Wow. That was a fast inspection, she said.

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That's a good joke to tell to the contractor but if he's serious, he's incompetent and should find a different job, a job where someone is checking his work.

David

Maybe he said it partially in jest, but I think that his point was some guys need a thorough inspection while others do not. I would certainly hope that someone taking out a homeowner permit would get a more detailed inspection than a contractor that the inspector knows from years of seeing his work.

 

[220/221]

Man, we can get in fistfights over some inane topics around here

You know I was joking......right?


No one gets me.

 

[r_merc]

Inspections

Inspections

I pay for his service. He should do his job as the customers expects I do mine. I look at it this way. I make mistakes (did I just say that) and look at the inspector as my partner in delivering a good job to the customer. a second set of eyes so to speak. I get upset when I get the 2 step paper shuffle. Why did I spend 400-500 or more on a permit when the guy didnt even follow thru.

 

[sparkydon]

You were clearly complaining about the inspectors poor performance.

I don't need to take a breath. I'm not the one ranting about a green tag :grin:

My inspector Thursday walked up, took a quick glance at 1000' of undergound and signed off. I was happy as heck that he didn't look at every foot of trench.....especially the 100' that had to be hand dug.

I see you've taken to the :wink: quite nicely...

 

[dnem]

I've never met this guy before (the inspector that is). So he did'nt know me from Adam.

We have had to hire electricians for our shop that turned out to be real knucleheads. One of them was actually surprised you could'nt have an open splice in the wall! My jaw nearly hit the floor. Him, among others quickly get weeded out. But my point is: What have they been doing on their installs while they were waiting to get found out?

They've been standing outside collecting their green tags thru the inspectors cracked open side window.

Wait.....you are complaining that you got an easy inspecytor that trusted you do do your job?


I don't get it.


Green = good

Let's look at it from the point of view that you're advocating.
If green = good from an inspector that's handing out green tags to people he doesn't know for inspections he hasn't performed, then he's also handing out green tags to the hacks that are butchering in jobs in a quarter of the minimum time needed to do the job right.

Do you want to compete against that ?

Can you outbid a hack ?

A hack can always outbid you and hide most of his incompetence inside the wall. . The customer never finds out how bad of a job he's paid for ..... unless the place burns down. . And sometimes even then the hack gets "lucky" and evidence of his garbage gets burned up in the fire that he's caused.

Realistically, only certain items CAN be inspected.

Is it even possible to inspect every jb, switch, outlet and fixture? If he looks at two JB's and skips 20 is that good enough? He eyeballed the work and it looked professionally installed. I would consider that a good thing.

A good inspector needs to be part hound dog. . We need to be good at "sniffing out" clues about the attitude of the contractor about quality and competence/understanding of the requirements. . Getting a "feel" for the jobsite and the contractor is as important as what you can see.

If we give a green tag to a hack for a hack job, we are not safeguarding the public safety and we are not doing our part enforcing an even "playing field" that will allow good contractors to compete and make a living.

An even "playing field" is more important to the good contractor than an inspector handing out green tags.

David

 

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Getting a "feel" for the jobsite and the contractor is as important as what you can see.

According to the OP, the inspector had a "feel" from the jobsite and the company and he brought it to the attention of the owner.


As far as competing against hacks, I assume I do that every day.

Inspectors aren't going to stop the hacks and I have enough problems on a day to day basis, both personal and professional and I don't have time to be concerned with ALL of the "what ifs".

 

[dnem]

According to the OP, the inspector had a "feel" from the jobsite and the company and he brought it to the attention of the owner.

I've never met this guy before (the inspector that is). So he did'nt know me from Adam.

We have had to hire electricians for our shop that turned out to be real knucleheads. One of them was actually surprised you could'nt have an open splice in the wall! My jaw nearly hit the floor. Him, among others quickly get weeded out. But my point is: What have they been doing on their installs while they were waiting to get found out?

This inspector needs to get his "feel" adjusted. . Or maybe, with him, there is no "feel', there's only laziness. . There should be no substitute for the inspector other than doing his job.

As far as competing against hacks, I assume I do that every day.

Inspectors aren't going to stop the hacks .....

Surprisingly inspectors catch hacks all the time. . I don't think the average electrician knows what we see. . Everyday the electrician sees the work he and his fellow workers do. . But we see the work everybody does everyday.

I see hack work quite frequently and failed inspections cut into their profit and sometimes even force them to improve their work.

..... and I have enough problems on a day to day basis, both personal and professional and I don't have time to be concerned with ALL of the "what ifs".

But the inspector does have to be concerned. . I'm just not sure if the inspector of the jobsite on the original post was concerned.

David