[AT] Shop ceiling

[Al Jones]

Me too me too!

My wife and I are hoping to build a house soon, and it will be on some of her family's land--in the town ETJ.  Coming from the country I am afraid I am gonna get an "education."  We are technically in an "agricultural/residential" area so I am hoping my shop will be considered agricultural.  (IF there's enough money to build one.  Every time we go see the draftsman, the house grows by 200 more square feet!!)

Al


-----Original Message-----
>From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 28, 2011 12:40 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] Shop ceiling
>
>Don, I replied to Larry before I read your comments below.  Now all I want 
>to know is where I can get an immigration form for the Republic of the 
>Ozarks?!!!!
>
>Charlie
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Don Bowen
>Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:39 AM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: Re: [AT] Shop ceiling
>
>On 9/28/2011 10:09 AM, Larry Goss wrote:
>> I don't know what regulations you are having to follow in your area, Don, 
>> but where I live, if it is done by the owner or a non-journeyman 
>> electrician, all the wiring must be completed BEFORE it is covered up by 
>> wall board, etc.   Otherwise, it doesn't get inspected, and your addition 
>> does not get connected.
>
>Inspection? What is an inspection?  We don't need no stinkn inspectors.
>
>There are no building codes or permits here in the Ozarks.  That was
>painfully obvious when I started these projects a year ago.  The first
>step was to get additional power to the garage for use as a temporary
>shop.  The back half of the garage was used as an office by the judge we
>bought from.  The sub panel was not grounded as a start.  There were no
>clamps on any wire into the panel, just plastic insulation pressing
>against sharp edges of the knockout holes.  I had to pull the panel,
>drive ground rods, pull every wire from the panel and add a clamp.
>Whoever wired the ceiling fan switched neutral rather than hot.  That is
>now fixed.
>
>In the shop not one ground wire was connected in the outlets and there
>were no ground rods.  Luckly they just shoved the bare wire into the box
>and not cut it off so it was easy to fix that problem plus I drove two
>ground rods.
>
>I do believe my wiring is much better than that.
>
>-- 
>Don Bowen           KI6DIU
>http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
>
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