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teletran3
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 10 years and 9 months ago
Recommendation for Legalizing Extension w/ DOB
I’m looking for recommendations on architects to legalize a three-story 16′ extension–including new plumbing and electrical–built on my two-family frame construction home (R6 B2) in…
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mystiky
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 10 years and 9 months ago
Can my architect close the permit without the contractor's involment?
I have a small job (converting a roof into a terrace), for which all filings were done and approved by the DOB. The contractor agreed…
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arnaudg
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 10 years and 9 months ago
MTA APPROVAL OF BROWNSTONE RENNOVATION
“Does anyone have information on obtaining a Transit Authority waiver from the Outside Projects Division at the MTA? Our building address comes up on a…
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bklynv
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 10 years and 10 months ago
Survey needed to get permit for a deck.
We live in a one family, 22′ wide, landmarked brownstone. We want to build a deck off of the back parlor floor. We got an…
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empathie00
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 12 years ago
old electrical permit issues - need to close permit in order to get C/O - opinions?
Hi there – When we bought our b’stone, there was an existing open electrical permit to move the main panel away from the spinkler line.…
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Augustiner
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 13 years ago
cellar and DOB
My cellar is currently drawn into the construction plans as being Storage (although I always said it´s going to be used as space extension of…
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fkeels1973
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 3 months ago
Do approved DOB filings expire?
Hi All. We are wondering how long approved DOB filings are good for. Reason being that we would like to get plans approved for a…
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MJP
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 3 months ago
Architect Self-Certification for Reno Plans?
Does anyone have experience with an architect or engineer self-certifying plans for a straightforward residential reno (ie, not a gut job and little to no…
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brownstone123
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 12 years and 10 months ago
Sprinkler system ?? Really ???
I recently purchased and re modeled a 4 story brownstone. I have new completely new electrical, new plumbing, new support beams, and new hard wired…
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Augustiner
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 3 months ago
energy efficient skylight and fire code
Is there a solution that would allow me to NOT use chicken wire dome Skylights? Has anyone had success to pass an alternative through inspection?…
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housepoor
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 3 months ago
Shared Sprinkler with Neighbor's Building
I recently discovered that my (3 unit) building’s hall way sprinkler system is being fed from my neighbor’s building. Fortunately, there are no valves in…
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greencat
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 4 months ago
Expediting property registration?
Hello- Any insights into how to expedite property registration? I need to have violations removed before sale and find that my property registration form was…
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Sweet-Action
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 10 months ago
Clearing 20 year old violations?
We are just about to get our permits for our reno, and we were told that they will likely be held up due to 2…
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dylanfan
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 5 months ago
DoB Question
Two years ago I renovated a tiny house. I had a general contractor, a plumber, an electrician and an engineer. The construction permit was to…
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brooklyntoqueens
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 6 months ago
ECB department vs. DOB department?
What is the difference between the ECB department and the DOB department?’
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brooklyntoqueens
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 6 months ago
Question about violations
WHat is the difference between an OPEN violation and an ACTIVE violation? I’m waiting to close on a 2 family where there are two OPEN…
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sqhaexgkh
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 6 months ago
Final Construction Inspection - Failure
Does anyone have experience interpreting what this means? (reasons for failure?) I don’t understand all of the short hand/acronyms 001 CELLAR NOT COMPLETE PROVIDE FIRE…
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mcll
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 7 months ago
building inspector and outdoor deck
we built a steel deck with a licensed architect that is self certified and also a licensed contractor and it looks great. The architect went…
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