09-04-2013, 05:05 AM
Pete, Another way to look at your question "... Why should an inspector assume that a non-professional knows anything at all, anything, about installing electrical or plumbing according to code? ..."...
Why should the inspector assume the a licensed contractor will ALWAYS be at the job & ALWAYS inspecting the work they may sub out?
We have a number of "OOPPSIES" done by assistants to the licensed contractor, some found by the inspector, many found AFTER the final...
Licensed contractor was NOT at teh job site most of the time for a total house rewire & when we had questions about the assistants' work, contractor told us he was not too sure about the assistant!....
And after having the required licensed contractors working for us, I gotta add " Why should an inspector assume that a PROFESSIONAL LICENSED CONTRACTOR will DO anything at all, anything, about installing electrical or plumbing according to code?"... sorry, but have heard & seen enough here to cause me to doubt all!
I doubt many areas in the country would you have a building inspectors pass a rough framing & final a structure that had no jack studs or load beams in door & windows on load bearing walls, but have seen it in three different structures, in 2 different districts, here (all had plans that called for them...)
Why should the inspector assume the a licensed contractor will ALWAYS be at the job & ALWAYS inspecting the work they may sub out?
We have a number of "OOPPSIES" done by assistants to the licensed contractor, some found by the inspector, many found AFTER the final...
Licensed contractor was NOT at teh job site most of the time for a total house rewire & when we had questions about the assistants' work, contractor told us he was not too sure about the assistant!....
And after having the required licensed contractors working for us, I gotta add " Why should an inspector assume that a PROFESSIONAL LICENSED CONTRACTOR will DO anything at all, anything, about installing electrical or plumbing according to code?"... sorry, but have heard & seen enough here to cause me to doubt all!
I doubt many areas in the country would you have a building inspectors pass a rough framing & final a structure that had no jack studs or load beams in door & windows on load bearing walls, but have seen it in three different structures, in 2 different districts, here (all had plans that called for them...)