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cheap-poor
(gw:cheap-poor) on Wed, Aug 9, 06 at 23:43
| my basement was walled with paneling when i bought it. after 5 years living here, my wife wanted to paint it a different color. i ended up tearing out the paneling & sheet-rocking the walls. no changes to electrics or anything else. am i good to go, or should i have gotten a permit? all i did was remove paneling & screw sheetrock to the same boards the paneling was attached to. thanks, cheap-poor |
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- Posted by mike_kaiser (My Page) on Thu, Aug 10, 06 at 6:23
| Probably not. Generally speaking if you do the work yourself and it doesn't involve anything structural, electric, plumbing, or roofing you don't need a permit. Your best bet is to always check with your local building department before starting a project. It's not like if you call they're going to send someone out to watch your house to make sure you got a permit. Most municipalities don't have that kind of extra manpower. :-) Mike |
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| Ask the AHJ if you want to know. |
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- Posted by mike_kaiser (My Page) on Fri, Aug 11, 06 at 5:17
| Brickeye, Just to clarify an acronym for the benefit of other readers, AHJ means "authority having jurisdiction". For homeowners that is usually the local building department. Mike |
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