i agree. that is 5 years that something could have went horribly wrong. putting you and your family at risk

Its the contractor's responsibility to obtain sign off of all required inspections. Its also ultimately the contractor's responsibility to be knowledgeable on ALL required inspections pertaining to the scope of work being done within the city/jurisdiction the project is located. On the permit, the building final had 2 **. I doubt the contractor inquired further to seek clarification. Again, it is NOT the responsibility of the Inspection Jurisdiction to obtain sign off, that is the duty and responsibility of the contractor. Inspectors don't chase inspections down to sign em off. A proper Inspection request must take place before any Inspector is required to do any Inspection. I understand the contractors perspective as well as a homeowner. But the responsibility ultimately always falls on the contractor.

@@aquaholixsd I understand that but if you noticed there is no footnote for the asterisks on either sheet of paper. Again if it isn’t written down it doesn’t apply

@@aquaholixsd so when they just throw in another $20,000 of "regulations" you'll just comply like a good little sheep won't ya? Lol sorry but asking permission from government to do something on your property is just another way they have conditioned you to ASK the government to do anything.. this is America. If I want to hire someone to do anything on my property the government should mind its own business.. things will change soon enough.. the corruption between industry insurance and government is coming to an end..

@@aquaholixsd so what happens when you call in the inspection and they just do not show? So you mean the contractor has to now chase the inspector to do his job? I have a feeling in this case the inspection was done but the paperwork wasn’t completed. Now 5 yrs later someone realized it and we have what we have.

We had one that was open since 1999 and just being dealt with 2 years ago lol. And it was for fire suppression.

Id think the contractor would stay right on the inspectors ass till it was signed off as finall/complete. Once i get that last signature THEN your job is done. Leave it to the homeowner. Lol. Fools!

That's on the State, they obviously do not keep thuer inspection reports up to date per monthly requirements.

@@jeffreybuckner4483 the issueis the homeowner can come back on the contractor and the state legally for failing to do thier job and destruction of private property after project has been completed. Thats heavy fines and loss of license and job.

That inspector could have driven by and done the "Final". In the real world there is a list of ALL Inspections they want to Inspect at every stage of the job and then a Final and that is the completed job. The you should have known, is complete BS and would not stand up in any court of Law. And In that case if that Contractor had not done any of the proper foundation work and that wall fell down 5yrs later that permite would have been zero help in any courtroom for the customer. When it comes to the court room if it is not in writing it does not mean anything.

To save time the Building Inspector could have asked, do you have any pictures! Duh!

Oh but "everybody knows" ???

Every city has that one inspector.

They usually are the guys who never could use a tool and hated to see real menbwith them. In my town i have 4 of the fuggers who graduated the college program below me as i was the standard of the class. I knew before graduating, because i had already had my GC for 4 years, that they would give me hell. They haven't failed my expectations

It's just a step above the guy at Home Depot who says he used to be a contractor. What contractor would leave the industry to go to HD, unless he retired or became disabled?

I'm an inspector in Texas. Master Plumber in 2 states. Owned my own business for 21 years. Got a divorce, lost my retirement. Tore a meniscus, both rotator cuffs, and screwed my back up. I don't speak Spanish, all the white guys that are good plumbers start their own business. 2 years ago I started inspecting because I wanted the insurance and retirement. Didn't feel like starting over. First I went to work for another company. Hard to do after being self employed for so long. Plus, 25 an hour was killing me.

@@othalee Yup, I was going to say that there are people who want the stability and benefits of a government job.

@@cchavezjr7 once I retire I'm going back into business. Maybe.

Sooo true... FJB...F building insp.

Don’t argue too loudly or they will call the FBI for domestic terrorism lol.

Arguing with the PEOPLE'S servants is terrorism upon the PEOPLE'S themselfs. CONSTITUTION IS BLACK & WHITE......yet you all mostly fail to punish our employees the generations before mine have allowed this to happen remember WE THE PEOPLE isn't them to control🗽

You are the Government

@@neilsmith1736 But they don’t see it that way.

