As a retired Building Inspector in England, ive enjoyed watching your house being constructed through all its stages. The comments and observations of the Building Inspector was so interesting as the aims and reasons he gave was so similar to my own. The building methods and design you used especially the use of power tools was especialy interesting as my own site history was mainly with hand saws, hammers ect. Ive been retired for over 10 years and when I started in the building industry it involved pushing handcarts loaded with timber, foundations dug by hand. Keep up the good work! Thanks again for an interesting and entertaining series.
It is difficult for me to properly express my gratitude for this series. As a young builder having recently started my own construction company, this series and this channel have been invaluable to my career. Additionally, I have picked up several life lessons along the way and I feel a warm familial connection towards Scott and Nate. I believe that this series is a landmark in the field of construction and professional education. Thank you, Scott and Nate, from the bottom of my heart. "The only things you take with you when you leave the Earth are the things you learned during your time here, and the only things you leave behind are the things you teach."
I haven't commented much, but have been here from the beginning. I was even one of the viewers of that 1st livestream you tried to do from the site when you were about to buy it. This whole series have been amazing to watch. Every day that you uploaded, your video was the highlight of that day. Thank you Mr. EC, Nate, and everyone who made these videos possible. I now sit with bated breath for your next project.
Phil is a great guy. I had the pleasure of first getting to know him as a teenager in high school and then reconnected with him when we had him inspect a foundation stabilization project on our last home.
So this is it! Spec House, The End! Been here since before it even started! It was truly remarkable. What a project. A testament to commitment! Great work, Scott, Nate!! 👏👏👏 This was insane!
What I really liked about this series is that the construction method used isn't used at all in my neck of the woods (europe). This was a great series. Really enjoyed it. Wishing you all the best
What a great ride this series has been! I've enjoyed every single video. This is the kind of content I wish "This Old House" (and other similar programs) would provide. I look forward to whatever you have planned next!
The house looks great. Love the scenic views. I have dealt with many inspectors over the years and I felt that he is a fair reasonable guy. I have on occasion or two called an inspector for a clarification and they would gladly help me. I have also had inspectors call me on certain items. No one likes an inspector who has an attitude but most are decent folks, same goes for contractors. Some folks in the comments were being rude about the inspector, not nice. He did say his most important reason for being an inspector(public service) - his family. Keep up the good work!!
Inspector will always have an item. Given the complexity of the job a bit of caulking is a breeze. And the stair rail was all good so good job sir and thanks for the content.
The customer is the homeowner who will live on the premises, not the contractor who provides the product. I always approach the inspection process as a partnership from the architect to the engineer to contractor and inspector, so the homeowners receive a minimum standard. The bar keeps getting raised due to continuous research and developments.
Great series! I have really enjoyed watching the progress on this build. The future owners will be getting a great product. I was also a General Contractor for 13 years before deciding to go to work for a municipality in the Public Works Facilities Dept. and ended up in the Construction Management Division. Having a defined schedule and a pension were a definite plus. I still seem to always have a project in progress.
It’s always easy to hate on the codes, They may slow you down and they might even prevent you from doing something better. But really its the codes that stop certain unscrupulous individuals from screwing people en masse, saving 20 cents in a way that’s just totally unjustified, unsafe, or just not right.
This video reminds me of a couple of inspectors here in irving texas just outside Dallas they always were helpful not always kind but showed me better not always quicker those two have retired now if by chance y'all watch this Thanks Bill Burk and Paul Pomaroy
Great video. Though the house is done, please keep the videos coming. Especially concrete videos. I own a small concrete business in north east Tennessee. God bless!
Great Great Job Essential Craftsman team! Truly enjoyed this series, the tips & tricks, and things all to be considered when I eventually build my own Craftsman style home. - Keep up the good work -
I would say the primary benefit for me of building codes is the knowledge that all of the homes in my community are built to a certain standard, and my community won’t end up with eyesores of falling over houses, that people can move into my community knowing they aren’t likely to get a money pit.
