01-26-2016, 07:59 PM
macphanatic wrote:
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Oof. Not sure I would mess around with a gas water heater install.
Electric, water AND GAS line project with no permit required? Where is this?!
If the last one was installed correctly, it's a matter of moving connections. I've replaced my water heater 3 times over 26 years. I put shut-off valves on both water connections with flex line to the water heater. Gas is hard piped with a flex connection. I replace the gas flex line every time I replace the water heater. It takes longer to drain a water heater than it does to install it.
Permits don't make it safer. In many places the sole purpose is revenue generation. They usually don't have the staff to inspect water heater, toilet and other installs. They focus on the big things like major electrical reno or installs, structural items and major plumbing.
I guess I'm a newbie. I've only been a homeowner for 3 years. Had boiler, water heater, gas dryer, gas stove replaced/moved/upgraded. With permit. When it was time to close the permit a couple of guys came out and checked out everything. There were issues that needed to be fixed. Plumbers came out again to fix. Inspectors came out again and closed the permit. Where I live in Long Island it's pretty micro managed. I live in a Village, which is part of a Town, all within a County. If you ask me in 25 years I might feel differently about pulling a permit and having professionals do the install.
For a property line fence install a also got a permit. In hindsight this one was useless. No one came out to inspect after the work was done.