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growler said:
You could do this same install at a 100 different locations and only this one inspector is going to find fault with it and that's the problem.
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cowboyjwc said:
Just because only one finds fault with something, doesn't mean that the other 99 are correct.
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Even the laws passed by Congress are subject to interpretation.

The intention of a code or law is often used to aid in that interpretation.

It would be very unusual for a Judge or inspector to make an interpretation knowing that 99% of those in a similar position of authority would disagree.


There are a few prigs out there ( I can say that, I didn't used the other word that means the same).

There is no absolute right or wrong with a code or law only a standard of enforcement. You could get a speeding ticket for going one mile pr hour over the speed limit if a Policeman wanted to write a ticket and a Judge wanted to uphold the judgement call.
 
growler said:
Even the laws passed by Congress are subject to interpretation.

The intention of a code or law is often used to aid in that interpretation.

It would be very unusual for a Judge or inspector to make an interpretation knowing that 99% of those in a similar position of authority would disagree.


There are a few prigs out there ( I can say that, I didn't used the other word that means the same).

There is no absolute right or wrong with a code or law only a standard of enforcement. You could get a speeding ticket for going one mile pr hour over the speed limit if a Policeman wanted to write a ticket and a Judge wanted to uphold the judgement call.
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Exactly, doesn't mean he's wrong, also doesn't make the other 99 right. I get told all the time that another inspector made me do this or didn't make me do that, yeah maybe, here's what the code says. I get told all the time that I'm mistaken. Probably 99% of the time I'm not. I've got better things to do than make up stuff. I've been the only one calling something that other jurisdictions now call, either because they did their research or whatever, so now either we're all wrong together or I was right to begin with.
 
Smart $ said:
Have no experience with modern hardwood flooring. Of older hardwood flooring that I have had experience with, it had no subfloor... nailed right to the joists and joints were cut to either lap 1/2 the joist or spit the joist and a cleat. :happyyes:

Anyway, what you state follows what I was trying to point out... nails penetrating the subfloor is not part of the requirement.
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I installed about 700 square feet in my own house a few years ago. My back told me to never do that again:happyyes: All random lengths, tongue and grooved not just on the sides but the ends as well. Isn't that easy to make such design end on floor joists. Some pieces are not even long enough to span between two joists. Others are 6 or 7 feet long.
 
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