Installation Inspection.

beemerboy · Post by **beemerboy** » Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 12:15 am

My stove installation was inspected and it passed. Of course it doesn't hurt that I'm friends with the fire martial and he was on his way to play golf. He walked in with the certificate signed and approved and said "Yep, everything looks good".

I've only been burning coal for 15 years before the insurance co. questioned the installation.

Devil505 · Post by **Devil505** » Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 7:41 am

I remember the joke of an inspection I had when I had my town came in to inspect my first stove's setup. My first stove was an unjacketed Better N' Bens model that had to be 36" from any combustible surface. I installed it right to code on my cement basement floor & when the inspector came in, he didn't even take out a tape measure, he looked at it for 3 seconds & then signed off on it. (I was a little disappointed that he wasn't checking my great work!)
I asked him if he ever failed anyone & he replied "sure" he had, & went on to describe a woman who had a wood stove installed with an overstuffed sofa (stuffing poking out & singed) within 3" of the stove. He told the woman that it was a fire hazard & she told him she knew....That it had caught fire three times in the last year!!

stokin-railroad · Post by **stokin-railroad** » Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 4:50 pm

devil is that a blond joke or something,sure sounds like it.DUH! some people just don't get it I guess.good for a laugh anyway.

thanks for sharing!!

Devil505 · Post by **Devil505** » Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 4:53 pm

stokin-railroad wrote:devil is that a blond joke or something,sure sounds like it.DUH! some people just don't get it I guess.good for a laugh anyway. thanks for sharing!!

No joke!! (I have no way of knowing if the story was true, but that's what the building inspector told me!)

Sting · Post by **Sting** » Sun. Jun. 29, 2008 11:22 am

When I moved from the shop into this house in town - some almost 20 year ago,
One of the first things I did was to install a new NG boiler. And like a good boy I pulled a home owners permit to do it so I got a visit from the inspector for my trouble.

the guy looks at the used red 1-1/2 inch flow control on my main heating loop, and says to me " thats what I wanted to see, protection of the city water system."

The back flow preventer was directly over and just behind his head on new 3/4 copper....

I shut my mouth and wished him well!

Yanche · Post by **Yanche** » Sun. Jun. 29, 2008 12:05 pm

For a kitchen addition I pulled a homeowners electrical permit. I scheduled a final inspection for a winter day when I could take off work. It turned out there was an awful ice storm that had schools and local government closed. A day or two later I called to reschedule, clerk said "It's already been inspected". I said, "Thank you" and hung up the phone with a smile.

gaw · Post by **gaw** » Sun. Jun. 29, 2008 12:49 pm

I always thought that the inspector was some politicians brother-in-law who would otherwise be unemployed due to lack of skills and ambition.

JohnnyAsbury · Post by **JohnnyAsbury** » Sun. Jun. 29, 2008 1:54 pm

When I had my inspection done a few weeks ago, the inspector said he was doing a ton of inspections for pellet stoves, but this was the FIRST one he had ever done for coal.

traderfjp · Post by **traderfjp** » Sun. Jun. 29, 2008 6:19 pm

How did the insurance company know u had a stove? You said they questioned the installation?

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Sun. Jun. 29, 2008 9:28 pm

Here in Maine to be a master plumber you need 8,000 hours apprenticeship under a master. ( 4,000 for journeyman, and another 4,000 to go for you masters.) To be a state plumbing inspector you need..... *drum roll*... a one day school put on by the state.

beemerboy · Post by **beemerboy** » Mon. Jun. 30, 2008 9:56 am

traderfjp wrote:How did the insurance company know u had a stove? You said they questioned the installation?

I asked the insurance inspector why he came to inspect my house and he said it was just a "routine update inspection" as we had been using the same ins co for probably forty years and they wanted to make sure coverage amounts were up to date. When he came into the house the first thing he spotted was the coal stove. I think that they just like to screw with people.

They sent me a letter saying that the coal stove must be removed. Time for a new insurance company!!

I thought I'd call AARP and see what they could do for me as they saved me over $600 a year on my car insurance.

traderfjp · Post by **traderfjp** » Mon. Jun. 30, 2008 10:17 am

That really sucks. Finding a new company may be hard if they find out that the old company is dropping you. Hopefully they won't find out.

beemerboy · Post by **beemerboy** » Mon. Jun. 30, 2008 5:02 pm

"That really sucks. Finding a new company may be hard if they find out that the old company is dropping you. Hopefully they won't find out."

Actually, they are not dropping me yet, I have until December to remove the stove and I haven't asked them if they would accept an inspection report. I'm planning on dropping them before they drop me.

By they way, they just sent me a new bill.

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Mon. Jun. 30, 2008 5:53 pm

How the heck can an insurance sompany drop you if you have an approved device that is properly installed? Stuff like that drives me nuts.

Post by **Richard S.** » Mon. Jun. 30, 2008 7:17 pm

I'll ask the same thing Freddy did, is it because its a coal stove or do they have a blanket policy against any type of stove?

That's besides the fact I don't see how they can tell you you need to get rid of it as long as your within the building codes whether ots wood, coal or any other stove.