O.M.G! Today was the plumbing inspection for the basement. BIL put all the PVC in and the inspector came out to look. The plumbing was fine - we passed the inspection with two minor changes needing to be made. As the inspector is leaving he notices the circuit box and tells BIL "You may want to check the code on the circuit box to make sure it isn't too close to the toilet". So BIL calls the Village. Guess what.
You can't have an electrical circuit box in a bathroom!! It is a major code violation. So now we have two choices. We can violate the code after the fact - cap the pipes, continue framing, have the insulation inspection, then reopen the pipes and finish the plumbing, have the drywall inspection, and then go back into the floor and walls after that inspection and install the fixtures. Choice B is to rip out all the plumbing we've done so far, dig another trench into the concrete, and flip the bathroom and bedroom moving the bathroom to the other side of the basement and not violating the code. After many phone calls we sat down and redid the plans so that the bathroom would end up on the other side of the basement - taking Choice B. This means more holes in the floor, more money having to be spent on PVC, and more time to move everything. UGH! Curse you circuit box!!!
O.M.G! Today was the plumbing inspection for the basement. BIL put all the PVC in and the inspector came out to look. The plumbing was fine - we passed the inspection with two minor changes needing to be made. As the inspector is leaving he notices the circuit box and tells BIL "You may want to check the code on the circuit box to make sure it isn't too close to the toilet". So BIL calls the Village. Guess what. You can't have an electrical circuit box in a bathroom!! It is a major code violation. So now we have two choices. We can violate the code after the fact - cap the pipes, continue framing, have the insulation inspection, then reopen the pipes and finish the plumbing, have the drywall inspection, and then go back into the floor and walls after that inspection and install the fixtures. Choice B is to rip out all the plumbing we've done so far, dig another trench into the concrete, and flip the bathroom and bedroom moving the bathroom to the other side of the basement and not violating the code. After many phone calls we sat down and redid the plans so that the bathroom would end up on the other side of the basement - taking Choice B. This means more holes in the floor, more money having to be spent on PVC, and more time to move everything. UGH! Curse you circuit box!!!
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Well that just stinks.
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