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A friend is remodeling (drastically) their house in Mountain View. Some of the code stuff seems crazy. Bathrooms must have motion sensor and humidity sensor en
by foobiekr 7y ago
A friend is remodeling (drastically) their house in Mountain View. Some of the code stuff seems crazy. Bathrooms must have motion sensor and humidity sensor enabled fans? Bathroom lights must be motion sensor enabled?
I’m sure there’s something driving all of this that has some basis in a real concern (similar to sprinkler systems and networked smoke detectors) but it seems like the complex and higher cost code-driven housing requirements is basically unbounded.
- Aeolun 7y agoWhy do I want a motion sensor in my bathroom? Every time I find a house where that is the case I have to keep waving my arms about when having a dump :(
- philsnow 7y agoThat and practically disallowing the sale of incandescent light fixtures. It's all typical California insanity. You don't have to deal with that in a lot of other parts of the country.
- tstrimple 7y agoLED and CFL lights use the same fixtures as incandescent which are not banned in California. In my experience, the number of people spreading FUD about California far exceeds the craziness coming from the state itself.
- 9HZZRfNlpR 7y agoWhile this stuff can be cheap, it sounds insane. I understand that it can vary from state to state but American building code and zoning sounds so over regulated to European countries. I wonder why there isn't more pushback from people since Americans tend to prefer liberties and freedom.