"Bill Noble" wrote in message
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On 1/26/2011 10:39 AM, Randy wrote:
On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:09:29 -0600, SunworshipperSW@GWNTUNDRA
wrote:

The house I just built, I had to pay for the legalized extortion and
get scrutinized and nit picked.

I've seen a few really bad jobs around here and they where done by
city licensed contractors. The thing is if you hire one of the BIG
Name guys the inspector will showup, put his sticker on, and leave
WITHOUT looking at anything! So they can cut corners all they want.
If you do your own work they will be there for an hour or more.

My friend wired his house, inspector made him open boxes, pull out the
devices, and even go get the crimping tool he used on the ground
barrels. and this was the final inspection after all the rough in was
allready checked.

Hire the guy that made a big political contribution and you might get
really crappy work done, but it will pass inspection with no questions
asked.

Thank You,
Randy

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your experience is different from mine - replumbed my house with copper,
called inspector who talked to me for a few minutes, looked at a few
places where the new pipe was visible and signed off, telling me "I can
see that you know what you are doing, we worry about homeowners who don't
know what they are doing and make dangerous mistakes, and contractors who
cut corners and make dangerous decisions. We don't worry about people
like you who know what you are doing because you will be living in that
house".

Maybe attitude, or locale ?


No, IMHO, and from building 5 houses, I think you had a very rare
experience. You got a good inspector.

We built a casita for my MIL in our small burg of 900 people. The inspector
for the county lived here. He knew every contractor, so it was a
breezethrough. But, the electrical was done by my friend, a union
electrician from Las Vegas. We asked if it had to be done by a licensed
Utard, but he said that I was the owner/contractor, and so long as the work
was acceptable that it would be fine. He did make comments on the
electrical of, "Very nice work." It is always nice to find a reasonable
human being.

Steve

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