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The 2nd unit is upstairs above the garages.
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Update, they are insulating, hanging drywall, and lathing for stucco,and the whole mess is still there even the 10/2 NM dryer feed.
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Update, they are insulating, hanging drywall, and lathing for stucco,and the whole mess is still there even the 10/2 NM dryer feed. How much $$$ did they pay that inspector, or was he just oblivious to everything? Ian A.
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Ian, I'd not be too hasty in judging the inspector.
It's a fact of life that, when a builder puts up a development, inspectors are not about to closely examine every detail of every house. It's far more likely that they will carry out 'spot checks' on a few houses, then sign off on all of them.
Whether this is right or wrong is not really the issue. There is an entire doctrine of quality control ("Statistical Quality Management") based on this principle. Whether such a program was actually administered, with all the necessary procedures, is unknown.
What IS known, according to the OP, is that this particular house was clearly made by a different crew than the other homes in the tract. One bad employee can cause all manner of troubles.
Naturally - regardless of the inspection being passed - there are numerous folks who should have said "there's something wrong here!"
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Ian, I'd not be too hasty in judging the inspector.
It's a fact of life that, when a builder puts up a development, inspectors are not about to closely examine every detail of every house. It's far more likely that they will carry out 'spot checks' on a few houses, then sign off on all of them.
Whether this is right or wrong is not really the issue. There is an entire doctrine of quality control ("Statistical Quality Management") based on this principle. Whether such a program was actually administered, with all the necessary procedures, is unknown.
What IS known, according to the OP, is that this particular house was clearly made by a different crew than the other homes in the tract. One bad employee can cause all manner of troubles.
Naturally - regardless of the inspection being passed - there are numerous folks who should have said "there's something wrong here!" Ah I got it now. Thanks for the info John, I'll remember it for the next one. Ian A.
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The framing inspectors here don't even want to look at a house until the roof, siding, doors, windows and insulation are on. I asked him once how he checked to make sure we used the right hurricane straps, sheathing and nailing schedule... or worse, what would happen if he found a structural violation that required a wall section to be rebuilt, but he was completely unconcerned.
If I was a dishonest contractor, I could really exploit that.
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God I hate residential work.
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This unit has been completed and rented out since this was posted, even a "twin" dulpex has been completed (but wired by a EC).With inspections such as these, there is little value to them ,IMO.
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