, never argue with an inspector unless you KNOW you’re in the right 100%.

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Local and city government.

Pot bellied government employee living in a BLUE state. That says it all folks

@@brianl.8723 Government is government my man. Terrible.

The responsibility to schedule the inspection lies with the CONTRACTOR… not the inspector.

Exactly

Correct

Yeah right. 😂😂😂😂

Hahaha basically.

I've learned to say "yesir boss, I does what your sez"

This man is total bullshit!!!

Hey Jeff Morgan@ it still doesn't make any sense if they have the video footage of the part that is in question. Why would he be required to destroy the finished product. This whole thing sounds personal to me...five years after the project was finalized.

I was thinking the same thing

Are you dishonest otherwise?

In Australia we would say, "he needs his head red"! What a shonk ! He hasn't done his job ! Five years down the track ! JUST PLAIN LAZY ! Taking a pay check without doing the work .... SHAMEFUL ! You did the right thing by fulfilling your part ... he should be made accountable !

@@glendadowe.....head red.....or.........read.?

They issued the ticket.....and you have to ring up and check.?

It's government mentality. LIke taxes. They requier you to pay taxes, they requier you to account all of your taxes for them. If you are wrong you go to jail or pay fines. This is the bass akwardness of government burocracy. Everyone want public money but no one wants to work for it.

Every inspector I've ever had to deal with is exactly like this guy. I am glad you are an exception but this guy is the norm.

Power hungry

Don't think they need to be fired mate, but fucking harsh, these are people with families and mortgages etc. maybe re-educated.

Yea as an electrician inspectors are a joke for the most part. Yea they could catch the obvious stuff. But in there 5min stroll through a job they are only keying in on specific things that they went over that day or week. Hell had one inspector start requiring that we put gaskets on all of our box opening on the inside of house if in an exterior wall. Our wholesale houses didn’t even stalk those gaskets. So then all of our wholesale houses had to start carrying these gaskets to pass inspection! Was able to weasel his way in code book that references back to fire protection think it’s NFAPA. Adding extra cost to everyone because this guy got a little power. Have had inspectors call my union on me. Yea have had some real pieces of crap as inspectors. But there are a couple of good ones.

No, he needs to be fired so he can realize what a major "A" hole he is. I have seen one inspector ignore a keep clear sign and just drive through the yellow tape and park his car. The falling materials totaling his car was the result. Lost his job.

Then the city inspector would possibly start a vendetta against the contractor. Nothing is fair in life

It's on the contractor to pick up the phone? What happens if you speak to the wrong person?

@@sophocles1198 Just like the IRS. What an IRS agent says does not represent the IRS. You're screwed either way.

It's required but I can't explain why or where. You should just have understood the knowledge of it dwells in the ether and you didn't pay attention. Why I despise government. Just sounds corrupt to me.

The game is rigged. Contractor needs time and money to fight court battle. Guess who foots the bill for the inspectors court costs? Taxpayers come on down! Your the next contestant on "Government regulation in nutshell!". As the contractor you get to choose between fighting a court battle you have no guarantee of winning or just doing whatever the inspector asks as the latter is usually cheaper.

that was my first thought.

I agree this whole process is BS and he should be able to tell it was done right but I’ll defend the inspector on some comments. He did say he would accept pictures. Stanley assumed they didn’t because other places didn’t so he didn’t try. He didn’t have to dig it up had he just tried to show the video first. Though the inspector should have said that considering the situation. If a jobs been finished for 5 years especially today with cell phones he should have mentioned pictures were an option.

5 years laTER POuND Sand inspector

@@joshcowart2446 Then again it should have listed the inspection as a requirement in the list of required inspections.

