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Posted by Bubba on July 17, 2006, 10:39 pm
>
>> This may not make you happy, but I have run into the same but I took
>> pictures with my digital camera and sent them to the state inspection
>> department to have them quite in dealing with the public and not having a
>> license and insurance only to find out later they were connected to a
>> apartment.
>>
>> In Texas if they are with a apartment maintenance they are legal. The only
>> way they can get into trouble if they are caught doing work off the
>> apartment property.
>>
>> Not too long ago I went to a review of the state codes and learned that
>> Texas does not have a
>> statue of limitations on side work. So if someone did some side work and
>> 20 years down the road something goes wrong and lets say there had been a
>> fire and the city also finds that a permit had not been pulled the
>> insurance company does not have to pay.
>>
>>
>>
>> This is why I inform my friends to get a license contractor to do the work
>> or even those who want to try to save money is to go down to the city hall
>> to get a home owners permit. At least the city inspector will come by and
>> check the work to be safe.
>>
>>
>>
>> Note: I do not mind in home owners trying to do work themselves because
>> most of the time they have to pay extra to a contractor to fix their work.
>> :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> And times are changing. You are now seeing quite a few cities in Texas
>> that wants a copy of a heat load before you can replace a existing
>> condensing unit or furnace and installing a new system to get a permit.
>>
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>Just helped a friend install a condensing furnace - pretty straightforward
>job if you can read instructions. Total cost about $1200, not bad
>considering he saved 3-4k over the contractor's price. Oh yeah, the
>inspector said it was as good or better install than most pro's perform.
>
.............and then the inspector went outside and laughed his
freakin ass off at how pitiful of a installation you and your buddy
did over a case of beer. Remember, most inspectors are wanna be
flunkies that couldnt hack it in the hvac world.
Bubba
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