New York and Brooklyn Building Code is out dated
One of the frustrating things as a green contractor in New York and Brooklyn is that a lot of the building code isn’t smart. We aren’t allowed to use PEX tubing for household water. Running direct half inch pex lines to each faucet is a really smart thing to do. This is called home [...]
DOB Retards – the sidewalk fiasco
The Department of Buildings wants me to show the state of the sidewalk before and after the job so that they can determine if I have to redo it. To do this I had to get an architect’s survey which costs $3000. To redo the sidewalk would cost me $1000.
So I’m forced to spend [...]