Residential Building Code Violations (Part 1) 

I like how you give solutions to problems, instead of "it's wrong try again".

this dude shows up to work and costs everyone else a fortune! my man!!

Your videos are excellent. I have been watching them all day. You keep them reasonably long, educational, talk about the problem and solutions, and keep it professional.

I'm in Tennessee and I wish I could have you for a instructor / boss. I caught most of the violations as you showed them but a few I've never heard of. Way to stay on top of your game. You 'da Man!

Good video bud. I'm a framing contractor in Louisiana. We dont have same codes as y'all but very informative. Keep up the good work and helping us to learn more codes

Great info! I’m a homeowner getting ready to build a shop. I am deathly afraid of committing any violations, period. After all-it will be my shop!

Excellent videos The format is perfect. Absolutely love the why's of the code when you point out a violation.

Good video! I know how hard it is to walk properties and talk your way through it. Good job!

I have learn so much from your videos. Thank you so much for your time and information. Very helpful

These are great videos, thank you so much.

Really appeciate your inspection video. They are very informative, pointing out lots of details that i might otherwise not recognize as important issues. I.m thinking of moving to florida and buying a new home. Thanks again. Tom

I love this stuff! Thanks for sharing!!

Thank you for these awesome videos! I Iearned so much!

You do a super job with these, keep it up.

Great Video! Thanks for posting!

Thank you for this educational video…

Thanks for sharing your knowledge I appreciate it greatly.

Great video. Pertinent information. Thanks

Just browsing but learning along the way; appreciate your sharing your findings so that we might not go astray. Have a coffee on us! :)

Great explainations. Thank you

I’ve seen countless trusses damaged by guys shoving them around on the ground with heavy equipment, and driving over them too…which is an indication that the GC doesn’t care.

mannnn.... you got my ATTTTENTION....im in douglasville Ga building 3500 square ...my eyes are gonna be open as the home owner doing a constant walk thru... i just subscribed

Great video. Thanks for the info.

Home with the handrail violation looked beautiful.

I do handyman and learn a lot from u thanks for post it

Very informative. Regarding the plumbing line running through several studs that was removed. To my knowledge and experience in central Texas, plumbing lines that size should run through 2x6 studs as they provide more structural support, specifically if the wall is under load. Great video.

Very informative sir.. Keep posting.. excellent work 👍

Very informative. Thanks!

Great videos. Always study your enemy! Hate code inspectors but almost everyday I see why the blight is necessary! Ok just playing but you are a pain in the butt.

Great job man, especially on the anker bolts 🔩 no bolts and no house during an extreme wind storm 😳

Thank you!

Thanks!

Love your vids, Mr. Inspector! At about 13:00 where the framers created a chase that has to be fireblocked: is just some cheap half inch OSB sufficient to seal that chase on the top, or do you need to use something else? Also, if the chase is more than 8 feet taller than the slab, do you have to use 2 different fireblocks, one at 8 feet and one at the ceiling?

I have to replace a garage door header because of termite damage so your channel will show me what to avoid.

I have made a few videos on new construction builds. Is it against the law for me to walk into a residential home and videotape or do I have to have permission. The builder on one of the jobs that I videotaped called me and told me to remove my video he did not like me showing his work. He told me he would call the police if I went into another one of his jobsites and recorded. The jobsite was horrendous and full of code violations.

Hey thanks for the info, I'm a Mechanical, Plumbing and Gas inspector in New Orleans looking to get my building certifications. I just subscribed to your channel for more updates on building code info

That last one made me bust a gut laughing! Drywall will never stay up in a crawl space, just a waste of time putting it up. Looks like the code writers are writing jokes now!

As far as the anchor bolt being on a load bearing wall. If the concrete guys don't place them. Is it up to the framing contractor to let the inspector know before they start work? Or is the framing contractor allowed to drill into the slab and then becomes their fault if they don't? Also if they are not, do they need to send off to a structural engineer to get a stamp of approval to drill into the slab and add the bolt? Thank you sir! Great video!

Thanks 🙏 Does the inspection process begin with the final engineer plans?

Simpson has a bracket or shoe that fits (wraps sorta) around the stud and nails on above and below that huge hole to both reinforce the stud and act as a nail plate for sheet rock nails later on.

That riser, though. Daaang.

Awesome video! Can you identify the IRC Section that requires bolting of interior load bearing walls you had in the video?

Thanks again. I need to check my truss to ensure secured to interior walls correctly. I also assume this applies to attic room truss where the room is prebuilt within the truss.

I should have been an engineer. Then all my letters will say "I can do what I want" 🤣

Thanks for your videos, its a lot of information. Can you do more about electrical. Like how do you guys like us to do a correct installation. Thanks

The bracket on the wall that gets nailed to the truss. We call them "truss claws". The thing is. If we don't nail the trusses down to the walls. What holds them level and straight?

