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Consumer Alerts!
Home Inspector Licensing now in
effect!
Effective January 1, 2006 no one may conduct a home inspection in New Jersey
without a New Jersey Home Inspectors License. Protect yourself, ask your
inspector for his/her license number. Make sure that it is a Home Inspection
License. Thenumber will be in the form 24GI000###00, where # will be a number.
Remember, the person performing the inspection must be licensed, working for a
licensed inspector is not enough!
Inspections performed without a valid license are performed in violation of
the law, and leave the customer with little recourse if there is a problem. Even
with insurance (if they have it), it is likely that the insurance will not cover
claims for work performed in conflict with the law.
Contractor Registration now
required!
Beginning January 1, 2006 residential contractors/remodelers (not just home
builders) are required to be registered with the Department of Community
Affairs. The registration ensures insurance coverage, and makes it more
difficult for contractors to skip and run. Registration is required to obtain
permits. Registration applies to anyone who performs any remodeling, altering,
painting, repairing, renovating, restoring, moving, demolishing, or
modernization of, or making additions to, residential or commercial property. To
help avoid problems, make sure your contractor is registered.
New Regulations for Fire Extinguishers in the
Home
Codey
Signs Fire Extinguisher Legislation
Novenber 1, 2005
At a
ceremony at Cliffside Park School #6 this afternoon, Acting Governor Richard
Codey signed into law legislation requiring that upon the sale, lease or
transfer of a building with three or fewer dwelling units, each unit be equipped
with at least one portable fire extinguisher. NJAR was able to secure an
amendment to the legislation to exclude all seasonal rental units. The bill
further states that the extinguisher is to be provided at the expense of the
seller, landlord or transferor of the property.
The law
defines portable fire extinguisher as "an operable portable device, carried and
operated by hand, containing an extinguishing agent that can be expelled under
pressure for the purpose of suppressing or extinguishing fire, and which is: (1)
rated for residential use consisting of an ABC type; (2) no larger than a 10
pound rated extinguisher; and (3) mounted within 10 feet of the kitchen area,
unless otherwise permitted by the enforcing agency."
Although
the legislation takes effect on November 1, 2005, it provides that the
Department of Community Affairs will promulgate rules and regulations to further
clarify certain aspects of the statute prior to enforcement. Go to http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2004/Bills/
S1500/1294_R2.PDF to read the bill text.
Chimney Inspections and Fire Safety (NFPA 211)
A Level II Chimney Inspection is required when
any changes are made to the system. Changes can include a change in the fuel
type, changes to the shape of, or material in, the flue (as in relining), or the
replacement or addition of an appliance of a dissimilar type, input rating, or
efficiency. Additionally, a Level II inspection is required
upon the sale or transfer of a property or after an operating malfunction or
external event that is likely to have caused damage to the chimney. Building
fires, chimney fires, seismic events as well as weather events are all
indicators that this level of inspection is warranted. A Level II
inspection is a more in-depth inspection than a Level I (primarily
visual) inspection.
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