@@olstar18 agreed

For some reason I had a feeling this was about an unpaid bribe

If you look in your city's Code Compliance book you will most likely see multiple times that it is the code officer's discretion, if you question his authority he might go as far as to say do it my way or I will red tag your house with a substandard dwelling sticker on the door and have you kicked out of your before 5 o'clock the same day and the police will arrest you if you try to come back there and live. This cold officer's discretion is wrong because he is supposed to follow the code to the letter of the law but I have experienced it myself and if he tells you to do something that goes against the code there is nothing you can do except what he asked you to do and in the future you will find the next inspector after him will say this is not up to code and when you say the previous inspector said he wanted it this way, the new inspector will say he doesn't care he is the inspector now and you will do it his way

There can be many inspections before final, depending on job

@@niyablake Me too!

@@analizad9409 our second amendment is specifically for situations like this, nobody has the balls to use it. It's coming I'm waiting for the day and it might just be me who does it, sooner or later I'm going to have to neutralize a corrupt cop or out of bounds city official like this inspector and claim second amendment free state.

Oh my goodness 🤣😂

Agree, A lot of inspectors can't make it as contractors so they go into inspection.

Seems as though this inspector didn't look at the permit on file?

You are so right. Beyond his years.

@@Dirtmonkey That makes no sense. It shld be on the permit if it requires you for more.

oh- you are mean but that is such a good idea.

@@Dirtmonkey malicious compliance my dude.

@@Mr_Zimm You can't just leave it with the inspector. You need to get his boss in the loop, too. And make sure they know WHY they're in the loop. Nothing better than pissing off someone's boss for maliciously complying with their demands.

@@toddlynch7282 did you mean meticulously? I actually like maliciously in this case as well lol

My old Foreman (Concrete Foundation Walls) does exactly that, he doesn't leave it to chance with these bozos.

Yep I thought that, if he doesn't like inspecting the North-South orientation of bricks, or the angle at which nails are driven into the wood, then they shouldn't be putting pointless stuff on their inspection forms. He's looking for a bribe IMO

I'm a former building inspector. I think this coming back later is B.S. If we missed a required inspection, it would be on us, not have the contractor come back 5 yrs later. And if its not listed on the permit, its not required, period. This was B.S. because he got caught not doing inspections that were required so now he's doubling down. And as far as doing all inspections, yes, you do them. You get out of your damn truck and you walk the site. I have been on commercial inspections that took hours.

This inspector would need his own call center for all the phone calls he'll be receiving x)

I'd be calling him 20 times a day to ask questions about what needed inspected on every job I had. Have my contractor buddies do it too. Make their lives miserable until they fix the permits

The inspector contradicted himself! "If I got called out for everything that got put on those inspections, I'd never leave the job site" Then why don't you just put the ones YOU want! BS!- especially FIVE F...KING years latter!! BS. BS BS!!

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Tom - was thinking that or is he checking another inspectors goofs or mess ups.

Yup Totally agree, he's trying to cover is a---

Yup, I get inspectors like that all the time. Inspector made mistakes in the past and got in trouble, so now they take it out on future inspections.

Bruce is totally checked out I’m surprised he had to even talk as he was clearly on his way to go four wheeling (people don’t risk that being stolen by leaving in back of truck)

Seriously! When I heard that I thought "what a nightmare!".

We used to haul 50 wheel 13 axle oversize. The rules for oversize are far from standardised and you can get all manner of permits and then get tripped up on stupid stuff like the permit for amber safety lights expiring. In Newport News, Leibherr has a factory and the interstate entrance ramp is less than 150' from the factory but the local cops claim a permit is required and they won't return calls made to the local cop permit number. BTW: Off M59 west of Pontiac, there is a place called Duck Lake and my friend used to live at it in a house that looks like a windmill. We could take the boat to the bar until Michigan started doing sobriety tests on boaters.

Louisiana is the same

You have to get inspections for solar too? Jesus, see this is why I bought land that's surrounded by forest on all sides. Only thing you can see is through the break in the forest where there's a driveway. If nobody can see you, and doesn't know what you're doing, you don't need permits or inspections lmao

Job security.

