Home Disasters

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Today/the next couple days could get shitty on the home front. Full disclosure, me and my wife's first home we've lived in since marriage. I'm learning some things regulations wise that I didn't know existed because I didn't have to know they existed.

I have a shed in the backyard that I do not have a permit for, because I didn't know I needed one. It has all my yard equipment, plus 2 chest freezers for beef in bulk from the family farm. I also plug my Cummins into that outlet from the outside, attached to that shed. If I am forced to tear that outta there, that would be horrible.


The reason we're at this point is because we are extending our back patio, and my wife submitted the paperwork for that permit this morning. Clerk's office then saw my shed and asked questions, to which she said it looks bigger than Code. They will most likely send out a Coding Officer.


If they don't let me get an emergency shed permit, I would be fucked with that setup going away.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

Today/the next couple days could get shitty on the home front. Full disclosure, me and my wife's first home we've lived in since marriage. I'm learning some things regulations wise that I didn't know existed because I didn't have to know they existed.

I have a shed in the backyard that I do not have a permit for, because I didn't know I needed one. It has all my yard equipment, plus 2 chest freezers for beef in bulk from the family farm. I also plug my Cummins into that outlet from the outside, attached to that shed. If I am forced to tear that outta there, that would be horrible.


The reason we're at this point is because we are extending our back patio, and my wife submitted the paperwork for that permit this morning. Clerk's office then saw my shed and asked questions, to which she said it looks bigger than Code. They will most likely send out a Coding Officer.


If they don't let me get an emergency shed permit, I would be fucked with that setup going away.

Do you have any meat for sale? GBR.

 

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Do you have any meat for sale? GBR.

We do slaughters every December/January but are adding one late September this year.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

We do slaughters every December/January but are adding one late September this year.

It's interesting what unintended consequences can come from pretty much anything in life. I wish you well, but now that you have them sniffing around, it may be too late. Every city, state, county has their own regulations, so I'm not sure what you're up against.

 

[God is a Husker]

 

[Jim14510]

We do slaughters every December/January but are adding one late September this year.

Discounts for meat in freezers that are soon to be destroyed?

 

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My post was supposed to include, what kind of home disasters has anyone else here had?

 

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It's interesting what unintended consequences can come from pretty much anything in life. I wish you well, but now that you have them sniffing around, it may be too late. Every city, state, county has their own regulations, so I'm not sure what you're up against.

I'm not beneath begging for a permit if I need to. My alibi is that I genuinely didn't know there were rules for something as innocent as a shed with a little power. Legit issue with my house is whenever I plug my truck into one of the exterior outlets of the house, the breaker pops. My wife went on money happy on a turtle tank a couple years back and that bitch takes up a lot of energy to keep running, which doesn't help my truck plug in the house situation, so I got power hooked to the shed. Sarpy County, NE.

 

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Discounts for meat in freezers that are soon to be destroyed?

They're empty at the moment. I thought about putting up a post last winter but didn't know if that would be weird or not. But I guess that's out there now!

 

[BIGSTICK67]

My post was supposed to include, what kind of home disasters has anyone else here had?

Well disaster is relative, but until I had a good sump pump in my 1st house it ran constantly. After I upgraded the pump, it continued for that matter,...but was able to keep up better. It prompted me to go out and purchase a generator in case there was a heavy rain and the power went out.

In our new home, we got some water that would come through our north basement window if the rain came from exactly from the right direction and is heavy enough. I'm still working on that issue. I think the heavy reseal on the basement window well along with adding in more dirt and sloping it differently should cure the problem. However I can't really test it until we have a rain that blows in from the North or Northeast.

 

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Well disaster is relative, but until I had a good sump pump in my 1st house it ran constantly. After I upgraded the pump, it continued for that matter,...but was able to keep up better. It prompted me to go out and purchase a generator in case there was a heavy rain and the power went out.

In our new home, we got some water that would come through our north basement window if the rain came from exactly from the right direction and is heavy enough. I'm still working on that issue. I think the heavy reseal on the basement window well along with adding in more dirt and sloping it differently should cure the problem. However I can't really test it until we have a rain that blows in from the North or Northeast.

