fracas666 said:
I apologize to Trevor for the implication that his work is not top notch. I didn't mean to put down Trevor's work. I do know that everyone takes a short cut at one time or another.
Just as wireman3736 says you don't always know that you are making a mistake. Thus reason that I would prefer a more thorough inspector.
Ron
Apology accepted. Actually I do not knowingly cut corners. We all make mistakes at times, but those things are human error. There are a lot of guys out there who deliberately cut corners to save money. I cringe when I'm forced to bid against them because many people simply go with the lowest bidder. Quality is not something that I will negotiate and some people still care about quality work. My biggest complaint about bad inspectors is that the guys who are doing crap work with loads of violations are getting drive by inspections and they continue to stay in business. I wouldn't call that a level playing field.
Then you have inspectors who don't know the code but are seemingly looking for something. (Look at the list in my first post). My point was having to choose between magnifying glass inspections and the ones that we typically have here I will choose the latter. At the end of the day if the house burns down it's not the inspector who will be held liable it's the guy who's name is on the permit.
