New Texas Standards of Practice

[Chris Morrell, CTO]

Use this thread to discuss the entry New Texas Standards of Practice at the InterNACHI Blog

[Michael R. Boyett]

Once an entry is published can it be edited? I don't see an edit feature on the dashboard when logged in. I'm guessing no edits are allowed so that the post does not have to be reviewed/moderated multiple times, right?

[Chris Morrell, CTO]

Yeah—for now just let us know if there's something that needs to be changed.

CM

[Michael R. Boyett]

No, not really...I did see that I could have used another, easier to use hyperlink on one of the files noted in the blog I posted. The one in the blog works but the other one is a little more straight forward. No big deal.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Mike. Quick question. Do you think under Appliances that Garage Door Operator(s) is a typo and should be Opener? Seems like a strange word to use and the previous version used Opener. I realize it could still be considered proper English, but it's not exactly common language.

[Michael R. Boyett]

Dominic....all of my records and the files on the TREC website refer to it as Garage Door Operators in both the old & new SOP and the old & new forms (7A-0 & 7A-1). The only difference I see is that the phrase is actually written Garage Door Operator(s), with parentheses, in the new form. I'm thinking maybe you had it wrong all along. Do you have a reference where it shows it as Garage Door Opener?

[Barry Adair]

Garage door operator or operators is the industry recognized terminology

[Dominic J. Maricic]

You guys are right, I just never noticed that before, and amazingly none of our users ever pointed it out on the old form. Although they might have just corrected it themselves and moved on.

One other thing I did notice though, all the sub titles such as: Approximate Average Depth of Insulation, have all the words starting in caps. The only exception is the water supply system where they state: Location of main water supply valve. I'm going to go under the assumption that the 3 items listed under Water Supply System and Fixtures are just typo's. What do you think?

[Michael R. Boyett]

Well, TREC could go either way on this...one, changing those words to start with a upper case doesn't affect a darn thing and shouldn't matter. Or two, you know they can be anal about some things and insist it be exactly as written. Your guess is as good as anyones. I will send a formal "Request for Clarification" to TREC (or you can if you prefer) to get an official ruling. For the time being, you would be safe in writing it just like they have it on the sample form.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Yeah I know how they can be sometimes about their ruling. Their last TREC version had the // the wrong way on http:// on their cover page and it drove me nuts for the longest time. They fixed it in this version though

The attorney I used to send my TREC questions to is no longer in charge. What address would the TREC emails go to now?

[Michael R. Boyett]

Well, the attorney you are referring to has assumed new responsibilities but she is still responsible for seeing the new SOP and Form thru to implementation in February. I still send questions to her and let her forward them if need be.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Ok, I'll send it to her then, thanks!

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Ok, I sent the email off to Devon, I'll let you know what she says.

[Barry Adair]

nevermind

[Michael R. Boyett]

Originally Posted by dmaricic

Ok, I sent the email off to Devon, I'll let you know what she says.

Dominic...did you get a response from Devon yet?