by Joe Levitch | Jul 11, 2011 | Architecture & Design, Plans, Process, Safe Practices, The Law, Understanding your home
The new 2009 IRC mandates wired together smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors be placed at the entry of each bedroom and outside the bedrooms in a common hall. This means that if one detector alarms then all of them alarm. When remodeling, there is a mandate...
by Joe Levitch | Jul 1, 2011 | Appliances, Electrical, Green Remodeling, Understanding your home
At Levco we normally repair other peoples problems and rarely have time or give much thought to care for our own problems. Here is a situation that happened to me recently that probably happens often to others. My wife noticed that the refrigerator side seemed a bit...
by Joe Levitch | Jun 24, 2011 | Insurance Work, Roofing, Understanding your home
Rules regarding roof replacement changed recently in Boise Idaho. We used to be allowed 3 roofs now it is 2. In other words adding a second layer of roofing is OK but it it fails then you need to strip the entire roof and start over. Levco recommends replacing the...
by Joe Levitch | Jun 17, 2011 | Bathrooms, Green Remodeling, Plumbing, Understanding your home
The concept of water conservation is not a new one, and industry has sprouted recently that addresses this in many ways. One is with hot water recirculation pumps to conserve water that is usually wasted while waiting for the hot to arrive say to your shower. Industry...
by Joe Levitch | Jun 10, 2011 | Electrical, Framing, HVAC, Plans, Plumbing, Process, Safe Practices, The Law, Understanding your home
As of January 1st 2011 Boise City along with all of the other jurisdictions that adopt building codes, followed the states lead and adopted parts of the 2009 IRC international Residential Building Code. The last code was the 2006 IRC which was implemented in the same...
