pool cabana building that needs a FEMA... WHY?? 
Fireplace whisk may be moistened ?
TNAI
When it comes to insurance companies, if it has enough value, they make sure you have to pay for it a few times over.:-|
according to the builder, the County told them that because they had installed a ceiling fan, they needed a FEMA...
Is that the lowest electrical?
if the waters were to be that high, I believe the electricity would have been off for hours, at a minimum.
FEMA? or flood cert. I'd call the local county flood official and discuss. It does look like a substantial structure.
I would not call them, I would call the newspaper and have them send a investigative reporter out with a camera.
jud
I would just say no...
i guess I use the terms interchangeably. every property I touch is IN a flood zone of some sort, so there is never a question about that.
Because it might get wet, silly.
Andy,
Where I practice the local building deptments want a FEMA Elevation Certificate for other things than insurance. For examples: If someone wants to add an addition in a flood zone the building inspector wants to know the elevation of everything in case the addition goes over the 50% rule and then the whole structure has to be raised above the BFE. With new construction or additions before they issue a CO the building inspector's want an Elevation Certificate to see if the structure complies with the local flood ordnances. You don't want know how many times I have to tell a builder he has to move a outlet, light switch or central vac unit because it is below the BFE.
Yes, I have done Elevation Certificates on pool houses like you show for local building deptments.
FEMA Elevation Certificates make the local building inspectors warm and fuzzy and at $1200 each they make me warm and fuzzy too.
I wouldn't be surprised if they considered the pool a flooding source 😉
I just did some at a sewer treatment plant. We did UV disinfectant area,Lift station,
Electrical, etc. It was for insurance but definitely not buildings.
I mostly provided pictures of what/where we measured. Put N/A in the building
information area and a note to see pictures.
It was really done to document that they were not in the 100 YR flood plane.
(They just flooded) That wasn't a cheap fix.
Again where I practice there are pools between the houses and Atlantic Ocean. There are sand dunes between the houses and pools and the ocean. But when the big storm comes and blows the concrete pool (20'x 40' or bigger full of water, think of the mass)off its pile foundation. The pool is going though the house. FEMA and/or the local buiding departments have not addressed this.
In my first post. Had a spelling brain f**t in this post and somehow left the "ar" out of department.
Why.......
....because FEMA does not only insure buildings, but property as well.
This structure is an improvement to the house which will certainly show up on a claim form if a flood ever occurs.
As to what category it belongs......well, this is what the comments section and photograph spaces are for.