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Talk to me about permitting requirements when building yourself
Posted on 9/18/19 at 8:06 pm
Posted on 9/18/19 at 8:06 pm
I’m looking at adding an outdoor kitchen in the next year or so. We’re currently planning it out and designing.
Ideally, I’d like to do most of the work myself. My current (rambling) thoughts:
1. Get plumbing run. Hiring plumber to run cold water, natural gas, and tie into sewer line.
2. Hire electrician to run service to the outdoor kitchen. I haven’t given any real thought to this yet. Any suggestions? My meter and breaker box are on the side of the house near where I’m planning on building.
3. Foundation work will be hired out as well.
After plumbing is run, electrical service is established, and foundation is poured I’d like to do most of the rest myself:
1. Framing and roofing. Depending on what we decide for facade, might have to hire someone for brickwork.
2. Finish electrical (after power is brought to building)
3. Rest of plumbing after the gas, sewer, and cold water are stubbed to the building.
4. Finish out the kitchen appliances, etc.
Hopefully that describes my thought process. I feel plenty capable of doing this myself. But I don’t know the permitting process in Baton Rouge. I could get construction drawings drafted with all necessary detail for permitting for $1,500.
Would I be allowed (?) to do the work I described above myself after licensed plumber and electrician do their parts and I have the foundation poured and inspected?
Sorry for the long, rambling post. Trying to decide if this is a path I want to travel. Feel like I could save a lot of money taking on a lot of this myself. I like doing the work, but don’t want to run into a bureaucratic nightmare.
Ideally, I’d like to do most of the work myself. My current (rambling) thoughts:
1. Get plumbing run. Hiring plumber to run cold water, natural gas, and tie into sewer line.
2. Hire electrician to run service to the outdoor kitchen. I haven’t given any real thought to this yet. Any suggestions? My meter and breaker box are on the side of the house near where I’m planning on building.
3. Foundation work will be hired out as well.
After plumbing is run, electrical service is established, and foundation is poured I’d like to do most of the rest myself:
1. Framing and roofing. Depending on what we decide for facade, might have to hire someone for brickwork.
2. Finish electrical (after power is brought to building)
3. Rest of plumbing after the gas, sewer, and cold water are stubbed to the building.
4. Finish out the kitchen appliances, etc.
Hopefully that describes my thought process. I feel plenty capable of doing this myself. But I don’t know the permitting process in Baton Rouge. I could get construction drawings drafted with all necessary detail for permitting for $1,500.
Would I be allowed (?) to do the work I described above myself after licensed plumber and electrician do their parts and I have the foundation poured and inspected?
Sorry for the long, rambling post. Trying to decide if this is a path I want to travel. Feel like I could save a lot of money taking on a lot of this myself. I like doing the work, but don’t want to run into a bureaucratic nightmare.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 8:09 pm to lnomm34
Depending on the location of your sewer line, it might be easier and cheaper to run the sink drain into the line that discharges into the yard
Posted on 9/18/19 at 8:16 pm to wickowick
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Depending on the location of your sewer line, it might be easier and cheaper to run the sink drain into the line that discharges into the yard
I’ll also have a toilet and a shower.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 8:26 pm to lnomm34
I just put myself as the contractor on stuff at my house. Dunno how it is in BR though
Posted on 9/18/19 at 8:42 pm to lnomm34
I have to ask. Does anyone find it sad that we have to ask to build on our own property? I just don’t understand how we got here. It’s not a hotel. It’s a damn outdoor kitchen.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:13 pm to jbgleason
I was able to name myself as the general. I had to have my electrician sign the permit and provide a letter (invoice) he did the work. You need to find out what has to be inspected. In my case, everything includeint the framing. Once you pay the permit, if the inspector has to come out for a re inspection of something that failed, you will be charged.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:15 pm to lnomm34
Nobody pulls permits these days
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:57 pm to jbgleason
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Does anyone find it sad that we have to ask to build on our own property?
No. People would be building all sorts of crazy crap that is not structurally sound. Do you really want your neighbor's brother-in-law's friend building him a 100' tall tower 10' from your house?
To the OP, if you are wanting to build a toilet and shower the city will probably consider it a habitable space which brings on all sorts of other ordinances. You really have to go talk to your city's Building Inspections and see what you can and can't do as all cities have different rules.
This post was edited on 9/18/19 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 9/19/19 at 1:13 am to ScaryClown
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This post was edited on 10/19/21 at 11:29 am
Posted on 9/19/19 at 8:06 am to jbgleason
quote:
Does anyone find it sad that we have to ask to build on our own property? I just don’t understand how we got here.
I know when they started building on the northshore there all sorts of shady shite going on. So much that the legitimate contractors set everything up.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 9:03 am to Zappas Stache
quote:
No. People would be building all sorts of crazy crap that is not structurally sound. Do you really want your neighbor's brother-in-law's friend building him a 100' tall tower 10' from your house?
We just went from an outdoor kitchen to a 100' tower? Great example. What would someone do with a 100' tower on a residential property anyway?
Posted on 9/19/19 at 9:36 am to lnomm34
Get your drawings done, and into them ASAP. Plan review is a backed up nightmare. I paid the fee to have the review expedited, and it still took them 4 weeks.
I did my own drawings. Once they looked at my plans, I had the approval in a day or two. I did the framing, hardiboard, sheetrock, and paint myself. I hired subs to do the foundation, roofing, soffits and facia, plumbing, AC, and electric.
I had to have city inspections on the foundation, plumbing, AC, electric, and framing. They were very slow on each one. At one point I couldn't do anything for three weeks while I waited on the city to inspect AC.
I did my own drawings. Once they looked at my plans, I had the approval in a day or two. I did the framing, hardiboard, sheetrock, and paint myself. I hired subs to do the foundation, roofing, soffits and facia, plumbing, AC, and electric.
I had to have city inspections on the foundation, plumbing, AC, electric, and framing. They were very slow on each one. At one point I couldn't do anything for three weeks while I waited on the city to inspect AC.
This post was edited on 9/19/19 at 9:38 am
Posted on 9/19/19 at 11:11 am to jbgleason
quote:Because some people are stupid and always testing the limits of common sense.
I just don’t understand how we got here.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 11:25 am to jbgleason
quote:
We just went from an outdoor kitchen to a 100' tower? Great example. What would someone do with a 100' tower on a residential property anyway?
You may have to use the power of inference to comprehend my statement.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 11:40 am to jbgleason
quote:Fire watch
What would someone do with a 100' tower on a residential property anyway?
Posted on 9/19/19 at 11:56 am to Hammertime
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Fire watch
There is a rich guy near me, in the middle of a ritzy neighborhood who built a small tower on top of his house to use as a telescope room. Its about 50' tall but I'm sure he permitted though.
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