I have watched this entire series and it has been a great series, thanks for allowing us to follow it. HOWEVER, i just gotta know how you found out you were calling Phil by the wrong name? LOL Was it in editing and someone said to you, " That is not his name" Were you even close to it or were you calling him Phil Erkingstington when it was Phil Smith or some other variation? HaHa i gotta know!!!
Another great episode, always enjoy the build. You built one incredibly beautiful house Scott, and this is a home that anyone would be happy to call their home!!
I had to deal with inspectors in the radiology field. I found that it worked so much better to look at them as allies. If there's something wrong, you ought to want to know about it. I'm looking for a home inspector now, on the advice of my sister, to tell me what I need to do to the house, where I need to spend my money, to get it ready for sale. Wish me luck. (Looks like this was done after the first open house.)
I always got along with my building inspectors. They are usually a great source for what’s going on in the area and they are helpful in coming up with solutions on sticky problems that always seem to come up. Of course we always went above and beyond code requirements so we had little to worry about. The guy that is just trying to squeeze by is a dangerous guy to do business with. I’ve noticed, The people who don’t like them are like the people who don’t like the police, they’re the ones breaking the laws and they don’t like getting caught.
Amazing series. I said it before, and I'll say it again, I hope you'll start a new project. Perhaps a more luxurious house, perhaps a more urban area, perhaps a more brick and mortar aproach or perhaps the same thing all over, but at the new location. I love the blacksmithing videos and other nonspecific topics so whatever you do I'm looking forward to it. Keep up the good work 🙃
He was way wrong on the fire issue. The garage is one of the last places house fires start. #1 Kitchen, #2 Bedroom, #3 chimney, #4 Living room, #5 Laundry, #6 outside, #7 Attic. I find it interesting that the most expensive assets a person owns (other than the home itself) are in the garage, namely, your cars! Maybe we should rethink why and where we are putting the firewalls and try and protect those assets from everyone and everything trying to burn them up. Though the facts are what they are, I do say some of this in jest. But, it is something to think about. And to those who say your family is your largest asset, I know, DUH!
When I was starting out ,I was fortunate enough to become acquainted with an 'Old School" inspector, long gone now. One day, he leaned over and said to me, "Here's a tip. When you have an inspector coming, leave something 'wrong' in plain view. He sees it, busts your chops, and goes on his merry way". Have I ever done this? No comment. Schools and Hospitals are a different story. DSA inspectors are no joke, they are mostly, licensed engineers and usually have the superintendent shaking like a dog shitting peach pits.
I've been trying to build an RV park since September. Not even in the city just the county and from Sept to March I still haven't been able to get approval to start construction. The engineer and the county and my contractor have been going back and forth on drawings, septic fields, power pole locations, earth moving and road locations. I've spent 100k so far on not counting the cost of the land and I've gotten nothing in the ground but 3 30 inch drain pipes. The ground was already very level and I've done a most of the tree removal myself.. The county has required me to add far more sewer systems than I would ever need. Its so frustrating and I'm in Alabama, a southern red state with very little regulation and low taxes. I've begun to wonder if someone in the county has a grudge against me.
Im kind of the opposite I've done so much labor so early in my life I'm just tired of it and I want to be the one in an office and designing on a computer. Ideally remote in the desert poolside under palm trees
I'm working on a house right now that was inspected and approved, by one of the strictest municipalities in Northern California, in 1989. The LP Inner seal siding is disintegrated and the framing is water damaged. The failure of this product is well known throughout the industry and a weak effort was made by the manufacturer to compensate some of the homeowners. They are still selling a similar product. Several years ago, The Western Wood Manufacturers Association downgraded the load bearing capacity of their dimensional lumber. This recalculation immediately found it's way into the code necessitating the purchase and installation of More Lumber. Is there collusion between building product companies and code writers? I don't know. But if manufacturers are writing the code (Simpson) there is, at least , an appearance of impropriety. Having said all that, if there weren't so many shady contractors, we wouldn't need codes at all. End of rant.
You could always say that Phil the building inspector just does not want his last name in a YT video. Its ok, dont apologize, just reference his name as Phil the inspector.
