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Greetings!!!
My name is Ryan Jackson, I am a combination inspector for Draper city, Utah. I am 25 years old and have a wife of four years, a three year old daughter and a 4 month old son. I am currently certified as a commercial building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical inspector, also a residential building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical inspector, and a building plans examiner, all through ICBO/ICC. I plan to be certified as an electrical plans examiner in a few weeks. I started as a residentail framer when I was 15 years old began doing commercial electrical work when I was 18 and could be legally licensed by the state.
I am currently on the board of directors for the Utah chapter of IAEI.
My hobbies include brewing beer and mead, and practicing full contact Kung fu.

If anyone out there needs a building code question answered you could probably do worse, so send me an E-mail and I'll try to help you out with it.

Heres me doing what inspectors in my area do best!




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what is mead. and how does anyone get to be an inspector of so many things at such an age. i have 25 years in electrical and wouldnt even consider being an inspector. lol.

Hello targetshooter. To answer your questions...mead is a drink made mostly of honey (15lbs for 5 gallons) that is similar to champagne and yeilds about 18% alcohol. Tasty stuff, but you have to be careful with it! Mead has been brewed for nearly 7,000 years. As for your other question...Take the test and show competence. I currently hold 6 certifications from ICC/ICBO. At such a young age? I started running commercial electrical installations when I was 20. Age has absolutley nothing to do with it, except for credibility, as you have just displayed. Why would you not consider being an inspector?

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Hello Ryan, welcome to the forum.

Roger

Ryan,

Welcome aboard!
Feel free to share whatever expertise you have right here. Although primarily focused on Electrical topics, there is a lot that many of us need to know about other codes to get things done right.

Bill

Roger and Bill: Thank you both very much. I am sure, just like in the other forums, that you will help me much more than I help you. Thanks again.

i forgot to say congratulations. those are accomplishments to be proud of. mead sounds tasty.

i guess i always thought inspectors were required to have so many years of hands-on experience in their field.

i am certified unlimited in electrical but i i dont think i have the temperment to be an effective inspector. i believe i'm better suited for contracting.

Welcome aboard Ryan.

Mead was quite a popular drink in England in times past. I understand it's also the original of our word honeymoon.

Apparently in ancient times in some far-off country it was the custom for the bride's father to supply the groom with mead for a month after the wedding, hence the "honey month" or "honeymoon."

Brewing beer and mead in Utah is quite an accomplishment in and of itself!
I lived in Provo in the early '70s, and it was a bold thing just to brew a cup of coffee...S

Ryan_J:
Welcome aboard!

electure:
Is that because of the elevation? Gives a whole new meaning to a bubble bath.