Question I live in Atlanta my home had water damage due to burst pipe in attic my master bedroom ceiling came down and my guess bathroom ceiling came down also a lot of insulation is it the insurance company responsibility to replace the insulation in the attic my home was repaired but no insulation in the attic?

What State are you located or what IBC are you using?

9:07 Just wanted to add that I believe that you can use 2x4 walls on the exterior so long as you have at least R5 exterior insulation. It looks to me like extiror insulation there.

When u get your truss layout paper work from the company that builds them if you look in the paper work they show you how and what to use if you come a cross broken trusses...ive seen where inspectors said that it is ok to use that for a guide to repair the trusse and ive had inspectors make us get letters and we would have to cut out the broken pieces and replace it then plywood it on both sides .....

after watching this video i checked my new house construction, found these issues, is there a way i can get codes that are violated 3 ply lvl not bolted together, only nailed Bathroom vents going to soffit one engineered truss bottom chord is broken trusses are nailed to interior wall top plate load bearing & exterior walls not bolted to the slab

That last one would be a major one to correct. That contractor most likely has multiple installations that they have done that way.

Your area must have really patient framers and really really patient builders.. waiting for engineers to ok repairs on every truss that has a break..

Question What the rule in NYC Brooklyn regarding access to the roof in two family building Thank You

where are you located. Each state has different codes and regulations?

I worked with a structural engineer, got drawings/specs, and now have a permit to remove a 9' section of load bearing wall to create a passageway between two rooms. If you were the framing inspector, are you going to want to see ALL the framing exposed up to the top plate (new LVL header, double jack studs, etc)? If not, I don't have to take down crown molding or re-drywall.

Great Channel, I just started a new job as a building inspector. I've been in construction for 30yrs but not much in house building. Whats your advise on learning codes

Hi, do inspectors check for moisture inside window panes? If moisture is visible in window panes, can this fail an inspection? Thank you.

Really enjoy your videos. I am in the middle of budling a house in Georgia and in the middle of plumbing and electrical myself i made a mistake with the vent and drain pipe on a 2x6 wall interior it's a barndominium actually but I have around 4 holes I didn't have to run for a vent pipe I had a plumber come tell me I didn't need a vent for the laundry sink sense the drain is going into the main 3inch drain with the washing me drain and the 3 inch main drain has a vent but i do need some answers on a lot of things well maybe not answers but guidance and if it is up to code or not. Is there a way I can contact you and maybe go over with some pictures

Wow, those are major violations. Seeing these really helps give a better idea of why codes are so important.

Commercial we have to drywall chase if building attached to another building, fire code.

Where can i get code book for riverside county california, cathedral city, on new single story new house building.

do you or your firm in GA, have a program to mentor/educate/hire, women inspectors?

Help, just bought a new house in Florida and found under the exterior wall where it sits on the concrete wall (about 3 feet of concrete base before exterior wall starts ) hasn’t been sealed. You can see an interior pipe because the concrete hasn’t covered it, I can see all the wall seal paper and insulation, this can’t be up to code standards as it’s not sealed !

Nice videos, good info. Thanks for posting em!

Generally a wet wall should not be load bearing.

Where r u located?

I’m living in Philadelphia I have house renting what the code for back door he leaving a room door at the back door mad I call license inspections because it was seriously cold all winter we couldn’t sit downstairs the back pantry room affects the kitchen the kitchen affected the dining room and living rooms connected together please tell me what I can do because my landlord trying to get over on me and I want to be moved to another house better

Damn, drywalling that crawl would be a huge bear. Seems like HVAC should have called that out to the GC before starting work. At least GC would have been able to get plumber back out and clean up supply feeders and get rock up. Wow

I’m studying to build my own house. Hope I don’t screw it up. Any books or info you can recommend?

I saw some additional things that looked like they would be code violations in my area of the country. And some of the codes mentioned in this video are different than the codes in my area. What I would say is check your local codes. Most are now based in the IRC (International Residential Code), but some are not and some haven’t adopted all of it. Also a code for commercial is often different than a code for residential. Commercial and residential use different sets of codes, at least they do in my area.

10:26 you can also see weeds growing in the gap in the wall. 😂

7:36 The bracket looks to me as. The truss is not designed to carry weight from bottom stringer. Slight deflections in floor attempt to be rejected.

Would it be difficult to convert a barn shed into a a home doing everything by county code.

Hello Sir! I live in North Carolina and I'm building a new house and was wondering if it is required by code that anchor bolts be installed at sill plates? Also I'm looking for a good inspector to do a pre drywall inspection, either you or someone you can suggest in Charlotte NC, this would be great opportunity for someone to make some money!!!