There are 2 spots around my house that generally trigger the sump pump if it rains like an atrocious amount. At one point, my wife's 3 year old Golden Doodle had a thing for ripping down spouts off the house. Changed those a few times with those newer flexible ones. Ended up going back to the metal ones you see, more old school ones. That's solved that issue. When she would try to eat those though and it rained hard the sump pump would run all the time. Her and my big lab have a thing for rabbits so no matter what it is, if they smell rabbits they're attacking.

 

[tman87]

As a contractor of 25+ years, one never wants to have to bring in city inspectors, but in many cases there is no choice. Doing jobs that simply don't require permits is the best way to avoid a cascade of inspector-caused issues.

If a shed was in for a while you might get away with it being grandfathered in as an existing structure. Not sounding like the case in your example however.

I would certainly hope they wouldn't resort to making you remove/tear out the shed. Depending on the size, and how it was built (if it needs/has code depth footings or just a monolithic slab, etc), hopefully there would be nothing that they couldn't post-construction inspect,although once footings/concrete is poured pretty tough to post-inspect that everything was done to code. Running the power to the shed and how it is installed there is probably the biggest issue. If a licensed electrician did the power, I would doubt they would install without a permit it knowing it needed a permit. If you did it yourself, you have that right on your own property (usually), but still need to follow code/permits/inspections/etc. I've wired several houses or addition or garage over the years (not a licensed electrician), but "mostly" for my own houses or in a situation where the building was out in the country (not in town) where permitting is often lax or done infrequently. But on anything in town - especially when I was building in Lincoln - I always got permits and had things inspected.

Good luck.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

I'm not beneath begging for a permit if I need to. My alibi is that I genuinely didn't know there were rules for something as innocent as a shed with a little power. Legit issue with my house is whenever I plug my truck into one of the exterior outlets of the house, the breaker pops. My wife went on money happy on a turtle tank a couple years back and that bitch takes up a lot of energy to keep running, which doesn't help my truck plug in the house situation, so I got power hooked to the shed. Sarpy County, NE.

Accidentally kill the fucking salmonella carrying turtle. Problem solved

 

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Accidentally kill the fucking salmonella carrying turtle. Problem solved

One of my best friends and his dad want to kidnap it and set it free. I'm not opposed whatsoever. It sits there and takes up space

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

One of my best friends and his dad want to kidnap it and set it free. I'm not opposed whatsoever. It sits there and takes up space

Eat it, they taste good

 

[Grits and Gravy]

Eat it, they taste good

 

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Eat it, they taste good

It is grilling season

 

[HCFord1]

Not a disaster by any means, but we've got a bird trapped in either our chimney or the walls near the chimney. I'm 90% certain it's in the walls, otherwise I'd just open the doors and the fireplace and hope it would fly out on it's own.

Anyway, there's a bunch of flapping going on and a few chirps and it seems like it's stuck in the walls around the chimney. Anyone ever dealt with this? Do I need to consult with a bird lawyer?

 

[God is a Husker]

Not a disaster by any means, but we've got a bird trapped in either our chimney or the walls near the chimney. I'm 90% certain it's in the walls, otherwise I'd just open the doors and the fireplace and hope it would fly out on it's own.

Anyway, there's a bunch of flapping going on and a few chirps and it seems like it's stuck in the walls around the chimney. Anyone ever dealt with this? Do I need to consult with a bird lawyer?

I had a similar problem except it was when my best friend from school tried to come over and his family did not realize my aunt and uncle boarded up the fire place so when they attempted to use the floo network my friend, his father and his twin brothers all got stuck inside the chimney.

Long story short, it got taken care of and I still got to go the Quidditch World Cup to watch 2 countries with a combined population thats 3 million smaller than London compete in a game that makes no sense.





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Not a disaster by any means, but we've got a bird trapped in either our chimney or the walls near the chimney. I'm 90% certain it's in the walls, otherwise I'd just open the doors and the fireplace and hope it would fly out on it's own.

Anyway, there's a bunch of flapping going on and a few chirps and it seems like it's stuck in the walls around the chimney. Anyone ever dealt with this? Do I need to consult with a bird lawyer?

Had bats in the attic once. That was wild