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Office Of Consumer Protection

Monday, January 7, 2013

Online Chat to Focus on Homeowner, Condominium Association Disputes

Montgomery County's Office of Consumer Protection director will field questions.

Confused about condo fees? Got a question about the covenants of your homeowners association? Eric Friedman, director of Montgomery County’s Office of Consumer Protection will field questions about condominiums and homeowners associations during a live online chat from noon to 2 p.m. Jan. 10. The chat is part of the department’s “Consumer Ed Café … Food for Thought” series and will focus on the department’s Office of Common Ownership Communities, which handles disputes between residents and condominium or homeowners associations. Residents can submit questions in advance or participate live by going to www.montgomerycountymd.gov/consumer and clicking on Live Discussion. Questions and answers will be posted during and after the chat. Past …

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Gas Appliances Not Being Inspected, County Consumer Protection Report Says

WSSC enforces the gas appliance regulations in Montgomery County.

Around two-thirds of the gas appliances in Montgomery County have not been properly inspected following installation, according to Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection Director Eric Friedman. When gas appliances like water heaters, furnaces, ranges, grills, generators, clothes dryers or fireplaces are installed in the county the licensed gas plumber who performed the installation has to schedule an inspection with the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, who enforces the regulatory code. It’s unknown how many gas appliances that hadn’t been inspected have had problems, Friedman said, but the issue shouldn’t be taken lightly. “This is serious stuff,” he said. Gas appliances that aren’t properly ventilated could cause carbon …

Margo

1:53 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012

Who do you contact to give you a permit for a gas fireplace if your contractor did not pull a permit with montgomery county? The contractor never installed an access valve when he switched it to gas!   more ›

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