I agree that government inspectors are trash.Just to be clear, I appreciate your unfiltered opinions.
True story time. Plumbing is involved, bear with me.
- So in 2000, I need more room in the house. I added 2 bedrooms with jack and Jill bathrooms, extended the kitchen, added a school room (we homeschooled our children). I'm an electrical engineer, working his a$$ off to pay for this, I don't do construction. Since we're sort of on the topic of "inspections."
The footers are dug, the rebar is in... time for inspection. And we wait, and wait... and it starts raining 4 days straight... inspector shows up on day 4, fails the inspection because of "water in the footings." What a waste of oxygen. The GM and I had a good laugh, what are you going to do?
- Rough framing is up, need an inspection - inspector hears dog barking, refuses to inspect, signs off without looking at anything. Hmmm.
- 4 months later, it's time for plumbing inspection. Fails because the new washer connection is 3 inches too low. Talk about all of the stupid **** inspectors do. This is when I learned that if the sub isn't from the county area, he is screwed.
- Final inspection - failed because I have a garage door with glass in it (inspectors have been walking in and out of my addition for 7 months now).
If you are an inspector, sorry, you are useless ****s.
I get the price thing. I work by contract as well. But I would urge all homeowners to develop relationships with trades people. Send them cards and happy nothing gifts. You people get crapped on so often...
I have a few customers that slip me $20-$100 extra after I give them the invoice. These people get service first and they get a return call within minutes any day of the week or holidays. Right or wrong or that’s how the cookie crumbles.