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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To show how times have change my old house had a “Florida Room” small unheated extension around 8x10 in back of house that leaked, floor crooked, uninsulated with no permits.

I actually did get a permit as inspector just signed off.

Anyhow my older neighbor told me laughing year around 1978 my neighbor threw a BBQ with free beer and burgers feel free to invite wife and kids and bring your power tools.

He said they threw that thing up half drink in a few hours.

And imagine today it costs 50k to 100k.

My favorite they framed it and used vinyl siding inside and out no insulation. Literally vinyl on inside and outside. Roof was plywood worth tarpaper. Too bad neighbors are not helpful anymore [/quote]

Was it in Florida? The building code is there to keep people from being hurt when the thing collapses under snow or blows away in a hurricane, and to keep neighborhoods from being devalued by rotting tarpaper plywood sunrooms. In the vast majority of the country you can more or less do what you want. If you want to live in a dense area, there are rules.

When I travel internationally I’m always reminded that building codes and enforcement of them are one of the primary differences between highly developed countries and not. And that’s the parts I can see walking around (like buildings not falling down and the air not filled with the smell of sewage or dust). The invisible parts are worse, as in Turkey right now. [/quote]

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