Reno,
I'm sorry if you took my post about not getting permits wrong. I don't care if they rip out the wallboard, or wires, etc. Technically you don't need a permit for that. Technically you do need a permit to put all that stuff back in the wall. Also, I meant that some people in town never even made an attempt to get a permit. If I went down a neighbor hood that had 6-8 feet of water in it, and there are 10 houses on the block, and only 2 permits for that street, doesn't that seem a bit odd, that the other 8 houses, didn't do any work at all?