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Posted by Don Ocean on May 30, 2008, 3:06 am
Rod wrote:
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I'm starting with the kindergarden stuff?
>> Yup.
>>
>> Any contractor with 1/2 a brain cell knows to require that the inspecter
>> lists the specific violation by applicable code title chapter paragraph etc.
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>> --
>
> We are located in a rural county and are on kind of a 'good ol boy'
> system. If you push an inspector around here too much he'll make your
> like miserable for months maybe years to come. So it's hard to
> require them to do anything because there are only a couple of them
> and they care more about each other than you. If you stay on their
> good side he can make things easier on you by telling you 'such and
> such needs to be done but I'll go ahead and pass the rough inspection'
> rather than make you pay a reinspection fee. This particular part of
> the county uses the same inspector for all the houses unless he's out
> sick or something and the other part of the county uses the other.
> They also don't fill out any elaborate forms that give the code title
> chapter etc. They just right in the margin "no flex in garage". It
> sucks and it's not fair but that's the way it is and unfortunately if
> you try too hard to change it they will pick apart every job you do.
> What I've had to do in the past is call and ask what he's talking
> about and sometimes he's wrong and sometimes I'm wrong. Today I did
> call and we ended up arguing over it and he angrily told me he would
> look it up for me and show me. I thought I would ask you guys what
> you thought before I went and met with him. Of course I didn't
> realize I was the only one in the country with out the most current
> code book. I expected to be flamed a little but not attacked. The
> inspector said you haven't been able to put flex in a garage since the
> early 90's. Now I do have a code book that is newer than that and
> couldn't find that code. Just thought maybe someone else had heard it
> or had to deal with it before. Now back to running my half ass
> business.
> Thanks,
> Rodney
I recon its time to do the educated thing.. Buy those lads a cup of
coffee and some pie from time to time and spend a bit of fishing,
hunting and ballgame time with those boys. Above all do a good and safe job.
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