I recently took the turnpike from Pittsburgh to Lancaster and there were a couple stretches where nearly everyone was going 85-100.

I’m a bit of a speeder myself, but once you tick over 90 it’s a different level.

70…those are rookie numbers

Don’t worry you were in a much more deeply red place than Buffalo even if you couldn’t see the signs.

Did your usage increase?

The George Washington’s First Kiss statue

How many Steelers themed stores are in there now?

Older gas boilers are not particularly efficient. If it’s 20 years or older and has a flue it might be south of 85% to start and much lower with age.

The age of the house might mean little to no insulation depending on the wall construction.

Are there original windows?

They announced it is still on but you can get tix to a different show in the season if you can’t make it

That’s all you can do at this point. Try to verify if what was claimed is what actually happened.

Which borough if you don’t mind?

Enforcement is definitely varied throughout the area, but I think it also depends on who you ask.

A lot of contractors might tell you it’s not required, but it might be a different story at the code enforcement office.

I think most areas around here and the City require a permit for a new roof anymore unless it’s a re-roof over existing. Once you tear off it tends to be a permit.

In the City I believe it’s considered a “minor alteration” so long as nothing structural is modified but it’s still a permitted item.

If they disclose it was replaced and state that permits were pulled or were not due to not being required- they are- then they have an issue.

If they disclose it was replaced and say nothing on permits, then it’s more gray but still a problem.

Thing sounds like a flip situation and the seller disclosures on those tend to be mine fields.

And again the inspection was done for the other buyer, not the seller. Another murky area.

Look at the seller disclosure. See what the sellers actually claimed on that document in regards to the roof.

Do they say it was replaced? Did they get a permit? Did they disclose any current or prior roof issues?

If they didn’t do any of the above the seller is who you should be pursuing.

The home inspector really has no obligation to them as he did not prepare the report for their use.

Probably a good chance the report has a paragraph in it regarding intended use and intended users- which probably doesn’t include the seller or these buyers.

Same goes for the contractor when there was apparently no warranty provided to the customer let alone the next owner.

The right person to pursue if anyone is the seller.

They had to provide a seller disclosure which is essentially a warranty that they are not aware of issues and/or a disclosure of those they do know of. It also covers if proper permits were pulled.

If no permit in the roof but they claimed to have pulled one, that’s a problem for the seller.

I use Epstein Tabor Schorr. Not the cheapest but they can handle complex stuff.

Sure but it happens all the time.

If you look at the charging of most ARD cases they keep the initial charge of .08 or greater and drop the rest because they really only need the first one to get a license suspension and everything else in the program going.

You mean .26 right?

Chances are they got the higher >.16 charge dropped in the ARD deal.

NYC works because it’s on a flat, regular grid. Pittsburgh has so many roads at weird angles and changing elevations it gets messy fast.

Cut a section using Google earth

Pretty safe.

If you are particularly worried just don’t go on a Friday or Saturday night.

NYS tickets don’t transfer over.

Signed, a former NYS resident living in PA with a lead foot.

Should go away after the first time you vote

I think there was actually a study that involved the bolts. The bridge had been rebuilt at one point and they decided to extend the bolts instead of replace them or something.

Cheaped out on the bolts

Lot easier to do when they only have a print edition twice a week.