> Let me second David's inquiry--I'm looking for a carpenter to do a > deck/fencing, so any contractor recommendations would be much appreciated. > > > hi. I have rather a big project to do. My very old back > > porch is pretty much falling off the back of my house. I > > want to completely tear it down and replace it with > > something similar. It's a simple closed-in porch which i > > use to store tools and things like that. It also has an > > electric outlet and an outdoor light, both of which I'd > > like to have in the new porch too. > > Just remember, you don't live in a Historic District yet, but -- any work of this sort is still required to be APPROVED by The City BEFORE work commences. And in the case of structural work, like decks and porches, you need to submit drawings of the work to be done.
99% of all renovation work done in University City (and the city at large) is done by contractors who take the attitude -- "L & I will never catch us. So we'll do the work and if an Inspector stops by, we'll pay the Inspector... er the Fine, and won't loose a day or more getting the permits we need." Of course, without permits, you the homeowner will never know if the work was legal or not, code conforming or not. Without a permit prior to the work being done which stipulates the inspections necessary, you have no way of knowing if the work was required to be inspected for code conformance -- T.T.F.N. William H. Magill Senior Systems Administrator Information Services and Computing (ISC) Networking & Telecommunications University of Pennsylvania [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.isc-net.upenn.edu/~magill/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
