07-09-2009, 03:25 AM
If the permitting process is too difficult (too many flaming hoops to jump through) then a lot of work will just "go underground".
How you gonna know that house you're looking to buy deosn't use 14awg wire on 20amp circuits? The former owners did not have the money to hire an electrician, so they did it themselves, best way they "knew how". If the former owners were able to get a permit to do the work themselves, possibly (don't laugh!) an inspector would have caught it and got them to correct it.
How you gonna know that house you're looking to buy deosn't use 14awg wire on 20amp circuits? The former owners did not have the money to hire an electrician, so they did it themselves, best way they "knew how". If the former owners were able to get a permit to do the work themselves, possibly (don't laugh!) an inspector would have caught it and got them to correct it.
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