 nunyaWho is John Galt?Premium,MVM
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Re: Permits and inspection question?
Can they force you to reopen walls if they think that work was done?
Yep.
You might as well go apply for the full permit now and reschedule your plumbing inspection. Many places require electrical, plumbing, and mechanical to be done by a qualified and licensed contractor.
Most likely, since you did the electrical yourself it will not be to code and will need to be redone. Very rarely have I seen even the handiest of homeowners be able to pass an electrical inspection, let alone do a safe installation. 99% of the DIY'ers who *think* they know what they are doing with electrical really just know enough to be dangerous.
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| said by nunya: Very rarely have I seen even the handiest of homeowners be able to pass an electrical inspection, let alone do a safe installation. My experience with owner/builder work of all kinds is either better then pros OR much much worse. Pros know how to do it right but are in a hurry.
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kudos:1 | said by cowboyro:said by tschmidt: Some Pros know how to do it right but all are in a hurry. Fixed it for ya! I agree, a "Pro" simply means the person is paid for their services, it has no bearing on their knowledge or craftsmanship.
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nunyaWho is John Galt?Premium,MVM
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I agree, a "Pro" simply means the person is paid for their services, it has no bearing on their knowledge or craftsmanship.
That's the craziest and most outlandish thing I've seen posted here in a while.
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3 edits | said by nunya:
I agree, a "Pro" simply means the person is paid for their services, it has no bearing on their knowledge or craftsmanship.
That's the craziest and most outlandish thing I've seen posted here in a while. I agree.
61999674  , someone goes to school, pass a test, gets a license and maintains it with continuing educational courses in order to maintain that license.
Then they actually go out and get bonded and insured, and you don't think this person is more qualified than some guy off the street or even some handyman to do whatever work that needs to be done?
Your comment is ridiculousness. |
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| I actually am going to side with Burnt on this.
As a person who deals with the pros on a regular basis that is work related. I have seen those Licensed/Bonded pros do jobs that a handyman can do better.
for instance, this just happened last week.
The contractor who did my prep work for my pad came to me and told me about how another contractor that was well known for quality work, basically ripped a customer off in quality and quantity.
The customer was charged 6k for thier pad work, and another contractor was hired to do an additional part of the project, because the original wanted more $$.
When the 2nd contractor came to do the project, he disconvered that the 1st guy had basically dumped the pad dirt (about 12 yards) on top of the original yard and called it done, then charged them for 52 dumptruck loads of clay. so yeah.. crazy quality professionals.
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61999674Gotta Do What Ya Gotta DoPremium
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That has nothing do with calling yourself a "Pro", a "Professional" simply means you are being paid for your services, being good at it is an incorrect inference.
Actually being a craftsman is something else.
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said by nunya:
I agree, a "Pro" simply means the person is paid for their services, it has no bearing on their knowledge or craftsmanship.
That's the craziest and most outlandish thing I've seen posted here in a while. Are you saying that there are no bad pros?
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nunyaWho is John Galt?Premium,MVM
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kudos:5 | Quote from Nunya (that's me!):
There's some bad apples in every industry. It sucks, but that's the way it is.
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Yeah, tell me about those "qualified" professional electricians--I had to re-wire several junction boxes that a state-licensed electrician wired in my house 40 years ago. Just last week, when I was renovating a section of roof and had to disconnect some BX armored cable from a junction box, I saw the most shocking thing: the connections had no wirenuts on them! Bare copper, out in the open, in junction box!
I had another connection fail, and two other places where he put stuff together and caused wires to be pinched and broken off. Overhead lights that stopped working 1 year after he wired them. In 2006, I found the pinched wire and fixed it. The light works for the first time in 43 years.
I'm not saying most handymen know what they're doing, and I DO have some formal training, back in the knob & tube days, but what passes for professional work is sometimes awful. |
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