Originally Posted by
Craig LaMere
Here's the funny part. The building inspector in this area okay'd all this. Where's my banjo?
You know that for sure?
There was a signed off permit there?
I doubt one of their inspectors okayed that. I did inspections in Panama City last September, and from what I saw, they would not okay that stuff.
If you were told 'the city okayed this', then I would take those photos to the building department and ask the Building Official 'Is this stuff okay? I was told the city inspected it, but I suspect it was done without a permit.'
That way, you are, first and foremost, telling the Building Official 'I was told so-and-so, but I don't believe it because I know you would not allow that crap', and, you are also saying 'I would like to know what you say about these types of things'. That's a good way to start building a good relationship with the Building Official and the inspectors. Good HIs build good relationships with their local building departments - first, it eventually earns the respect of the building department for what the HI says and calls out, second, the HI learns what and why the city calls out.
In the end, both the HI and the building department learn from each other.