Houston, We (may) have a problem.

As anyone that has been following this blog knows, I moved down here(SE KY) with great angst and the only serious selling point was 'lack of building codes'.(well, and closer to my dad and other family)

Seems that may not be entirely true any longer. Not 100% certain about that, and I will be finding out tomorrow, BUT, if that is the case, ALL of my plans are up for re-evaluation.

Maybe some would say, "Build it anyway, once you have all the inspections done, you are in the clear."

Maybe some would say, "Build it anyway and once the inspections are done, get rid of the crap they 'code' you into and do it your way."

I say "Piss on all of that!" The 2008 building code was written by lobbyists for the manufacturers of various high dollar gadgets that really have nothing to do with "Homes". One in particular. The Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter. This thing is placed into the normal breaker slot in your breaker box. It was designed for use in Operating Rooms, Mines, and various other places that may be exposed to volatile atmospheres. The 2008 code specifies that ALL homes built or upgraded after 2008 have to have all breakers replaced with this unit. They say it is to keep a house safe from electrical fires. IT is supposed to protect home owners from electric shock too.(GFI anyone?) Here's the kicker. A standard 15A breaker is about $10 give or take a buck or two depending on where you are buying it. These AFCI breakers are no less than $80 EACH! Hell, The breaker box for a 10 circuit house is less than that! On top of that, they sometimes confuse the arc generated by motor startup (your vacuum cleaner), or switching on a lamp as the dangerous type of arc. (I would imagine that this gets worse with time as the unit gets more sensitive. Like a 15A breaker that pops at 10A after a few years) I haven't had to deal with one, but I would imagine my MIG welder would play merry hell with one.

The 2008 building code is one thing and one thing only. Revenue Generation. Not only for the city/county/state, but for the larger manufacturers that needed to 'fill a niche'. (rather like the catalytic converters back in the 70's.) Create the niche, fill it, make it mandatory, then work on the fix for the faulty crap you forced on the general public, in the name of "safety" or "the children" or worse, "the environment".

Like I said, I will know for certain tomorrow where I stand on this. Luckily, IF, this is fact, I don't have much more than time and dreams invested in it. I am certainly used to having those shot to shit in front of my eyes; Won't be anything new to me.

IF this is fact, I will post what the changes will be. (and Mayberry prolly already knows where that is headed.)

Grr.

I have tried posting three times in the last three days from my phone. I keep getting kicked offline while in process. Sorry for the lack of posts.

What really frustrates me about that; I actually had good things to say and they are lost in the aether now.

And I know I sound like a whiner right now.

Grrrr.

Frustrated to say the least.

One post is still fresh in my mind though.
This new Demonoid symbol.

WTF? Like changing an emblem will alleviate all of the distrust people have associated with a particular group. If that little ploy works, I will have NO hope for this country. NONE, ZIP, NADA! Sadly, I am not far from that now.

But like others have said including myself. Burn it all down so we can get started fixing what others have f#@ked up. The sooner the better as none of us are getting any younger.

Since I am on borrowed time today, I will keep this one short. I am downloading pages of other blogs right now and robbing as much bandwidth as I can get away with so that I can check them out offline and 'catch up'.

I really need to bite the bullet and get a line in at the house.