@@GlorifiedGremlin they are using drones to find unpermitted structures/work. They are total leeches with unchecked arbitrary power.

@@bolo2393 If someone flies a drone over my land, it's gunna get shot down lol the airspace belongs to me as well, up to a certain height

@@GlorifiedGremlin in the US shooting down a drone is a federal offense with huge fines and prison time.... Not saying it's right, just saying. There really is no such thing as private property, you lease it from the government. Don't believe me, don't pay your lease payment(property taxes) and see how long they let you keep it. Again not saying it's right, just saying.

give someone a bit of authority and they mostly turn into tyrants

You could always have an inspector that deliberately fails everything you do to get you thrown off of contracted jobs so they can have their buddies come in and do almost nothing yet get the credit for the job as well as get paid for it while you get just enough to cover your expenses with little to no profits if anything at all. My dad had an inspector attempting to do that with an electrical panel replacement from fuses to breakers. On the first inspection it was the backboard was "to small" it needed to be bigger by 3 inches one way and 4 inches the other. This is for a 100 amp breaker panel box. Next day the back board passed but the panel was "to small" and then they suggested my dad bring in "his guy" to do the work. Mind you that the person my dad had doing the work is a certified electrician through the Army Corp of Engineers and is certified to do the wiring for power plants. The guy he wanted us to use barely had their certification to do just residential wiring. He had only been in business for 2 years while the one my dad was using had 10 years in the Army Corp of Engineers and was still on active reserve duty for another 10 after the fact until he retired. When it came time for the next inspection a different guy showed up and we discussed all what had been "failed" and "fixed" according the the previous inspector and he told us that inspector was no longer working there as an inspector and will not be allowed to work there ever again because of him pushing his buddy onto people to do the work and never once failing anything. He also told us that he had to go for a final inspection for one of the other guys buddies work and found 20 things wrong that the other guy had passed. He also told us that they had found out the other inspector was getting a cut of the profits from his buddy and was also a "silent partner" in his buddies business. He also told us that the other inspectors buddy lost his certification and the business was shut down.

Ehhh.... The inspector's wife probably rejected him the night before and lucky you, you got to be the whipping boy for his frustration that day. Had that happen one time when I went down to the Building Department one time to ask what reinforcement I needed to put in a decorative Adobe/concrete wall I was installing at my own place (3' tall x 18" wide). The inspector just plain-flat came unglued, "What ?! You want to build an unreinforced masonry wall in earthquake country ?! What if it fell over ?!" (in my opinion, any yappy little dog small enough to get hit by a 3" high wall... good riddance) I told him, "That's why I'm here !! I want to know what you want in it !!". Went back and forth for a bit with me telling him I'd put whatever he wanted in the wall. He then told me he would get back to me after consulting with the other inspectors. Funny thing is, by the time I got home there was already a message from him saying I didn't need anything, and that I did not even need to pull a permit, (Yes, I did put in rebar and mesh in, anyways. 15 years later when we sold the place it had only had one crack in 35 feet !!) Weird thing is, all my other contractor buddies said he was normally the most laid-back inspector with the city. Lucky me, I caught him on a bad day.

@@jimbayler4277 36" (Maybe it's 30") here in California need ZERO reinforcing. Or at least that was the way it was up until I retired in "05"

@@victoreous626 : This was in California and was along both my front property lines. This was around '03. Decorative (Spanish adobe look), with no play areas or anything else that could be damaged other than few plants or maybe a little lawn. I didn't normally do walls in my jobs (actually, I don't recall anybody ever actually requesting them). This was for my own place, and I didn't want any potential issues with the city. I had gone down to city hall on a "Discovery"/informational quest. I'm in the SF Bay Area, surrounded on all sides by faults and wanted to do it right. Nothing fancy, so I didn't want to involve an engineer. Turns out, they didn't have any special spec's nor did they require me to pull a permit. Me being me, I over engineered it, plus I embedded a 2-ton Fieldstone boulder in my side of one of the walls. The Adobe/concrete (cement stabilized Adobe) didn't even crack where it went over part of the rock !! (got just one, but elsewhere).

