"George E. Cawthon" wrote in message
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Jack Symon wrote:

I have built a deck on my house without getting a building permit.
Does anyone know what kind of penalties I can face?

This is simple, Jack. Just ask the building department or
whatever department issues building permits in your area
(actually you should have somebody else ask). I asked when
I had to reroof my house and here it is two times the
building permit (by the way that includes the building
permit) so $50 for a permit to build, $100 dollars if caught
building without the permit. Just make sure you follow
code. It's too late now, so just don't say anything, unless
they are really on top of things they will never catch it.
BTW my building department says they were protecting me, the
owner (from whom?) by having to have a building permit.
They never could explain how they were protecting me. Ba!
Building permits are just a way of collecting money.


This isnt a flame but, think of it this way...
Your homes gonna be around a long time, prob.....
You wont be.

Another reason to follow code...and think about it...while YOU might be able
to do things to code, there are some out there that have a blatent
disreguard for codes, and why they exist. Would you want to live in a home
that was owned by such a person?

I would not.



This isn't a rant against building permits. Standards need
to be followed, but I don't believe homeowner repairs or
small projects should be included. I also got a building
permit for a small building that I put up, but my neighbor
and I put up a fence and later found out that a building
permit was required. I think they would have a hard time
enforcing that after 25 years.