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Yes I did final inspection. The bathroom was left unfinished with rough-in for future. After final inspection was complete, bathroom was then completed to get around the by-laws.
We were in the same boat about furnace, but more about the concern of airflow if we connected duct work to new addition. The fix was we build a small furnace room and put a new furnace and duct work for the addition and left the old part of houses duct work and furnace the same.
By Laws? Everything in my house and on my property was existing. ;):shades:
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Originally Posted by canadaman30
Ok, so what you are saying is that you have a bathroom that was put in after your inspection was done. So, you have a bathroom that was installed without a permit, therefore you do not have an inspection on that bathroom. You may be fine now but if you go to sell that could come back to bite you as you may not have a valid septic system for your house, which is a requirement for most sales.Quote:
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Its never a problem, see many houses like this out in the country. Heck my last house they could not locate the septic papers because it was installed in the 1960's.
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GW..I bought my 170 yr old Farm house with a cess pool in the back yard...a big pit with a pipe coming from the house and a sheet of plywood over top. HaHa..
Not a piece of stamped lumber in the place . Had NO electricity here till the 80's so the wiring and electrical panel looks like a dogs breakfast and was probably done by kin of Ralph and Harry Monroe from Green Acres...
Passed the House inspection though and an inspection from the Insurance company before they signed the policy.
Worth a $1/2 million now HaHa...
Grandpas house cannot be sold as a house due to an improper septic system, we found out about that when he died a number of years back now.Quote:
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I think they can still be sold , just classed 'as-is' . That's how 'flippers' make a living.Quote:
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Most of the rougher places here still sell, just not as 'habitable'...a bulldozer turns it into a 'building lot' in a few hrs..
My septic was upgraded approx 10 yrs ago, not by me. The holding tank size could not be proven by me so excavation was required to do so. That is the reason the bathroom was finished after final inspection. And yes all the plumming and electrical was inspected. The only thing that was done after final inspection was installing toilet shower and sink to all the pre-inspected plumbing lines.
In theory septics everywhere in the province are based on the same criteria as their design and installation is governed by the Ontario Building Code. There are no region specific rules, it is province wide. The only thing that varies regionally is how strict the local inspector is when enforcing the provisions of the building code. As for sizing criteria you are more or less correct in your statement. The number of bedrooms is the primary driving factor but fixture count and square footage can come into play if there are more than would be typically expected for the given number of rooms/size of the house - this would apply in your area as well as the rules are uniform across the province.Quote:
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For non-residential use fixture counts and type of use become the driving factor. For example you put up a shop on your property and you want it to have a bathroom and a shower. Septic design would be based on occupancy and number of fixtures.
The wife dealt with the township, as I recall, tha bathroom was considered office with future plumbing. I'd have to ask as that was her dealings