There is no such thing as an 'implied' inspection. Ether it is REQUIRED or it is BS.

@@moseszero3281 Well said.

Shouldn't have to call anyone. Government just wants to boss people around, but don't actually want to do anything. You heard him "you could send pictures" there's a lot you can't tell by pictures.

it seems just like a personal thing or his just bored and wants to be on camera either way its an ego thing

This inspector says “guys in the industry, they know..” (implying unlisted required inspections) 🥴. This inspector was dead wrong

AHJ does outline an inspection but they can’t enforce something that isn’t code. Having someone dig up a yard 5 years later is a recipe to end up dead for the A hole asking for that. Should be legal to euthanize the piece-o-shit building inspector.

@@RadDadisRad they can and do enforce things that aren't code he is in charge of that jurisdiction and of course the worker didn't check to see if he passed inspection which is just good workmanship that way he knows he passed and the homeowner knows he did the job correctly it is his responsibility to get a final inspection not the government's

Good to know- thanks!

Please do..I don't know why anybody is still in Minnesota.

Hey after 5 years with the freeze cycle anyone with 2 eyes would just say "great work"

Bruce was def instigating conflict and seeking a bribe here.

Yeah that inspector is sketchy as hell. Definitely need to review all of his recent work (past 2 years)

I would get a copy of the inspection sheet in a month to see if he backdated his inspection.

That makes sense.

Sounds like it. Personally I think he is lying about the additional inspections and “contractors know” .

@@michaelanderson1187 Great idea.

So many building inspectors are just slugs sucking of the teet of the tax payers. This is totally unacceptable and then building inspector needs to be held accountable for his negligence. I can't believe you broke ground because some inept tool fails to do his job.

Are you a contractor? Do you only want to do 1 job in that town? I've seen electricians bringing inspectors against the board and they wished they never did. Saved $25 in parts because of a principle... now all jobs are gone over with a fine, fine, comb. I had an inspector telling me I had to hardwire a c/o detector because he wants it even though the gas code is battery operated is OK. He said put it in so I'll pass your job. Guess what? I don't have a problem putting it in and charge the customer...I will have problems if I told him no and take him to the board. He teaches classes too.... sometimes you just pick the fight.

@@umadbra Would you do that if it was five years later and you had to remove the finished wall (if that's where it is) and redo it at your expense? Yer spot on at the time of construction and that you truly cannot fight Shi...err...City Hall but I would guess you'd balk at it 5 years later. I don't think it's wrong to push it a little but it could blow up in your face if you go too far. In this case it seems simple, which may be the entire reason the inspector is doing it, so he's probably right to just do this easy step to appease the guy. Could you imagine what would happen if the guy decided Dirt Monkey had to redo it? Hopefully he rewrites his quotes to handle it better but he's still on the hook when some "inspector", and I use that word loosely, comes along to exert their authority. It's pathetic but that's what government these days and power gets you. This town needs an enema.

@@steverichter9825 if it's signed off and my job is done according to today's standards. Why would I need to pay for anything to open anything up? It's the contractor's job to close the jobs. I've seen homeowners having to remove a completely finished basement because he said he did it because of covid and had to bring his family in. Too bad town hall was open.

@@umadbra Oh, I agree that the signature COULD help but, (though I'm no contractor myself-just a homeowner) I have friends who are who've dealt with it where it's meaningless. The inspecting authority finds some error, even on their part, and you have to decide whether to just do what they want, or fight it and risk getting punished some other way. As you stated with whether you wanna work in this town again. It does look like he should have had a signature somewhere for his protection even though it's meaningless if the right (wrong?) inspector shows up. SOP for government.

