Ucc And Permits In Pennsylvania

cmec

Hi everybody,
I am curious how pulling permits,waiting for plan revue & inspections, using two day wonder municipal tin gods inspectors and all the other bs has affected your buisnesses in pennsylvania.Hasnt helped mine any!
cmec

mdshunk

It shouldn't effect an electrician any. It's only the GC that it might effect.

cmec

yesterday
I was asked to change some fixtures on an exterior of a resturant, the township told me I needed an permit and inspection,I called l&i they inturprate the law as[no permit needed on residential work that dosent involve structrual changes but anything commercial or industrial even fixtures and ballast requires a permit and inspection]
ps md your about as much an fry cook as I am a painter
cmec

mdshunk

That's news to me. I thought L&I was totally out of the loop now. I haven't had to deal with them for several years now. I have yet to pull a building permit for electrical work. Sometimes I need a local electrical permit, but I've never had to get a building permit for anything electrical.

cmec

l&i police everything up,
The municapality opted in or out. Opt in municapalties designate a code administrator and inspectors for residential and commercial.In opt out municapalites on residential the contractor brings his own 3rd party in, on commercial you have to use l&i. I have a friend in bedford who just went thru them,they made him do things I would of challenged but he was working time and materials so if it was bid would the time lost be worth the money saved ?,Look at the l&i website I think they could never police this in rural pa, most of the opt in municapalities use 3rd partie inspectors.