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A couple that were clients of mine when they purchased their home in Pullman had a company install a wood stove in the family room. Since we had some roof leaks initially, they were cautious about putting another hole through their roof and asked me to follow up.
I like to be neighborly (we have time for it out here - you don't even say hello to an acquaintance unless you have 20 minutes to get caught up) so I did a courtesy check for them.
It wasn't any better in the attic. None of the support brackets had been installed nor the clips to attach to the sheathing. It was also in contact with combustible materials.
So I gave my clients the bad news that the contractor had complete goofed it up and suggested that they contact him to get it corrected per the manufacturer's specifications - which he had left with them making it very handy to point out all the things he did wrong.
That appearently didn't go well so the couple contacted the buidling department. The Building Official came for a visit.
The contractor show up on site with him. And then proceeded to argue with the Building Official that installing it correctly wasn't necessary, it was overkill, it didn't really need to be done.
Wish I had been there. Pullman Wa has a good building department and I think that Greg Colvig does a terrific job as the Building Official but he doesn't tolerate a whole lot of stupidity.
My clients apparently enjoyed the show. And their wood stove and roof were fixed, correctly this time.
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