On Oct 1, 7:51*am, "John Grabowski" wrote:
"Twice Retired" wrote in message

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It always amazing me as to what contractors of all types will try to get
away with. They go to extremes in order to bypass codes and inspections..
In many cases their violations are a danger to the life/safety of people,
especially children, and domestic animals.
There is a swimming pool contractor in the area that has been violating
the construction codes and bypasses the final inspection by never calling
for an inspection and letting the permit expire. I learned of this when he
did a job for a neighbor and I viewed his installation and there were many
code violations. I photographed the visible violations and delivered
copies to the county inspection department. The inspector informed me that
there had been no inspection. The inspector came out, as a courtesy to me
as the permit holder had not called, and verified the violations. That’s
all it took. My neighbor’s system was extensively re-worked and is now
code compliant.
The county has now gone into their closed files to find the jobs where no
inspection was called. It appears that there may be upwards of 17
instances of letting the permit expire without performing the inspection.