I don’t befriend inspectors, I think it’s a conflict of interest. I would much rather have an inspector do actual spot checks to see if things are correct. Unfortunately, most electrical inspectors I’ve worked with just show up and ask for the counts and leave. Counts so the can charge correctly.
I would think it would take at least a couple of days to truly inspect a house from top to bottom. Only 2 or 3 hours would be just a glance over at best. Maybe Im getting punch out and inspection mixed up?
Every building inspector I've had the displeasure of working with were incompetent and failed/bankrupted contractors. A structural inspector is oftentimes a drywall installer. Very grumpy bunch, especially with atypical industrial projects.
if they were really worried about life safety then why are sprinklers not mandatory in all residential homes not just apt buildings they save lives in BC Canada they changed the code something to do with where you live like in a high likely hood of forest fire area or some such reason in the 90's and since the change there has been no deaths from fire in a sprinkler equipped home 30years and no deaths cant say the same thing about any other area of north America when they mentioned in Ontario Canada about brining it in as part of the building code the builders in this part of Canada fought tooth and nail to stop it saying it would add too much to the price of the house so there is a price that a human life is worth at least to the builders here there is and that would be 6/8k bucks am pretty sure they said it would add that much to the cost of building the average home small price to pay as you will save huge on your fire insurance premium as with a sprinkler equipped home a fire will generally be contained to the one room it started in and the damage to the rest of the home minimal and you WONT DIE LOL PS and as a footnote the price of a 1000 square foot home in the city of Toronto is now around 1.2 million dollars for a home my father payed 26 thousand dollars [Canadian dollars so about $12.50 US Bucks LMAO] for in 1973 is now worth 1.2 million so much for keeping cost down LMAO so much waste of money is added to the cost of a house by government intervention some good some not so good as usual great video by EC thanks PSS am not sure about the rest of you but i would sleep better in a house with sprinklers than one without i worked for many years in insurance restoration [many many big fires] and have seen up close and personally what fire can do to peoples lives and it could be prevented for a couple thousand bucks baffles the mind why we don't install them in every home also note that in some jurisdictions they do have you install them in a in-law apt in the basement they make you install them in the mechanical room and the the laundry area etc... but not everywhere does that
Your following him around and gabbing a lot. I was told to vacate the premise when the Inspector shows up and don't have any unnecessary conversation with him. Perhaps the person that told me this was a bit paranoid, not sure.
So death from fire related accidents in the home are about the same as falls or motorcycle deaths. I really doubt all the "codes" do much to prevent anything compared to the overzealous ridiculousness builders have to deal with. Its practically an industry and seemingly the biggest worry of property managers everywhere, lol. Things like that always come down to common sense and paying attention to your surroundings.
Minimal building codes are a joke. You can literally build a house out of complete foam walls with metal sways and have a single top plate and one board for a header
Why should GOVERNMENT inspections be required for a personal, private residence? By what authority? Let's deal with contractors who do do poor and/or dangerous work. Let's get back to professional tradesmen and their standards. As a retired real estate appraiser, I've done many final inspections for mortgage lending purposes. Some of the most incompetent people I've met had state certifications and licenses. Far too many government inspectors are nothing more than checklist guys, and when they are dealing with the elite the standards change. Just one example will suffice. I was involved in attempting to get the natural gas supply in a mobile home park up to code after it was shut down for leaks during extremely cold weather. The city knew the park had leaks for years but looked the other way until someone hit a gas meter and called the city instead of the gas company. I'll skip over a lot and just say after almost a week of making repairs, the system would still not meet code. Folks were complaining and the city was desperate to resolve the matter. Ultimately, they found a code in another state that was extremely liberal. I was there when the pressure test was done around midnight. The system failed and the city turned the gas back on recognizing that with all the leaks that had been repaired it was safer than it had been in years. Ultimately, the gas lines were completely replaced. Bottom line: let's think about cost/benefit. Government codes and other restrictions only make housing more expensive. When we make contractors and homeowners responsible for any damage they cause others, well have quality construction without government interference and the costs it adds to the equation.
