Inspection History Details
Inspection Status: Approved
Inspection History: INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT
| Date | Description | Inspector | Results | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/15/2006 | INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT | Approved | SEE SIRE TO VIEW NOTES/CITATION. | |
| 04/12/2006 | INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT | Approved | VISITED SITE, MADE CONTACT WITH TENANT, WENT OVER COMPLAINT ISSUES. DNR INSPECTOR CONDUCTED MIN-HOUSING INSPECTION AND FOUND SEVERAL MIN HOUSING ISSUES AS FOLLOWS: FIRE SAFETY 1) BOTH SMOKE DETECTORS NOT WORKING WHEN TESTED. 2) SEVERAL WOODEN WINDOW FRAMES WERE FOUND PAINTED SHUT & OTHER WERE FOUND WITH SCREENS INSTALLED TO NOT ALLOW WINDO TO BE OPENED. POSSIBLE WORK WITHOUT PERMIT, ADDITION OF COPPER WATER LINE LACKING REQUERED WEATHER PROTECTION TO HOT WATER HEATER IN ADDED LAUNDRY ROOM, INSTALLATION OF NEW GAS PIPING TO HOT WATER HEATER ADDITION OF WATER LINES FOR WASHER & EXISTING VENT PIPE USE AS DRAIN LACKS REQUIRED P-TRAP. APPEARS PORCH SECTION WAS BLOCKED OFF & NEW WALL WERE ERECTED. ADDITION OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS, EVIDENCE LAUNDRY ROOM REVERSE HOT NATURAL WAS PRESENT. HOT WATER HEATER LACKS TRP DRAIN VALVE. ADDITION OF CONVERTED PORCH ARE INTO A HABITABLE SPACE, EVIDENCED BY EXTERIOR FINISHED WALL, ELECTRICAL DISCONECT MOUNTED ON WALL, GAS PIPING WITH SHUT OFF VALVE, 4 X 4 STUDS WITH A 4 X 6 STRUCTURAL BEEM ON INSIDE OF ROOM. EXTERIOR SIDING USED IS DIFFERENT THAN EXISTING STUCCO FINISH. TWO BY FOUR STUDS SCABED ONTO ROOF RAFTER ENDS TO COMPLETE CLOSETS. CLOSET NOT PROPERLY FINISHED. MESONITE NOT SCALDED. ELECTRICAL SYS. 1) 2 PRONG RECEPTACLES INSTALLED THROUGHOUT STRUCTURE AND LAUNDRY ROOM WERE TESTED FOUND WITH OPEN GROUNDS & REVERSED HOT NATURALS. 2) EXPOSED & UNPROTECTED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR IN CAST BEDROOM CLOSET, ILLEGALLY CONVERTED PORCH INTO HABITABLE SPACE (BEDROOM ON WEST SIDE) & LAUNDRY ROOM. 3) LACKING GFIC PROTECTION IN KITCHEN, GFIC REQUIRED DUE TO ALTERATION TO ORIGINAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. 4) ILLEGALLY SPECIFIED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS IN LAUNDRY ROOM HEATING SYSTEM. 1) WALL FURNACE LACKS SERVICING LARGE AMMOUNTS OF COMBUSTIBLE LINT & RUST PARTICLES IN BURNER AREA. ACCESS CONTROL SEVERAL WINDOWS WERE FOUND PAINTED SHUT, SCREW INSTALL TO PREVENT WINDOW TO BE OPENED IN LIVING ROOM & HAD ROOMS INTERIOR FEATURES. 1) BATHROOM WINDOW FRAME HAS SIGNS OF DETERIORATION & WOOD ROT. SHOWER WALL TILES ARE CRACKED, APPROX 2 & 3 FEET LONG & ALLOW MOISTURE INTO WALL. WEATHER PROTECTION DUTCH DOOR IN ILLEGAL CONVERTED PORCH ROOM CLOSE NOT ALLOWS FOR WEATHER PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS & ALLOW EASY ACCESS INTO STRUCTURE FOR INSECTS & NOXIOUS PEST. COOLER NO DAMPER IN DUCT RISER TO PREVENT ESCAPE OF HEAT IN WINTERTIME. WILL CHECK FOR PERMITS & POSSIBLE ZONING ISSUES. PICTURES WERE TAKEN. |