J number

What, you ask, is a J number? Mainly, it's a number we need for our demolition permit. It stands for "Job number", which is how the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) keeps track of your project. We had to have samples of the floors and walls sent somewhere for examination for asbestos (and thank goodness there was none found). Then, our contractor faxed a form to the BAAQMD and we were supposed to get the J number indicating we were good to go with the demolition in three days. Well, three days made Wednesday, but we still didn't have a J number.

So, I called the BAAQMD and they called me back a couple hours later. They didn't know anything about the project! So I got the guy's name and number, called our contractor, who refaxed the information to him and we had the J number right away! (Turned out that the application had originally been faxed to the wrong number, but don't ask, don't tell!)

So now we have everything ready for the demo permit. De-struction starts Monday. This weekend we'll go and pull all the stuff we want to save from the house (cabinets, track lighting, etc.) Don't need to worry about electricity being on, since there is none!