Twice Retired wrote:
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. The county is taking action.
I have reviewed my neighbor’s system before and after corrections and
the interesting fact to me is that if the system was installed in
accordance with the code to begin with, the actual material/labor cost
would have been slightly less than the violation installation. Go figure!
If you have a job performed, be certain that there is an inspection that
ascertains that the installation complies with local codes/ordinances.

SO IT WAS YOU! YOU DARN SNITCH! THOSE PESKY INSPECTORS WILL BE CRAWLING
ALL OVER THE DANG BLASTED JOB!

Inspectors around here are actually not that hard to work with if you
just follow the code and standards. Sometimes a municipality will have
a little different standards than a national code book so we don't
argue with them and everything works out. I have a job going on right
now where I have to move old equipment and install new. It's not just
inspectors we have to deal with, it's all the other guys doing different
things for the project.

[8~{} Uncle Monster