April 24, 2012 | No happy thoughts for me this week about harmony in the codes for all. I want the worst of it, your worst story about codes, inspectors, permits and the like. Come on, take me down; knock me out. You know I used to be an inspector…now I [...]
April 23, 2012 | It means I am here to help. I am here to share insight into a different industry, the building code industry. The code industry is going through some growing pains. The electric code, energy and green codes, and fire sprinkler mandate, for example, have created some worry [...]
April 23, 2012 | A subtle change in the 2012 IRC makes the application of the lateral load anchor connection figure more understandable. Under the 2009 IRC, Section R502.2.2.3 confused some readers by its statement that the lateral load figure, “shall be permitted”, only to later state that “devices shall be [...]
March 21, 2011 | Lainie Sleppin of Mid-State Lumber asks: “I am getting a number of calls regarding the code on deck stair lighting, no pun but can you shed any light on this code so I can advise correctly. We are talking about guys in the NJ market. Thanks for [...]
Article posted courtesy of www.deckmagazine.com. November 30, 2010 | When I was a carpenter and a builder, I never joined an industry association. I didn’t see what was in it for me. That was taking the short view. I didn’t realize that associations lobby on industry-wide issues such as codes. In [...]
Excerpt taken from the weekly NADRA Industry Brief December 1, 2010 | The week of October 24th, I attended the International Code Council (ICC) Conference on NADRA’s behalf. Special thanks to board member Mick Feduniec (Deckscapes, Inc.) and his family for putting me up (and putting up with me) at their [...]