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Thank you for the links and downloads – you saved me about a year of deciphering Spanish websites link by link on Altavista Babel Fish!
If I literally do as much of my own work as possible I’m wondering – are there actually site inspections for small-scale construction projects? Or do you get your permits for display, but then there’s really nobody coming to sign off on each phase of the trades?
Thanks again!
Not fluently, but if I can get a copy of the codes, between me and my Spanish-speaking friends I can figure it out. What’s it called and where do I get it?
As far as seismic, so the codes regarding footings, foundations and structural are as strict as say, SoCal? And I read somewhere else that they have recently adopted U.S. NEC-type regulations as well. . . so maybe I should ask my question from another direction, are there code inspectors who visit work sites to ensure compliance? (. . . Judging from the quality of workmanship, observing the grading and footings work at a construction site on my way to work, and a couple guys doing electrical work in my apartment complex, it looks like maybe they have the laws on the books but no oversight.)
Also, what kind of construction projects require permits? Do they even have permits? And who pulls them with the municipality — the property owner, contractor? * * Most importantly, if you are the property owner, and you are doing the work yourself, do you need a permit to do your own work? * *
BTW, I’m not talking about building a $100k’s+ grino-esque home in the mountains over Escazu, but a small, sustainable living tree house for my fiancee and I in San Pedro. Literally, something very small on an tiny undeveloped parcel in town.
Thanks for the help:-)
Edited on Feb 23, 2006 09:14
