losing everything. So it isn't fair that they didn't have to suffer like me. But this is America. I would never rat them out ...

285. Posted: 20 Aug 2015 14:17 - Cabin Construction / In the planning stage of a possible fall build need help
    ...That provides the most stable foundation. Having nothing but sand will require a good footing. Do you know what the bearing capacity is for that sand/soil? If the entire area is like that the local building permit and inspection department may have info on that. Sand is definitely not suitable for the typical wood pier and beam foundation.

286. Posted: 18 Aug 2015 19:53 - Useful Links and Resources / Wildfire Resources
    ...al insets in the vinyl frames.) With the crazy bad wildfire seasons we've had here in the west recently I will not be surprised to see more and more fire resistant requirements coming from the building permit departments. One other thing to watch when designing / building... Everyone with a cabin built on piers and without fire resistant skirting...

287. Posted: 13 Jul 2015 20:50 - Cabin Construction / Extend or Tear Down - Creative Thinkers Please Reply ;)
    Uh-oh. Here comes an architect......... It's a beautiful little building. Creeky is right, someone put a lot of care into building it. The two main things I see you mention are "The budget is tight" and "We want to keep i...

288. Posted: 12 Jul 2015 07:13 - Cabin Construction / Question (livable?)
    I have a friend who has one of these buildings...much larger for shop & he had a company come in had it spray foamed the inside...he has a nice window AC unit and it keeps the whole place so cool....like a giant cooler..and ...

289. Posted: 12 Jul 2015 01:30 - Cabin Construction / Question (livable?)
    Yes, with some effort with insulation and ventilation, but I doubt you could do it legally. It probably wouldn't meet structural requirements so I don't think any building department would permit it as a living space. Would the neighbors care enough to call in a complaint?

290. Posted: 7 Jul 2015 12:28 - Cabin Construction / Septic system: Have I been thinking bass-ackwards?!
    Yes. I believe you want to take the lower limbs off the trees in the perimeter, too, right? A lot will be taken care of in the course of building, putting in the driveway, etc. Then the rest will be tackled. I only have 2.5 acres. I forgot to write that I'm glad you all were able to fend off those uber-restrictive regs, ...

291. Posted: 5 Jul 2015 06:51 - Cabin Construction / Septic system: Have I been thinking bass-ackwards?!
    That may be true there, it certainly isn't here. If I am caught building a home without a permit, there goes my license, no license no valid contract, no contract no pay. What's a pension

292. Posted: 4 Jul 2015 02:28 - Cabin Construction / Septic system: Have I been thinking bass-ackwards?!
    ... does turn out that the land tests indicate a sand filter, I'll go with Puraflo, which doesn't require a big drainfield and will give me more flexibility in siting my cabin, driveway, other buildings and won't require a bunch of tree/root removal. Remember that the Administrative Rules are "one size fits all" except when the size doesn't fit. And then there ...

293. Posted: 3 Jul 2015 05:03 - Cabin Construction / Septic system: Have I been thinking bass-ackwards?!
    So, I should have been moving onto my land and building by now instead of nursing a SLOW-healing surgical infection and fistula. Needless to say, I won't be moving for months. But I WILL be going up in September to walk the land with...

294. Posted: 28 Jun 2015 15:56 - Member's Projects and Photos / Cabin in New-Brunswick
    ...oad and 15 PSF dead load if my memory serves me well. The truss manufacturer typically designs for snow loads in the location where the trusses are going to be instlalled. I would check with local building official to confirm what they require as each municipality is different as far as requirements for a building permit. I feel that is was a lot che...

295. Posted: 24 Jun 2015 14:41 - Properties / Bad idea to buy a partially finished (framed) cabin & land?
    bldginsp Checked with the building department and there is an open permit for this 1 bedroom residence, so that's a relief! I really, really appreciate your feedback and for the steps to take to...

296. Posted: 23 Jun 2015 22:06 - Properties / Bad idea to buy a partially finished (framed) cabin & land?
    If it was built without permits, even if it was built to code, the building department will require that the owner prove it was built to code. This means proving that there is rebar in the concrete, a difficult thing to do. If built without ...

297. Posted: 23 Jun 2015 10:12 - Cabin Construction / Home Depot sheds?
    ...er Bunkie or basic "roughing it" hunt camp or just something to use as storage ? IF Storage you may find that a Sea Container would cost less than many prefab sheds and does not need any building permits etc (most places) and is sure as heck a lot sturdier.

298. Posted: 18 Jun 2015 18:17 - Off-Grid Living / City of Huntsville Reportedly Threatens Veteran with Arrest for Living off the Grid
    His first mistake is no permit. I believe in freedom and few laws but... The law says you must have a building permit. So he's basically a criminal in regards to not obeying the law. Secondly, if the law says you must have a sewer, and as much as I hat...

299. Posted: 16 Jun 2015 01:52 - Off Topic / Suspicion is the new neighborly?
    Know the feeling, rmak, know the feeling! I'm not even THERE yet and some guy who lives in the subdivision was trying to scare me off! (See my building permits thread.) The good news on that one, though, is that he couldn't help jumping into a conversation between a few of us who are moving to the subdivision,...

300. Posted: 15 Jun 2015 22:40 - General Forum / Building permit fees -- have you heard anything like THIS?!
    what's a building permit???...I have 3 cabins and NEVER GOT ONE......I will check into it..NOT!!!!!!!!! AND THEY WONDER WHY PEOPLE GO UNDER THE RADAR!!!!


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