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   rez | Sep 17, 2007 08:30pm | #1

   Greetings oops,

   This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again which will increase it's viewing.

   Perhaps it will catch someone's attention that can help you with advice.

   Cheers

    

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   oops | Sep 18, 2007 10:41pm | #2

   I thought surely I would get some help here. Sure could use it. Sincerely, oops.

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   DanH | Sep 18, 2007 11:10pm | #3

   When it comes to what the BIs enforce, yer on yer own.
   If your view never changes you're following the wrong leader

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   paul42 | Sep 19, 2007 12:50am | #5

   If you haven't had any inspections yet, I highly recommend that you go with North Texas Inspection service.  They perform the inspections, your cost is the same, and they really go out of their way to make things work.

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   oops | Sep 19, 2007 06:23am | #6

   Paul. Thanks for the reply. Just at the beginning of the design process. Was trying to get this resolved before it became a problem. I was hoping that someone could give me the ammunition (edition/paragraph) to do battle with the city if it was available in later editions of the IRC. I thought it had been approved sometime since the 2003 edition. Guess I was wrong. I had rather fight the battle before the construction reaches the point of inspection.

   Were you suggesting that by using a third party for plan check that they might approve no vent attic or take your chances with a friendly third party inspector? Just had a thought. I suspect that the people that do foam insulation should know what the situation is. I will try them tomorrow.

   By the way, I am not doing the construction. I have had a design/build firm for about 35 years, but just design now. Too old to fight the construction problems. You have to get up to early. The profile list on this site does not offer this choice, so I just used construction as occupation/business.

   Thanks again for you time. I really appreciate it.

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   CapnMac | Sep 18, 2007 11:54pm | #4

   Yeah, Tarrant Co & FW were generally easier to cope with than the, er, ah, pleasant, knowledgable, kindly, employees over to City of Dallas Permits & Inspections--still tough sledding.

   What's the scope of work?  Is this a remodel, or all new construction? 

   I guess the next most important question is who is filling out the ResCheck energy form?  Sometimes, if you have somebody with an ink stamp to say so, and will also "chop" the ResCheck, you can get things approved that might not otherwise.  Sometimes.

   Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
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   joeh | Sep 19, 2007 06:41am | #7

   Contact your insulation sub, they should have all the info you need.

   Joe H

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   oops | Sep 19, 2007 07:11am | #8

   Thanks JoeH. I just thought of that. Sometimes I just amaze myself.

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   joeh | Sep 19, 2007 04:53pm | #9

   Me too.

   The installer will have all the manufacturers propaganda.

   Joe H