Rejected!
What?
How?
Apparently, on the peninsula between our kitchen and dining room we need an additional electrical outlet because the top of the cabinet facing into the dining room is 6" higher than the kitchen coungtertop which backs into it. That's right, since it is 6" taller it is being considered a "wall" so it needs to have an outlet ever so many feet. (see diagram below). Although the electrician put in an outlet on the side the cabinet (at the very end of the peninsula) that wasn't enough to satisfy the inspection.
So today the electrician came back today to put in an outlet. I had to be installed into the back of the cabinet facing into the dining room....so the outlet front faces into the kitchen. That meant the electrician had to cut a hole in the new dining room cabinet (which have glass doors...ick...get the idea?) to house the outlet. Fortunately it's not that visible, but it sure is a sad thing to see the cabinet marred with this.
To top it off, the inspector asked to see our breaker/fuse box. Noticing that there is no fuse box but a nice new circuit breaker box, he immediately asked when it got replaced (our house was built in 1959/60). Paul replied about 5 years ago by electrician so and so. The inspector said he'd check the inspection on record back at the office. Good thing Paul kept the inspection card from our basement remodel (when we replaced the box).
The rejected inspection card...
...rejection is so hard to take...
...rejection is so hard to take...
The purple outlines the edges of the Silestone countertop...
...which sits mostly on the dining room cabinet...
...that is about 6" higher than the kitchen countertop next to it...
...which sits mostly on the dining room cabinet...
...that is about 6" higher than the kitchen countertop next to it...
A-a wall outlet facing into the kitchen from the wall (already there)
B-a wall outlet facing out from the end of the kitchen cabinet (already there)
C-where the inspector is making us put the additional outlet
B-a wall outlet facing out from the end of the kitchen cabinet (already there)
C-where the inspector is making us put the additional outlet
A shot taken from laying on the floor...yuck!!
As Count Floyd might say, "Vow, kids...vasn’t it SCARY vhen we had to put in that outlet?"
We'll paint it white to match...hopefully it will hide it somewhat...
...and hopefully no visitors will lay on the floor next to it and look up...
As Count Floyd might say, "Vow, kids...vasn’t it SCARY vhen we had to put in that outlet?"
We'll paint it white to match...hopefully it will hide it somewhat...
...and hopefully no visitors will lay on the floor next to it and look up...
The view from a seated position...
...fortunately you only see a small piece of the flexible conduit..
...which we'll paint and put something artfully in front of...
...note the child locks...Sammy can be a handful!
...fortunately you only see a small piece of the flexible conduit..
...which we'll paint and put something artfully in front of...
...note the child locks...Sammy can be a handful!
