snadeau
(Steve Nadeau)
September 3, 2018, 4:58pm
21
Paul, your deck looks impressive - you got a big deck! (say it fast for the best effect),
Thanks for the birthday wishes - I’ve been known to have a birthday week!
plesieur
(Paul Lesieur, CMI)
September 4, 2018, 11:11am
22
Haha! Happy Birthday Buddy!
rlewis5
(Roy Lewis, CERTIFIED MASTER INSPECTOR RETIRED)
September 4, 2018, 11:15am
23
While your playin’ with your big deck I would like to know if there are any winners yet?
If not lets take a second go at it.
ryoung7
(ROBERT YOUNG, CMI)
September 4, 2018, 12:36pm
24
plesieur:
**
Welcome to another round of Questions of The Week!
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**
Questions of the week:**
Introduction and requirements:
A member of the Award Committee will post a question, at a random day/time.
A competing member may make one post per question thread to answer the question and the member’s winning entry must have all parts of the question answered completely in that one post. Editing your one answer post allowed will result in disqualification.**
Winnings will be limited to no more than 3 times in a given year,** the objective is to allow as many Members a chance to win as possible.
Any disregard to the above and divulging the correct answers
or giving hints/references will cause a disqualification.
So please refrain from participating if you have already won in the maximum for the Year.
First correct answer (as judged by the Awards Committee or Poster of the Question) wins.
The lucky winner will get a case of “Now that you’ve had a Home Inspection Books” shipped to them at their address on file. Make sure your Address on File with Inachi is correct.
Winners of the Question of The Week shall request their prize by emailing fastreply@nachi.org and submitting their Mailing address for shipping.
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Good luck inspectors!**
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In apartments, condos and townhomes fire-resistance-rated wall assemblies are allowed to have a**
a. 1’ cantilever
b. 2’ cantilever
c. 3’ cantilever
d. All of the above
e. No cantilever
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2. In a garage to home common wall the fire-resistance-rated wall assembly shall be fitted to a tightness of **
a. 1/4”
b. 1/8”
c. 1/16”
d. 1/20”
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3. Intumescent Firestop Collars are not allowed to be placed on **
a. PVC
b. ABS
c. Both PVC and ABS
d. Ceilings
e. Intumescent Firestop Collars are allowed on PVC and ABS
f. Paul made this up to be a trick question and there is no right answer
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4. A door from the garage to the homes interior should have a (Can have 2 or more answers)**
a. 1 3/8” minimum solid wood/ wood product core
b. 1 3/8” solid or honeycombed steel
c. 1 ¼” Gypsum filled cavity between steel veneers
d. A 30 minute rating from the American Fenestration Council
e. All of the above
Bonus question for a bag of Silvertree coffee:
**
Who lives in a Crazy World of Fire?**
1: What rating? What is the cantilever for?
NFPA 221 So basically a firewall creates separate independent buildings. In fact Section A.3.3.14.6
of the NFPA 221 allows for the portions of the structure subdivided by a firewall to be
considered separate buildings.
2: Wall made of what material? C
3: D
4: A
Bonus question. Arthur Brown.
plesieur
(Paul Lesieur, CMI)
September 4, 2018, 6:24pm
25
No one has the answers correct.
To answer R Young. Fire rate assembly made with drywall. I should not assume it can’t be made of other things but drywall is the norm.
Doesn’t matter what the cantilever is for.
No more tries, if the questions don’t get answered they don’t get answered.
plesieur
(Paul Lesieur, CMI)
September 4, 2018, 10:06pm
27
rlewis5:
Ur! Mean!
Yeah, that’s what my wife says/:mrgreen:
Let me add this:
In the building codes there really is no reference to “firewalls” but there are fire resistance rated assemblies, so when we use the term firewall we are misnaming what is referenced in the code. The referenced wall assemblies must meet a certain burn through period so that’s why we have 20 minutes for a door but one hour for the common wall from the attached garage to the inside of the home. I have built condos with a 2 hour burn rate on common walls. Try to hang cabinets when its 2 layers 5/8" drywall and metal studs 24" OC.
mgoldenberg
(Marc Goldenberg, Inspector # HI1365)
September 4, 2018, 10:50pm
28
plesieur:
No one has the answers correct.
To answer R Young. Fire rate assembly made with drywall. I should not assume it can’t be made of other things but drywall is the norm.
Doesn’t matter what the cantilever is for.
No more tries, if the questions don’t get answered they don’t get answered.
Thanks for all your efforts Paul!
I’ve marked our list to reflect no winner this week.
ryoung7
(ROBERT YOUNG, CMI)
September 5, 2018, 11:47am
29
Tough one.
I smelled smoke from many a post. You guys were thinking very hard.
snadeau
(Steve Nadeau)
September 6, 2018, 12:06am
30
plesieur:
Yeah, that’s what my wife says/:mrgreen:
Try to hang cabinets when its 2 layers 5/8" drywall and metal studs 24" OC.
I could hang cabinets on a basketball. Fuggedabout studs at that point - it’s all butterfly bolts and careful measurements.
plesieur
(Paul Lesieur, CMI)
September 6, 2018, 12:15am
31
Yup, it was butterfly bolts and European style with no scribe ends. I ended up scooping out the drywall and fudging the doors. I would cut an 1/8" off a door and edge band with the same laminate as the doors and boxes. I was always a “can do” kind of guy. I still have my cabinet tools. I have a few hundred hinges and a couple dozen of full extension drawer glides for sale on Craigslist. About $800.00 of hardware for $100.00 and so far no interest.
jolson8
(John Olson)
September 6, 2018, 12:19am
32
Maybe you could give hinges out as participation gifts?
snadeau
(Steve Nadeau)
September 6, 2018, 11:52am
34
So can we have the answers then?
Hinges? We don’t need no stinkin’ Hinges! lol - especially those Euro Blums. I’m unhinged and I like it like that.
plesieur
(Paul Lesieur, CMI)
September 6, 2018, 3:32pm
35
I’ll give the answers out tonight. Going out in a few minutes, back after 5 my time.
plesieur
(Paul Lesieur, CMI)
September 6, 2018, 6:47pm
36
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Change that to after 7, decided to go out to eat.**
rlewis5
(Roy Lewis, CERTIFIED MASTER INSPECTOR RETIRED)
September 6, 2018, 9:36pm
37
Ok! Ok!
Be that way then…
I have AAAADDDD disorder…
And I flippin’ want’ to know…Not tomorrow , not an hour ago…Now!
I won and you don’t wanna say it…Huh?
Just Jokin’ …
lkage
(Larry Kage, CMI)
September 7, 2018, 2:17am
38
It can be “after 7 tonight” for a long time, Sir Roy. :mrgreen: :shock:
rlewis5
(Roy Lewis, CERTIFIED MASTER INSPECTOR RETIRED)
September 7, 2018, 10:32am
40
Yep! And it appears he lives in a different time zone… The Twilight Zone!