Do you know what this is? It’s called an air gap. By California code, it’s required on a sink that’s connected to a dishwasher so that in case the dishwasher overflows, there’s an outlet for the water without flooding the house. All good. Except that the sink we bought is from Ikea and while not [...]
Posts Tagged ‘building permit’
In which we, at long last, pass our final inspection
Posted in Building, tagged air gap, building permit, California building code, dishwasher, finaled on May 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Eating crow
Posted in Building, Random Thoughts, tagged building permit, remodeling, Russian River, Sonoma on November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A conversation with Sonoma Permit and Resource Management Department (PRMD) begins when I fax in a typed, signed building permit application to repair the roof on the shed. The application clearly states the scope: Repair roof on non-attached storage shed (Inspector <name> said we needed to pull a permit for this). The contract cost is [...]