This is very good.. here's the but part or question you said your a Georgia inspector... But even with international codes all states will buy pass the international codes buy stating to contractor that they only go buy county and or city codes , thus you usually as contractor are told even in classes to abide buy that first .. you in most states fight Three different code inspectors at time .. I know this and asked and told inspector I followed the international codes which is over and county and or city codes but they get mad and start power tripping you .. how do you handle this .. but after being mad to make corrections another inspector asked me why I did this I told him and he laughed in fact this guy taught the school for the trade but he said just go over the heads if we are sure we are right .. of course fighting or pissing an inspector off is not what we like to do but he was right as well .. this video is on par to the way we run our jobs and most times beyond but from time to time we are caught buy power tripping inspectors.. why not have one code not three this would stop all confusion of this and most could go buy the correct code that's acceptable and read correctly by all parties.. again great job ... And yes to many take short cuts and inspectors are needed without doubt

Yes, I’m new watching. Also, I did Subscribe I will be starting to watch. I do have a question. My husband, a Residential Inspector, a Expert (roof frame) told me not order Truss on your Residential Roof frame Do a Hand framing instead Like you said on your video. They will Be broken. Right now I’m in PHASE 1 We Notices they place it on the plan. We are reviewing it. I can write that down to remove the Truss- Replace for hand frame Roof? .. you probably will see my pic.. & again asking some questions. Thank you

How can you a person forget about the anchor bolts.... 🤔 I'm a lawn service guy in Tallahassee Florida and I know that 🤣.... anyways thanks for the video.....me and wifey building dream home this year Jehovah's willing 😁..... learning a lot Thxs..... My G/C is going to frame our house...but definitely will send him this video he just got his GC license...... 🤔

What's the intro song called??

It’s a ‘truss’ brother, not a ‘trust’. Thanks for your videos. Very interesting.

What happens with all these violations? Are the property owners required to fix them, pay a fine and get by, or what? Some of these look hugely expensive to fix, but the rules are there for good reason.

Hi First off Thank you for sharing your view on inspections... I am an Instructor of the electrical trade and teach online and have incorporated your videos into my classroom... I have a request, Can you do an Electrical Violatio9n Video of just electrical issues,.,, as an Instructor who searches for classroom content I find that it is difficult to collect video that has High Educational Value, So I like your videos, and would like/SUGGEST A DEDICATED TO ELECTRICAL VIDEO... Thank you As I look forward to viewing this

county inspector aint going to craw under a house and get his trousers dirty

Where is he located?

I agree with a lot you mentioned. But lvl’s should not be staggered if they reach full length. There would be a weak point when they are cut to stagger.

But they transferred the LVLs' point load through a quadrupled stud that they also drilled a hole through for wiring.

What state are you in?

So with the hand rail and the sheet rock in the basement, what was done? Don't tell me they had to correct the issues.

I'd avoid plastic pipe (use copper) and especially, crap particle board (use plywood).

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You need to make a T-shirt that says "Back again with another code violation". When you see it, you better run! Keep up the good work. You're making buildings safe.

Fixing those first stairs is going to suck and it was so obvious they weren’t even.

I know all this codes are supposed to have a valid reasoning behind. But sometimes I wonder if we do really have to follow them. On that handrail, why it needs to terminate on the wall? Me as a homeowner, I would like it as shown. I can't envision any reason besides being a possible hazard if you hit it with nay poart of your body and the termination is rough. Which would be an accident, and that can appen with almost any thing on your house, a toilet, a door knob, a sink any appliance.

The stair riser make perfect sense the only thing is the none round hand rail rule doesn't

Is there a way to get in touch with you?

add steel plate or add 2 by 4

Archtects and MEPs need to communicate better. Architects need to understand what a chase is and MEPs too. You can't just bore and cut studs like that.

Section R302.13 lists several methods for protecting the floor assembly directly above a fuel-fired appliance. "Floor assemblies that are not required elsewhere in this code to be fire-resistance rated, shall be provided with a 1/2-inch (12.7 mm) gypsum wallboard membrane, 5/8-inch (16 mm) wood structural panel membrane, or equivalent on the underside of the floor framing member." Drywall is not the sole acceptable material.

I think georgia

Couple of general comments. First, it would be good to inform the viewer of your credentials for presenting this material, i.e. ICC certifications. Second would be to provide specific code references for a violation. You or me (PE & MCP) simply saying something is a violation does not reinforce to the student what the code actually says. For example, the fastening of wood trusses to interior partition walls is not a code violation in itself. It may be in contradiction to the manufacturers installation instructions. The movement you a discussing here is called truss creep.