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[Carl A. Brown]

Originally Posted by bkelly2

So what does the greasy wheel get then, angioplasty?

In my case it was un upper GI/Scope and barrets esophagus!!!

[Peter C. Russell]

Around here the land is to expensive, the cost of materials are to expensive, realtor gets their cut and the builder gets his profit of the backs of the subs who are just trying to earn a living so they go s fast as they can as cheap as they can, in the end the poor person who bought the house gets screwed and the house is back on the market in a year, in 5 years and 3 owners later they call a contractor to come out and fix it. Good job security for the remodeling contractor and a good market for the Home Inspection company who markets to homeowners whose 1 year builders warranty is about to expire

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Ain't that the truth.

That kind of crap is creaping up here slowly, and I don't like it at all.
But, what the hell are we going to do?

Marcel

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by mcyr

Ain't that the truth.

That kind of crap is creaping up here slowly, and I don't like it at all.
But, what the hell are we going to do?

Marcel

Marcel,

We have to build our own homes (for ourselves anyway) (can't trust contractors any longer)

It sure makes an interesting day inspecting.

I inspected another new home this morning, no need in posting the insulation picture, its the same as the last, 5 inches, was marked R-38 on the installation letter stapled to the new paint job/wall in the garage ...unreal....

[Harold E. Miller]

Originally Posted by dduffy

Marcel,

We have to build our own homes (for ourselves anyway) (can't trust contractors any longer)

It sure makes an interesting day inspecting.

I inspected another new home this morning, no need in posting the insulation picture, its the same as the last, 5 inches, was marked R-38 on the installation letter stapled to the new paint job/wall in the garage ...unreal....

Those code compliance inspectors do not get real excited about crawling up ladders to make sure the insulation is in "compliance".
Besides insufficient insulation on new construction, and resales where it was never caught, I have seen four homes that had their Finals signed off with NO attic insulation whatsoever.
I also talked to an agent whose client bought a new home with no inspection and the heating bill was through the roof. He had the HVAC guy out a few times, then the builder, and they couldn't figure out the problem. Finally someone checked the attic, and it was bare. The builder ended up reimbursing the homeowner for the heating costs, and installing the insulation.
That is OK though, if the compliance inspector did their job, then us home inspectors wouldn't have hundreds of reasons why a "New Home Inspection" is so important for the buyers.

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Hi. Harold;

Ironically, the last job I did in Booth Bay Harbor, Maine, I requested the Code Enforcement Officer come at the job. Of course in this instance I am the Builder.

I dragged his $ss up in the attic and gave him an education. The guy had no clue what he was looking at, along with no clue what he was looking at elsewhere as far as that goes.

I think we all have to understand that these people are hired by the Towns or Cities, and paid mediocre salaries and the only thing that they know is whatever they can remember out of reading the Code Book.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the statistics of mind retainage in reading a book is about 10-15 percent of the contents.

When they are in the field, they walk through and get it done and move on the the next, because one man will usually cover 15 +/- inspections in a day.

Undermanned, unacknowledged, undercare, overworked.

Marcel
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[Carl A. Brown]

The attic!! Heck I can't even get them to hold their heads up on the walk from the street into the house!

http://www.badstucco.com/Leaks101_files/frame.htm

[Peter C. Russell]

So true Marcel, I could go on for an hour about the inspectors here, they either know very little or think they know it all.

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by cbrown1

The attic!! Heck I can't even get them to hold their heads up on the walk from the street into the house!

http://www.badstucco.com/Leaks101_files/frame.htm

Carl, your asking quite a bit, wouldn't you say?......