ishium 80439
Senior Member
Situation: Doing a small remodel that included a service upgrade. The drop comes in from the back of the house and passes over about 8' of porch roof that is only about a 2/12 pitch- ie walkable. 230.24 (A) tells me I need 8' of clearance. However the local utility will not permit this install because than they would not be able to service the splices from a ladder (the mast would be too high if a ladder was placed against the house and there is no safe way to put a ladder against the mast). I have run into this several times before and the utility company wins effectively cancelling out that section of 230.
This is a jurisdiction I have not worked in before. The inspector told me I have to raise the mast to get 5' of clearance above the roof. He told me they won't require the 8', but wants to see 5'. "That's the way we've been doing it for the 13 years I've been here". I have looked and as far as I can tell there are no written exceptions in the town's code.
To change this out I would basically need to break down the service again, install a larger mast, scrap the wire that is already in place, reterminate etc. I don't have the money in the job to do this twice.
So here is the question: Do I suck it up and do it again or do I dig my heels in? If this were only a service upgrade I would definately be stubborn about it. The problem is we have several more inspections coming with this inspector on the interior wiring we are doing. We all know how this works and this guy could make things very difficult for me on the rough and final.
So, what do you think?
This is a jurisdiction I have not worked in before. The inspector told me I have to raise the mast to get 5' of clearance above the roof. He told me they won't require the 8', but wants to see 5'. "That's the way we've been doing it for the 13 years I've been here". I have looked and as far as I can tell there are no written exceptions in the town's code.
To change this out I would basically need to break down the service again, install a larger mast, scrap the wire that is already in place, reterminate etc. I don't have the money in the job to do this twice.
So here is the question: Do I suck it up and do it again or do I dig my heels in? If this were only a service upgrade I would definately be stubborn about it. The problem is we have several more inspections coming with this inspector on the interior wiring we are doing. We all know how this works and this guy could make things very difficult for me on the rough and final.
So, what do you think?