I noticed that my feeder cable from my sub panel to my main panel is just laying on some of the plumbing, not really attached to the floor joists. We have a final inspection scheduled for Monday and I told him we should cancel it considering there is still MEP work that needs to be done. He says its fine and it will pass final. Am I crazy to think that this work should be done before final inspection? He also said that I don’t have a right to stop the inspection even though my opinion differs from their idea of “substantial completion.”

Also to add the icing on the cake, I was naive and already paid the invoice he sent for MEP even though there is this issue with the power along with outlets not working, there is still some stuff like the sewer cleanout that needs to be done, and the air conditioning is not working…

  • unitedwithme@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    What is code? The contractor might believe one thing because they work with the village or city often enough, it’s passed bc of historically good work. That’s often when corners are cut because inspections take time complete, and inspectors could be too trusting having a long standing working relationship.

    If your contract says it’ll be to code, then it gets done to code. If it’s get done “enough” to pass, then that’s relative to whomever decides enough it’s good enough, etc.

    • worhui@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Code is a set of written rules that are an absolute minimum set of construction standards that keep insurance costs to a minimum, just because a building official didn’t report it doesn’t make it correct .

      Them being negligent doesn’t mean it approved. It just means that it becomes the homeowners problem to fix on his dollar.