After Picking up Beaus Meds, I came home from the vet's office Wednesday morning, and paused in our runway, snapped a pick of me with my seat belt on, you can see I have the dot on the middle of the hood and the dash as proof, I can drive the SUV into and not through the door or INTO the door.
I tapped the remote the new door glided to the top and as I went in through the same door we have gone in for 33 years, I said to Bob, I am so thankful we have the door, and I can drive in and get out and step in the house.
DID I TELL YOU THE FRONT DOOR WE USED TO GET IN AND OUT FOR 5 WEEKS, THE KEY WOULD NOT WORK BECAUSE WE HAD NEVER USED IT. Had to buy graphite to fix it.
Bob said, I was going to leave the door open for you but I knew you would want to see how pretty it is and take a photo, so I put it down. I had left him working at his work bench with the door UP.
NOTE to all of you who commented yesterday about a permit.
In the State of Florida anything that is done to the house has to have a permit and be inspected.
All electrical, plumbing, all alterations to a home must have a permit and be inspected.
No permit needed to replace things in the bathrooms, if using the same plumbing and not moving things around.
Get this! The owner of the home is responsible for getting the permit, or not letting the LICENSEND contractor get it and hang it in plain sight.
If they don't get one, we can be cited. I DID Not know that until now
We can be cited and fined for letting an unlicensed contractor work on our home.
Fema has the state waive the permits/inspections because of the hurricane, they allowed the permits to be pulled after the work is done,, but they must be pulled within 160 days
Found HERE
We paid 150 for permits for Roofing, our tree that was taken down, and for the new installation of the door. I made a mistake on the 250,00 yesterday. It is in the estimated cost of all installations.
One of the silly things to me, is we are allowed to replace sheetrock as long as it is not more than 2 Sheets.
More than that, get a permit.
No permit needed to put a new Air Conditioner in place As Long As it can just be put in place with the same hook up that is already there.
ANYTHING that is Altered to be replaced. GET THAT PERMIT
We had THREE permits and THREE inspections for our ONE ROOF replaced. They have to stop work and wait for it to be inspected in phases. They want to know it is done properly.
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| This is a close up of the new door. the one that came down had only one metal bar in the middle. Now we are required to have this many and for another 1000.00 there would have been more. Each of the metal pieces where they cross, must have 4 bolts. Bob loves this door; he keeps admiring it and admitted it is a much better door than the other When I make the appt for the inspector to inspect and bring a permit, if the door doesn't pass it has to come down or they have to come back and do it right. |
18 comments:
Well, I NEVER!!!! What is the dealwith this in Florida but not other places, do you know??
That sure is a pretty door but good grief on all those permits.
This sounds like what it's like with a VA loan. Everything has to be inspected before further work can be done.
wow it seems we are neighbors, at least for that permits.. it's as paper-stuffish as in europe... but I'm glad your new door is there and you can a-door it ;O)
The laws regarding permits are crazy if you ask me. Now I'm wondering if I needed to get one for the bathroom. I've always assumed the guys working have gotten them. I know years ago when we put the pool in we got a letter from the borough because we had not gotten a permit. We didn't realize you needed one for an above ground pool.
By the way, the new door looks amazing.
I would have a new lease on life to be able to go back to something normal.
Hari OM
Crikey that is permit overload. Still... I guess in a place prone to fairly constant threats of destruction, the construction aspect does have to meet a pretty high standard. It is a very pretty door! YAM xx
Bob gets a high five for giving you the pleasure of using your remote to watch that beautiful door glide up smoothly.
Hugs Cecilia
The door is gorgeous, and I understand why you have to get it like that.
Have you ever read 1984? Life is getting more and more that way all the time.
What a wealth of information. Of course, now I'm wondering how many citizens actually comply -- and how many get caught. I'm guessing all these rules help deter folks being taken by those fly-by-night 'contractors.'
I'm so glad you're BOTH happy with the new door!
Thanks for all the explanations..Its all good but seems like a racquet to some extent too.
Love the door and love how Bob feels about it and his knowing you would want to document it..(:0)
Sue
We are so thankful your new garage door is working smoothly....Not thankful at all about the permit situation...
So many permits needed. I don't get that. Crazy stuff, man.
That door is beautiful! I would spend time admiring it too. The permits are a nuisance but I imagine some of them are to make things more hurricane-proof.
Love your new garage door Sandra and am pleased you and Bob are pleased too. It looks very strong, and all those extras are for more security. I'm agog with surprise at all the permits you need. but I guess they are needed to stop cowboy builders from cheating you in any way by using inferior products, and tacky workmanship.
Thanks for the explanation about the permit process, Sandra. The new garage doors look very nice and hope they pass inspection. I have never had a garage or doors to admire.
Hello Sandra,
Your new garage door looks great! It makes life so much easier for you too.
I think having to get all those permits is terrible, they are making a lot of money off of the residents. I think something that is already there and just needs to be replaced should not need a permit. Take care, enjoy your day!
So many rules to follow. I had no idea so much was involved with that. We were in our other house about 17 years and didn't need to do much to it. We have been in this house for 16 years and haven't needed any permits yet that I can remember. Of course it is for your safety.
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