| yet another problem building permits?
Posted: 3/6/2008 4:44:40 PM | | lol okay so me and my new house r back on pof for some more much needed advice lol. okay so i was here before asking about the siding well thats nice and fixed looks good , but when i started my inside renovations i came to see there where no builnding permits as everything is wired though the floorssss( im gona kill this women if i ever meet her) i was told there was a new roof on the place only to find out nope its two roofs!!!!! and ones rotted so ovesally i have placed a call to my lawyer(whos onb vacation until next week) but i was wondering if anyone else has had heard of anything like this? what happends when there was no permits im scared to go ask for ones to do the much needed work because im sure there wasnt any to begin with and its pretty unsafe i mean i think i could be forced to rip it all down , and is the pervious owner responciable because she didnt get these permits? or am i just stuck sucking up the bill | |
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Posted: 3/6/2008 4:55:17 PM | If I recall, it's a house trailer correct? If so, I think that might be the way they are wired. The best thing to do is get a builder's advice - one htat is familiar with working on that type of building.
Roofs are often put on top of the old one, although I prefer to start fresh. I can't remember if it's a 2, 3 or 4 layer limit they are allowed. Hey all you professional roofers out there ... let her know!! (then come and fix mine, quick!  )
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Posted: 3/6/2008 5:23:05 PM | yes it is no everything in the addition is wired off an extention cord lol and then wired though the floor wich is illegal so my electirtion says he told me 1500 just for that
no no no the roof thing ur allowed to put 2 laywers of shingles not full roofs ahahahahha she has the old rooted wood roof then on top of that is a new roof like full new roof bored supports the 9 yeards (( still just shaking her head ) | |
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Posted: 3/6/2008 6:30:26 PM |
yes it is no everything in the addition is wired off an extention cord lol and then wired though the floor wich is illegal so my electirtion says he told me 1500 just for that
Whenever I learn that a "jack of all trades" has been on the job working in my trade, prior to me, I turn down the work... or I charge $1500 dollars (sarcasm with a bit of truth to it) because it's usually very time consuming redoing a handyman's work.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a lot you can do. The previous homeowner can claim she hired people to do the work and had no idea how terrible the work was. | |
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Posted: 3/6/2008 10:32:49 PM | I've seen an entire replacement roof applied over a rotten one, it's easier than tearing off, but a huge mistake.
There IS such a thing as a load limit, that's a lot of extra weight. Wet, rotten wood often weighs a lot more than sound wood, and there's at least one extra layer of shingles up there doing nothing for you. Not to mention the fact that if the roof deck is rotten, the mould and rot will get into the rafters if this is not addressed.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it all has to come off.
As far as the wiring, in older mobile homes the walls were thin, and it was common practice for some manufacturers to run the wiring through the floor, as there was more space for it. There's nothing wrong with doing that, if it's done right. Extension cords are not appropriate for household wiring, overload them and you have a fire.
Building permits, whether the previous owner got them or not, are not a guarantee of quality work. They are not a warranty. If you do get a permit, the building inspector will probably check the work, and while the vast majority of building inspectors are very good at what they do, you have to remember that they are unionized city employees. Their number one job function is not to guarantee quality construction, it's to find ways to collect money for the city. | |
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Posted: 3/7/2008 5:44:25 PM | no the poor wiring is in the adition not the trailor itself
i know the roof has to come off gotta find someone to do it for a easonable price and not much i can do until spring but i knew that wasnt right but if she said there was a new roof not 2 roofs can i get her on that | |
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Posted: 3/7/2008 6:40:22 PM | get several more quotes on the wiring. I've had a lot more work than that done for a lot less. It didn't mention the extension cord in the first post - yes, a definite problem. Be very careful about what you are plugging in until you have it fixed. Trailer fires are devastating. I'm surprised the home inspector didn't catch the roof problem at least. The wiring may have been hidden from view.
Too bad you can't do a search on here by profession .... "hi, I'd like to meet for coffee, btw, can you rewire my house for me too"
Get that wiring done asap please. There have been way too many fire tragedies in the last couple of months. | |
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Posted: 3/8/2008 11:44:18 AM | I never knew that....^
OP, maybe there's your in (or out...) to the whole dilemma.
About the roof, "new roof" may imply it's entirely new, but people also often say that even when they mean they've only had it re-shingled.
As to if it's ethical to do that as part of a house (trailer) sale, I'm thinking probably not. Do you have that in writing?
hnh
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Posted: 3/9/2008 4:52:25 PM | we have the new roof thing in writting and my agent was there
no no im not living there until this is all fixed screw that those suckers burn to fast and i have a 3 yr old lmfao cant afford to loose her or me in a fire
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Posted: 3/9/2008 5:06:16 PM | My sympathies, jodie, and I think you are doing the right thing not moving yourself and child in there. I remember your last thread about the siding also. Wasn't there something kind of funky going on with the agent as well?
Sounds like the previous owner was fraudulently creative in (misre)presenting the place in such a manner as to close the sale. Makes me wonder what you are going to discover next...
All I can think of as to what you can possibly do is 1): hire a house inspector, then take his list of what is wrong with the place, 2): along with everything you have in writing from the previous owner and agent as to what was supposed to be new, etcetera, then 3): have a lawyer do the comparison. Use your camera a lot too, to back it up.
Best wishes,
hnh
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