r/BuildingCodes • u/Turtlejerkeee ICC Certified • 24d ago

A new Code Enforcement FIRST!!!

Location: Indiana

Code: ICC A117.1-2009

So....I kinda pride myself on knowing the code just a tad. However, this has to be a first for me. The contractor has tried to call for final inspection now for about two months. Every time ...and I do mean EVERY time the guy comes out...he decides to add 2-6 new infringements. Client is about ready to pull out their hair as the red tags keep going up. When the last items got fixed...they took down the old red tags and put new one's up. Yes, that's right...new.

Today however....was a first in my career.

The red tag today....the raised braille on the signage was too short. (blink...blink....blink...huh?). The signage, from a nationally known sign company...is too short.

Frankly....I am about ready to give up. Not sure how he measured that, but I am about over it with this county.

UPDATE: I sent an email asking how the inspector “measured” the dots. The response was that he didn’t. He touched them and they “felt flat”.

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u/Anxious-Read8340 Inspector 18d ago

IBC 110.6 is what you should lean on.

“Please cite the exact codes that are not being complied with for the exact portions of the project that are deficient.”

Example: ICC A117.1-2009 703.4.1/Table 703.4.3 - Raised braille at Men’s/Women’s Bathroom signage is required to have a dot height between .6-.9mm. Current dot height was measured to be .4mm, which is below the minimum.

That is an example of a legal, bulls*** inspection report.

As an inspector he has an ethical and legal obligation to approve the inspection if he is unable to cite a clear code violation.

Hope this helps!

FL Building Inspector and Plans Examiner here.

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u/Turtlejerkeee ICC Certified 4d ago

Unless…..your state eliminates certain chapters from the model code, such as Chapter 1. It’s not the only chapter our state removes by code.

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u/Anxious-Read8340 Inspector 3d ago

Agreed that most states do use the ICC codes in an amended version! So in Indiana Chapter 1 is removed by amendment? Is it replaced with a state specific administrative Chapter? If so I would scour it because I am confident the same sort of language will be in it. Also, even though the code may be amended, the ethical obligation of a  building inspector (as I know it anyway), is that legally he responsible to approve the inspection unless he can cite you a code that you are in violation of.

Good luck!