Inspection shortcomings

[nizak]

It’s amazing how many things pass inspection that are blatant and elementary.

Have worked in 3 newer homes recently ( oldest completed in 2020) and noticed the following.
- #8 Al SER cable feeding a pool house sub panel and protected with a 60 amp breaker.
-Unfinished portion of basement with non GFCI protected receptacles.
- Finished basement area with non T/R receptacles in 2 of the 4 rooms.
- Garage door opener receptacle . GFCI is located at the ceiling receptacle for the opener.
-These are just the things I stumbled upon while working on other projects in the homes.

You gotta wonder what’s the quality of work that’s buried in the walls and ceilings if the finish work is that shoddy.

 

[farmantenna]

I've seen the same here in SE Mass. Inspectors might be under staffed. What upsets me is I work hard to do quality code-compliant work and then see blatant code violations that passed inspection.

Here in Mass we use 2023 code so even finished basement receptacles require GFCI protection

 

[Fred B]

Can't blame it always on the inspector.
Seen many jobs that HO got a handyman or even themselves to come in and add something, at times many somethings after the EC had done some work and inspected, and then the HO not get the extra stuff inspected.
HO and handyman not getting permits so no inspection.
Pool companies doing their own electrical without a clue.
AFCI and GFCI installed then after inspection pull them out to save the HO some money.
SEEN all of this.