@@steverichter9825 they show up to make sure you pulled a permit and the town is aware you are doing the work. They don't check your work from start to finish because they expect the license holder to do their jobs correctly. Imagine a shopping mall? How long would it take a person to go through all the boxes? They just want to make sure paperwork is in order and if something burns down, I have my insurance to pay for it.

Thank you!!!

I don't recall him saying that the final inspection had happened.

Unfortunately where I live they have subbed out the inspections now and I've had up to 5 years of work that had the same documents of what inspections were required and were done at that time. They now have imposed new rules and the inspector wants that phone call to come there during the contracting , which I have had a guy race in whoa whoa whoa what's going on here haha to have nothing going wrong . anyways I feel that pain of going back and opening up all my old work, customers hate it, restaurants during lunch rush etc. Great job Stanley love your videos!

@@NiceMuslimLady do you recall him saying that the final inspection has nothing to do with him?

@@devilsadvocate1685 Yes...but the inspector didn't seem very concerned about that.

4 years but still.

according to Bruce its too much work for them to write down what inspections are needed. Instead I am supposed to call and ask because thats not as much as work.

@@Dirtmonkey yeah just hold up you and them with a phone call instead of having it on the paperwork that seems logical... NOT

Lazy inspector

@@xpor6988 lazy city and permit writer.

Isn't it just as much work for them to stop what they are doing to figure out, over the phone, exactly what all inspections are needed? Instead of just typing it on the permit at their leisure, before they hand you the approved permit....

He may have to work with that asshole again, best to keep the social damage to a minimum.

I truly believe he was hoping for a bribe. Payoffs the name of the game.

@@spikenomoon lmao its 2021 this aint the 1930s when everyone wants a bribe

@@ChathamFireDeptfan greed is all decades my friend. I bet Cain wanted Ables allowance.

Watching on my broke phone screen. When he first got out of the car with a black circle over his face, I'm like "oh no! Another spot!"

Almighty government 🤮

@@Dirtmonkey yeah whatever more like tyrannical government.

Takes me months to get a permit through in my city and yet these guys can hunt down a five year old project. If the city wants these inspections done they need to state it in the paperwork, sounds like a really lazy permit office to me.

In my area the only reason why code enforcement is worried about a 5 year old job is because the house is in contract and the buyers mortgage company is requesting a property search. The Code Officer is refusing to sign off on any work that was done on the property that he/she hasn’t personally inspected (due to liability issues). When I saw you had a video of it my very 1st thought was to show it to the building/code department and you may save your self some digging. Second, the required inspections should absolutely be written on the permit, we are not mind readers. Calling the building department and asking dumb questions because they can’t be bothered to put it in writing is time wasted. Word to the wise: get your inspections or it could hold up the sale of your house

You should have bribed the inspector and then turned him in. Get him fired or jailed.😡

They made him open it up after 5 years to teach him a lesson in contracting outside of his county. Next time he builds a wall in that county he will do it right and call the inspector when the time is ✅

yeah with that huge beer gut, looks like it dude could use the exercise!

I would have asked the City Manager to come out and deal with a improperly filled out Inspection Card and to meet at the job site with the inspector. The conversation would have went like this, City Manager, "Hey inspector your office screwed up and didn't put the proper inspection on the card." Inspector, "yes sir we screwed up. And I can't boss this guy around and say, you should have known. So this job is complete." Stanley, "And next time I'll make sure they have that inspection on the card. And Mr. Manager, I want an audit of this department to find out who's in charge and responsible for failing to get this issue resolved for over five years."

@@fishon7301 lmao good luck, you must not have dealt with these departments. Worse than the dmv IMO

It's not an ego ... they've got a long running corruption scam going on in their office, and they are Sooo arrogant they think they can now get away with anything.

Makes you wonder how city-state and federal employees spend their time not working but working on private business on government time and we pay taxes for them to live high on the hog and not work.

