Is a finished ceiling required over the boiler\/furnace for one-family homes?
\nThere is a chance that the seller will allow his basement ceiling above the furnace area to be torn down for a thorough termite inspection. (The other 2\/3rds of the basement has had extensive damage and beams\/posts replaced so we are very wary.) We don’t intend to replace the ceiling right away, unless I find out that an inspector will cite it as a violation and not allow the house to close or something\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I am a first time homebuyer so I am not sure who walks through now to look at stuff except the appraiser maybe?<\/p>
My friend mentioned in passing that his mom’s house received a violation when they poked holes in the ceiling to thread some conduit and it has me thinking\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
In addition, are there any mortgage stipulations that would require electrical violations, asbestos and termite issues to be resolved? The seller wants money in escrow to replace the ceiling in the event we cannot come to agreement with the damages if there is any… I am not liking this at all since any buyer would want the same verification… Is a finished ceiling required over the boiler\/furnace for one-family homes? There is a chance that the seller will allow his basement ceiling above the furnace area to be torn down for a thorough termite inspection. (The other 2\/3rds of the basement has had extensive damage and beams\/posts replaced so we are very wary.) We…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14647,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-26068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building_code"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/11\/code-reqs-for-f\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Code reqs. for finished ceiling required over furnace area?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/11\/code-reqs-for-f\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/11\/code-reqs-for-f\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Building Code","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"helppls"}],"creator":["helppls"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2008-11-12T10:57:05Z","datePublished":"2008-11-12T10:57:05Z","dateModified":"2008-11-12T10:57:05Z"},"rendered":"
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