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Why do you need the large hole? Are you running a conduit to the box? As long as you properly terminate at the box with the appropriate fitting, I don't think there's anything in the code that prohibits making a larger hole. My 2002 NESC is at my office but I can check tomorrow. ErnieST -...

That's probably pretty much how it will work. Will be a selling point for many buyers. I do design/build work and some remodeling work. I have gotten involved in a couple of projects where a seller got into a tangle with the local building inspection department over a bootleg project and...

What usually happens in my area (where very, very few people have basements) is that the appraiser hired to evaluate the house for a prospective buyer (his/her mortgage company, really) measures all the finished rooms and non-space-conditioned areas (garages, patios, etc.) and makes his...

My question about the building inspector was really tongue-in-cheek. No inspector would have approved what you have done. You stated "if anything, all the extra framing and walls has added more structural support and rigidity then that part of the house has ever had". It may have added rigidity...

Was the building inspector O.K. with the way you notched the joists for the 3" (or is it 4") plumbing lines? Notches should be no deeper than 0.125 times the depth of the joist. 0.125 x 11.25" = 1.4" Notches should be no closer to the structure supporting them than 0.07 times the span...