09-04-2013, 02:33 AM
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Originally posted by peteadams... You say "so much for...", but you suggest no alternative, except perhaps implying doing away entirely with licensed professionals and government inspectors? Is that a libertarian goal? Or perhaps the OP's suggestion of payoffs to professionals should be preferred?...
One wish at this point would be solid muck-raking journalism to shine some light on the actual state of building inspections and professional tradesman in Hawaii County. Maybe this review could provoke an effort to reform the system to allow amateurs under some sort of regulation to do their own work. Also, the county council recently sent some recommendations to the state legislature for new legislation on topics of interest to them. Perhaps this could be one of them.
I do not know the solution. All I do know is that the current way is not working and is costing owner/builders money with not the security that should come with it.
One option is for our inspectors to have a lot more accreditation so they know what they are looking at. (And not all the inspectors are inexperienced so some of them do know what they are doing).
I also know that when we begin remodeling, my hubby is more meticulous than most of the contractors. His phrase is "good enough is not good enough". But yet he will have to hire a licensed plumber and electrician adding $$$$'s to our project. Thank god he works with Jerry Gardner at MSW electric who does things to my hubby's standards. Now for a decent plumber. And my hubby has done all this stuff for 40 years. But he doesnt know what he is doing according to the state?
No this law is about the contractors lobby plain and simple.