sfav8r
Senior Member
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
We generally work in San Francisco but in the last year have been doing a fair amount of work outside the city (various reasons). In SF we select AM or PM inspection and then the morning of the inspection the inspector calls with usually a 1 or 2 hour window of when they will be there. We have an inspection coming up next wee in a jurisdiction where you can select AM or PM but that's it. No further clarification. Since they require an electrician be on site for the inspection, it gets expensive. If it's a rough inspection you might get some work done while you're waiting, but on a final we have had guys sit from 12-3:45 when the inspector finally shows up. I have a few questions.
1) What does your area do for scheduling? How much time do you waste waiting for inspections?
2) If you're an inspector...Is there any reason a jurisdiction can't provide a 1 hour window? I guess certain geographic limitations in rural areas could have an impact. I'm trying to keep an open mind, but it feels like some jurisdictions could really care less how much they inconvenience the contractors and how much money they waste (whether ours of the customer's). Is there some reason I'm not seeing?
3) And just for fun, what do you do to be productive while waiting for an inspector. My list is below:
a) Return phone calls
b) Do what I can on an estimate (call for product pricing etc.)
c) Organize van
d) Use cell to go to mikeholt.com and ask questions ;-)
e) Call wife if I've been working long hours and reminder her what I look like.
1) What does your area do for scheduling? How much time do you waste waiting for inspections?
2) If you're an inspector...Is there any reason a jurisdiction can't provide a 1 hour window? I guess certain geographic limitations in rural areas could have an impact. I'm trying to keep an open mind, but it feels like some jurisdictions could really care less how much they inconvenience the contractors and how much money they waste (whether ours of the customer's). Is there some reason I'm not seeing?
3) And just for fun, what do you do to be productive while waiting for an inspector. My list is below:
a) Return phone calls
b) Do what I can on an estimate (call for product pricing etc.)
c) Organize van
d) Use cell to go to mikeholt.com and ask questions ;-)
e) Call wife if I've been working long hours and reminder her what I look like.