Originally Posted by
Mike Gault
If the grounding wire disappears into the ground and is 'secured' to something, it's good enough.
I don't call out a framer to verify top plate overlap that I can't see...
Mike,
You are talking about two entirely different aspects here.
One is like saying 'I can't verify how many nails are in each stud, what the spacing of the drywall screws/nails are, etc., how many nails are in each piece of sheathing, etc.'.
The other is checking the grounding of the entire house to its grounding system.
To each their own, but if I can't see it attached to the grounding rod (many times on older homes they used the wrong type of clamp above ground, and when that clamp is used below ground it's even worse), I always wrote it up.