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Is there any major difference in licensing requirements between Florida and Texas? I can imagine that if the housing code was dramatically different, then allow

Is there any major difference in licensing requirements between Florida and Texas? I can imagine that if the housing code was dramatically different, then allowing contractors from other states could be an issue.

yardie 4y ago
Not sure about Florida but Miami, Broward, and Palm Beach building codes are notoriously tough due to Hurricane Andrew. Houses, since the 90s, have to adhere to much tougher wind standards than you would find in most of the US. I feel the DBPR made the right call here. An out of state contractor has no business repairing roofs if they are unfamiliar with our building codes.
- googlryas 4y ago
  A cease and desist seems more reasonable than arresting someone though, especially if there is evidence of a misunderstanding of an emergency order, and no actual malfeasance.
  - ScottBev 4y ago
    Unfortunately, it is a matter of deterrence. A C&D will not get anyone's attention, outside of the recipient. Someone being charged with a felony carrying up to 5 years in jail, will hopefully deter some of the con artists from coming in after a storm. The hordes of "helpers" that come into the state after a storm is ridiculously large. Any deterrence is a good thing.
- traeregan 4y ago
  +1 for the tough building codes. A family member in the Florida Keys recently had a new home built and the roof is rated for 185mph. I read that: "Part of this initiative was based on the Miami-Dade County Code, which has some of the strictest wind uplift requirements in the country, currently 185 mph for High Velocity Hurricane Zones." That's a category 5 hurricane (and would probably be a 6 if the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale had a 6): https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php This same family member's last house, built in the early '50s, was literally torn to pieces in Hurricane Irma, 2017. The roof ended up in the neighbor's yard about 100ft away. Wild stuff.
  - imtringued 4y ago
    The building codes are weak as paper. When you build hurricane proof housing your biggest problem will be that all your neighbors laugh at your house or call it ugly and report it as not fitting in with the neighborhood because it isn't one of those classic American houses that get immediately destroyed by hurricanes. Also there is a great risk of hurricane unproofed homes smashing into your hurricane proof house.
- mdorazio 4y ago
  Given the frequency of tornados and hail in Texas I’m not convinced this is a large discrepancy in this particular contractor’s case.
theGnuMe 4y ago
Yes.
rasz 4y ago
Housing code is quite insane in Florida. One of the YTbers I follow bought a house with small garage that had roof extending over bigger foundation. Plan was to just add walls to the existing roof. 3 contractors later he resigned to tearing it all down and building new one because just putting walls over already roofed concrete pour would be more expensive due to all the upgrades and inspections required to the old garage.

yardie 4y ago

Not sure about Florida but Miami, Broward, and Palm Beach building codes are notoriously tough due to Hurricane Andrew. Houses, since the 90s, have to adhere to much tougher wind standards than you would find in most of the US. I feel the DBPR made the right call here. An out of state contractor has no business repairing roofs if they are unfamiliar with our building codes.

googlryas 4y ago
A cease and desist seems more reasonable than arresting someone though, especially if there is evidence of a misunderstanding of an emergency order, and no actual malfeasance.
- ScottBev 4y ago
  Unfortunately, it is a matter of deterrence. A C&D will not get anyone's attention, outside of the recipient. Someone being charged with a felony carrying up to 5 years in jail, will hopefully deter some of the con artists from coming in after a storm. The hordes of "helpers" that come into the state after a storm is ridiculously large. Any deterrence is a good thing.
traeregan 4y ago
+1 for the tough building codes. A family member in the Florida Keys recently had a new home built and the roof is rated for 185mph. I read that: "Part of this initiative was based on the Miami-Dade County Code, which has some of the strictest wind uplift requirements in the country, currently 185 mph for High Velocity Hurricane Zones." That's a category 5 hurricane (and would probably be a 6 if the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale had a 6): https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php This same family member's last house, built in the early '50s, was literally torn to pieces in Hurricane Irma, 2017. The roof ended up in the neighbor's yard about 100ft away. Wild stuff.
- imtringued 4y ago
  The building codes are weak as paper. When you build hurricane proof housing your biggest problem will be that all your neighbors laugh at your house or call it ugly and report it as not fitting in with the neighborhood because it isn't one of those classic American houses that get immediately destroyed by hurricanes. Also there is a great risk of hurricane unproofed homes smashing into your hurricane proof house.
mdorazio 4y ago
Given the frequency of tornados and hail in Texas I’m not convinced this is a large discrepancy in this particular contractor’s case.

theGnuMe 4y ago

Yes.

rasz 4y ago

Housing code is quite insane in Florida. One of the YTbers I follow bought a house with small garage that had roof extending over bigger foundation. Plan was to just add walls to the existing roof. 3 contractors later he resigned to tearing it all down and building new one because just putting walls over already roofed concrete pour would be more expensive due to all the upgrades and inspections required to the old garage.