Plummer Bummer "The worst yet" Inspection disaster

Newsflash: BOTH

Just found out that a gas line under the kitchen floor was done incorrectly. What is upsetting about this is it PASSED THE BUILDING INSPECTOR'S INSPECTION!!!! ( As did the faulty electric that had to be completely redone by ripping out the entire second floor flooring. Theleaky plumbing in both showers, The gas connection for the propane water heater that was passed but done for a natural gas connection not propane and many other over sites that have cost me dearly in money and loss of use as in the kitchen island)

So what does this mean? Well don't trust the inspections! If you can't even trust the inspector then who do you turn to? YOURSELF


Be in formed. Read everything you can get your hands on about the work that is being done. Take matters into your own hands. Just like the medical field ask questions, follow your instinct and read the codes. It does not matter or effect the contractor or the inspector when something is done wrong. The ultimate victim is you so don't allow your money to be wasted and your fate to be left in the hands of anyone who is not directly impacted by their work.


In this case the line was run in conduit with a flexible gas line OKAY ACCEPTABLE ( if not in conduit it has to be copper line). BUT what they forgot to do is to VENT the line to the outside!!! And it is required to be sealed which it is not!

This is CRITICAL. Without a vent to the outside the gas has nowhere to go . If it leaks it leaks into the home. If God forbid it ruptures then it EXPLODES in the Room when it is located.


So not only do you have to watch the contractors you have to make sure the inspector knows what he is doing. AND guess what. Your tax dollars are paying for the inspector to do his job right or wrong. He has no accountability . He is the final voice in any municipality and the only recourse to his FINAL decision is the courts! How is that for a mixed up set of rules and values?

In this case this is the second MAJOR screw up for this inspector. The first was the electrical service that had 37 lights, 14 receptacles and 4 ceiling fans connected to ONE ONE ONE circuit breaker and electrical feed line. IT PASSED with flying colors. Once passed I was obligated to pay the contractor and now he is long gone. SO WE PAID TWICE AS WE WILL WITH THE GAS LINE FOR THE WORK TO BE DONE



It should not be that way but it is and everyone needs to know that you trust NO ONE but YOURSELF. The codes are difficult but they are on line and once you get used to them they become easier and they are your best friend.

Opps!!!

He mentioned that he would have found it on the final??? Then what even more expense than what was incurred since a final would and could not be given until everything is up to code.