florida insurance company inspector says there is a web site he referred to as Billfacts?
Does any body know if there is such a web site besides the county’s that you can find the roof permit number and the permit itself? If any one knows of such a web site I would like to have it. I have searched that name nothing came up.this is for the florida citizens wind mit and 4 point inspection form.
It’s BuildFax. I use it all the time. SO much easier than trying to find permits from different counties.
You can pay per address, or you can pay for monthly. Not sure what the pricing is currently, but I pay about $50/month for 150 reports
Buildfax doesn’t have all the various cities/towns/etc for my area, I’d questimate about 75%.
I have all the common building dept. ones bookmarked for easy access, doesn’t take that long at all.
Thank you I agree that will be much easier.
Book marking will be a good method when the Buildfax does not have data for a particular area. Thank you
I hope the both of you are keeping busy, as a new inspector with several months into this business it is few and far between getting an inspection. I appreciate your help along the way.
Daniel Preston Inspector H15494.
can you please confirm this is the link
Can any one verify if a alumninim bundles like this should be written up . I’m a new inspector and saw this for the first time on a 2 4pt inspections.
Bundled conductors are generally only a concern when bundled for long distances. I can’t recall exactly but think it’s 12 or 24 inches. The problem becomes that the solution is to “de-rate” them. Meaning, design the circuit with less drawing off it which we as HIs have no way of knowing if that was done. I generally don’t write it up.
Are you talking about the standed aluminum feeders? Those can be copper or aluminum. More often they are AL.
That’s not what the 4 point is asking about for aluminum.
Stranded aluminum is fine
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Hey Thanks as Iam new and learning every day this was very help full,I edited it out of the report.
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I had two homes yesterday that were like that.
Thanks
From central west coast Florida
FYI:
I my area the metadata is readily available, but the actual plans — with details and conditions – is considered proprietary and copyrighted by the designer or architect. Even the owner can’t get it – it has to be the permit applicant…
But I can at least see if permits were applied for, inspected and/or final inspected.
On a 4 pt roof inspection you find that 95% of the roof is shingle and an addition section of the roof on the back center side only making up 5% is covered with modified bitumen covering.Is it all right to call this both shingle and Bitumen? The permit makes no mention of bitumen only the shingle being replaced
You need to report all the roofs that are present. If you look at the Citizens 4 point report form, you’ll see the way it’s structured.
And I have observed the permits typically list only the predominate covering when it’s a small section of mod bit; sometimes a separate permit will be used for the flat sections.
If it looks like the bitumen is the same age as the roof, then I just put the same permit date on both. That’s where experience has to help you decide if it looks older or not.
If it’s obviously older or newer, than just put “unknown”
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Ok.
I had 6 windmits today and a 4 pt every one was an assisted living home same owner boy it was a mish mash of this and that,definitely not like some ones home.
Thank you