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Posted by Norminn on November 17, 2005, 7:29 am
My new mission in life is to agitate with city gov't to force the city
govt to do something more useful than pass the buck. They have elevated
passing the buck to an art form, so I figure that there should be new
challenges. They may also have killed three or four people through
incompetence.
Question: It is logigal to me that in-process inspections should serve
a purpose. I'm tired of reading about lousy roofs and dippy concrete
pours. Is it reality, anyplace, that inspectors care what kind of work
is done and actually force corrections for bad work before the job is
done? Does anyone know of citizen groups that have banded together to
get their municipality to do better?
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Posted by Goedjn on November 17, 2005, 1:13 pm
>Question: It is logigal to me that in-process inspections should serve
>a purpose. I'm tired of reading about lousy roofs and dippy concrete
>pours. Is it reality, anyplace, that inspectors care what kind of work
>is done and actually force corrections for bad work before the job is
>done? Does anyone know of citizen groups that have banded together to
>get their municipality to do better?
You're far better off agitating to get the city inspectors abolished
entirely, and hiring a private inspector.
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Posted by Joshua Putnam on November 17, 2005, 2:05 pm
norminn@earthlink.net says...
> Question: It is logigal to me that in-process inspections should serve
> a purpose. I'm tired of reading about lousy roofs and dippy concrete
> pours. Is it reality, anyplace, that inspectors care what kind of work
> is done and actually force corrections for bad work before the job is
> done?
It certainly does happen here (Pacific, Washington, a small town
south of Seattle, east of Tacoma.) But there are limits. Permit
fees don't nearly cover the cost of a detailed inspection, and
citizens are loathe to raise taxes for any reason. There's only one
inspector for a workload that could easily keep two working full
time.
So if you really want to be sure your work is being done to spec, you
can't rely on the building inspector alone. Get your own expert to
supervise and/or inspect.
Also, the city's inspector may not even see a job if it's being done
without permits, and you can bet a lot of jobs get done without
permits that they should have had -- how many people really get
permits to replace a water heater? (How many people realize that an
improperly-installed water heater can destroy their house?)
--
josh@phred.org is Joshua Putnam
<http://www.phred.org/~josh/>
Updated Infrared Photography Gallery:
<http://www.phred.org/~josh/photo/ir.html>
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Posted by on November 17, 2005, 10:25 pm
> After the last one had me going, I can't wait to see how this one
> transpires..
> Searcher
>
The last one In retrospect dumping the salt OUT OF the bags into wheel
barrow ( clean) spreading around the pool with shovel might of been a better
idea, to bad I didn't think of that.
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Posted by SQLit on November 18, 2005, 11:28 am
> After the last one had me going, I can't wait to see how this one
> transpires..
> Searcher
>
The last one In retrospect dumping the salt OUT OF the bags into wheel
barrow ( clean) spreading around the pool with shovel might of been a better
idea, to bad I didn't think of that.
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