Explain Granfathering

747

If i have a bathtub/shower combo and have the hot water faucet and cold water faucet and the code know requires antiscalding in my town. Does that mean i can't call a plumber and have him put a new hot water and cold water faucet in for me because he would have to change it over to antiscalding. Or would he be able to replace it because it grandfathered in.

Grumpy

They way it was explained to me is paraphrased: An old code is ocnsidered acceptable until a permit is pulled which opens up the property for inspection by a code inspector.

Example: We were bidding a roofing job which was major. We were going to have to completely reframe the roof because it was done by absolute hacks. It was a church and as it turns out the building was built almost entirely by volunteer labor... how it inspection in the first place I will never know. The ended up not doing the project with anyone because they had so many code violations, and they knew it, they would have ended up remodeling the entire building.

However it is possible I am wrong in my explination.

Teetorbilt

This is a grey area and very convoluted. Replacing faucets should not be a problem but rough-in shower valves could be.

Electrical totally defies me. My very first sparky insisted on bringing everything he touched up to current code. I have since learned that he was padding his pockets. BTW, he's also not in the biz anymore. My new guy seems to know his stuff but some of it is scary to me.

The term also can apply to zoning which explains the farm in the middle of Ft. Laud. Dixie Hwy at 5 pts.

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Mike Finley

Around here it is as Grumpy said. But I'm sure there are lots of variations on this, especially ones involving dollar amounts of the work and square footages kicking in to make you have to bring it up to code. Hate to say it, but you probably just need to call the old building dept. You can call them from a pay phone if it makes you nervous.

TimNJ

747, You can use that old type valve and still control scalding by piping in a mixing valve right before the shower valve. That way you can dial in the water temp and then leave it. I did this on my masterbath shower and the inspector said OK.