We payed $70,000 (after negotiations) for a building permit. We wrote the check, they never once came to the site to inspect. It's ALL about money!!

Exactly electronics make it easier to put every detail on the permit. The guy is a simple jerk.

yeah, it would have been hard not to say " what industry so you think I am in"?

Absolutely. 4 years and no settlement, it hasbeen done correctly. And if the cities listed inspections are inadequate, the city is liable to the homeowner.

Actually, Bruce should have been arrested on the spot and charged with harassment. I suspect his argument that certain inspections being required with no physical evidence of such would be fodder for a competent atty. I realize that things may be different in W. St. Paul but in my neck of the woods such an inspector would not keep his job for long.l

True. I did our was 10 years age! Still look great! If the inspection paperwork doesn't call for any inspection or paperwork then the guy has no leg to stand on

@@disqusmacabre6246 hi handsome. I agree with your comment. Bruce is breaking the rules and should be fired .

Well they guy said ruff instead of roof so inspector may be worried the job wasn't done right since the guy has hard time speaking correctly

🤨 I'd be fuming...

Mob don't like new guys or non union

Much appreciated sir!

Yeah I thought the same.. one look after 5 years should be enough proof the wall is well above standard

I agree. Seems like a simple drive-by after 5 years should be sufficient to rule out wrong doings

ridiculous, laziness on their end, they are just making their job easy for their case load and if they want to pick and choose their fights to make us miserable. thank goodness you document your jobs. cya. awesome tips and advice 👌

Exactly! If it is not on the permit as a required inspection , it is not required, especially 5 years after the job is done. Thst inspector should be fired.

True if it's not in paper then it's there problem...

That's not how this Sht works

A lawyer would shred that up....paper didn't say it was required...its not required. He said you should have assumed. Not taking responsibility for your crappy building dept

This just felt like he was fishing for a bribe

You can defend yourself if you are well learned like this man. He can present this in court easily and defend himself. You dont always need to purchase a lawyer. Also if there is proven retribution due to a legal dispute you are definitely liable to payment for damages or losses due to said retribution. Revenge cases are very common. For that id definitely recommend a lawyer

Appreciate that 👍

That sounded like a total batch of hog wash in my book. Who is going to call each city to verify which inspections are needed? Right!

@@Dirtmonkey what now? Just letting it go? Is that area not profitable enough to spend the time to get this resolved? Seems like a good chance to see real local government in action

@@georgehoppes6456 Good point. Consider that he doesn't make money as a political activist. In his business, the less time he spends on bureaucrats, the better. Perhaps a local brave viewer might do it.

@Ken Shek : Fortunately, he can't get it changed on those permits that have already been issued! 😁

lol- Im not sure if he would get the clue

That would take an excavator!

Hahahahhaha.

@@rebeccaanderson2907 He said the size of the Inspector, not the Inspector's Ego/Attitude... Making it the size of his Ego/Attitude would require a Nuclear Blasting Charge... 😄😁😆😅😂🤣

No you just make sure the site is almost impossible to drive through- mud- so he has to walk in and he can't drive it in his truck

yep RTFM

You are obligated to do what the contract says. In this case, the contract is the permit.

@@royreynolds108 Exactly what I said. Thank you for reinforcing exactly what i said.

Thank you sir! I did have to bite my tongue a few times though lol.

@@Dirtmonkey Integrity! and respect! Those are the things that impressed me exactly!

I agree. If instead of complying, the contractor and homeowner had gone full Karen mode and sued the city, the inspector would have lost his ass. If he needed those inspections they should have been listed in the list of required inspections.

It's funny because he says "you could have provided the video back then". How is the contractor supposed to know that unless you document it on your permits or during the process?

@@thatsux0rz Whole lot of back peddling and and double speak on this one from the inspector.

@@1realtruthrightnow742 Yep. I am feeling too much rage with this video.

Absolutely and it should be demanded that everything be in writing. No exception