| It does not take much of an injury
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| | specifications, when you apply for the
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| nowadays to be worth a lawsuit of $10,000
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| | permit.
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| and a really serious injury can well cost
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| | The permit is not difficult to get if
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| an owner $100,000 or more.
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| | your plans are complete and meet certain
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| The cost of insurance is a small drop in
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| | minimum requirements.
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| the ocean compared to this.
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| | Before you complete your plans, you
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| Juries are inclined to be very
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| | should secure from the building
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| sympathetic toward an accident victim and
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| | department a little booklet or a folder
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| to be rather liberal with the money of
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| | of typewritten sheets giving the building
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| the insurance companies. As they are not
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| | requirements in your district.
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| allowed to be told whether you are
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| | Then you can draw your plans so that they
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| insured or not, they assume that you are
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| | give the necessary information.
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| carrying insurance. Be safe and carry the
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| | The usual requirements include:
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| necessary legal protection.
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| | Floor plan showing all dimensions,
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| In some places a department of the state
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| | plumbing fixtures, light fixtures, window
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| handles all the workmen's compensation
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| | and door sizes, and the use of each room.
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| insurance; in others, private insurance
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| | Foundation plan showing size of
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| companies may operate in the compensation
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| | foundation and footings.
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| field.
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| | Roof plan showing hips, valleys, and
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| Find out and be legally protected against
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| | slope of roof, and the kind of roofing
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| all lawsuits arising from accidents or
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| | material.
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| incidents of your building operations.
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| | At least two elevations, the front and
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| The cost of compensation insurance for
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| | one end. Cross section showing how to
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| the entire job probably wouldn't be more
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| | house is to be built.
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| than $40 or $50, and it doesn't pay to
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| | Plot plan showing how far the house is to
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| take a chance.
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| | be from the street, the distance from the
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| Contractors and sub-contractors are
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| | lot lines on the sides, the sewer lines,
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| supposed to carry their own compensation
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| | the septic tank in case there is no
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| insurance, but it is well to inquire into
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| | sewer, where the water pipe comes in,
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| it before you let them start to work, as
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| | where the gas meter is located, and where
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| you are liable for anything that happens
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| | the electric service enters the building.
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| on your job.
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| | If you have a little time but not much
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| If they do not carry the proper
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| | money, then you will have to build the
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| insurance, then you should carry it, or
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| | house instead of paying someone else to
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| not hire them; find someone who is
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| | do it.
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| properly insured.
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| | It is a good idea to use a mortgage
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| Building Permit
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| | calculator when you use a mortgage to buy
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| Most cities and many counties require
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| | your house.
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| that you get a permit before you start
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| | A percentage point does not look much but
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| building.
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| | it is surprising how it can make a big
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| You will furnish the licensing agency two
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| | difference to your total outlay over 25
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| complete copies of the plans and
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| | years.
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