This lays bare the disgusting racket of of buildng inspection. Failed contractors who want to work a 9:5 deceive themselves into thinking that what they do is justified by "life safety", when most of what they do is enforce aribtrary rules created by pencil pushers for the sake of more bureacratic control. They shake down builders and homeowners for extortion money to support their full-benefit, full-pension charade. As you correctly point out, it adds substantially to the cost of home construction. When you tried to tease out the reality that little of inspection has to do with life safety, this inspector demostrated his hubris or nievete in asserting that it all does. Just like Tony Fauci, people who could not succeed in the private sector, who could not meet a payroll, get their vengance on the productive class by asserting their arbitrary bureacratic will.
Permitting officials who are political activists are becoming very common these days. If you run into someone like that, make sure the voters in your area know who they are and do everything you can to remove them. Take legal action against them if you can. Often times their actions are “arbitrary and capricious” and just plain wrong. That’s what the judge said when we beat someone who was a bad actor. Do be afraid to fight them when they are clearly in the wrong.
"Those that can, do. Those that cannot, inspect." -every builder ever 😉 Not to be overly critical, but this pigeonhole stereotype statement has seemed true in my journey.
Code and inspectors are a lot like laws and police. A necessary EVIL. Not a huge fan of either but do realize they're kind of, sort of, required to keep humans from taking advantage of each other.
That depends. Some take bribes and that does not stop people from being taken advantage of. That's a lot like law enforcement and the legal system, so I guess your analogy is a good one.
Watching these has been a pleasure. One of the most educational and complete series available!!!
That's a comment well said
As a retired Building Inspector in England, ive enjoyed watching your house being constructed through all its stages. The comments and observations of the Building Inspector was so interesting as the aims and reasons he gave was so similar to my own. The building methods and design you used especially the use of power tools was especialy interesting as my own site history was mainly with hand saws, hammers ect. Ive been retired for over 10 years and when I started in the building industry it involved pushing handcarts loaded with timber, foundations dug by hand.
Keep up the good work! Thanks again for an interesting and entertaining series.
It is difficult for me to properly express my gratitude for this series. As a young builder having recently started my own construction company, this series and this channel have been invaluable to my career. Additionally, I have picked up several life lessons along the way and I feel a warm familial connection towards Scott and Nate. I believe that this series is a landmark in the field of construction and professional education. Thank you, Scott and Nate, from the bottom of my heart. "The only things you take with you when you leave the Earth are the things you learned during your time here, and the only things you leave behind are the things you teach."
Hey there. i'm recently starting out too. Would love to chat about how it is starting out. Any way to contact you?
I haven't commented much, but have been here from the beginning. I was even one of the viewers of that 1st livestream you tried to do from the site when you were about to buy it. This whole series have been amazing to watch. Every day that you uploaded, your video was the highlight of that day. Thank you Mr. EC, Nate, and everyone who made these videos possible.
I now sit with bated breath for your next project.
Phil is a great guy. I had the pleasure of first getting to know him as a teenager in high school and then reconnected with him when we had him inspect a foundation stabilization project on our last home.
So this is it! Spec House, The End!
Been here since before it even started!
It was truly remarkable. What a project. A testament to commitment!
Great work, Scott, Nate!! 👏👏👏
This was insane!
What I really liked about this series is that the construction method used isn't used at all in my neck of the woods (europe). This was a great series. Really enjoyed it. Wishing you all the best
I have enjoyed this series immensely. Thank you for how much you've put into it. We have grown to love you and yours. God bless you richly.
Good for Phil!! I’ve never met on any jobs I’ve ever been on, an inspector with such credentials in 20 yrs of construction.
What a great ride this series has been! I've enjoyed every single video. This is the kind of content I wish "This Old House" (and other similar programs) would provide. I look forward to whatever you have planned next!
Thank you finally we are there and we gonna miss this project. I hope all human beings do good for humanity not wars and killing innocents
I am always amazed by the perspective gained by this amazing resource. Thanks EC
The house looks great. Love the scenic views. I have dealt with many inspectors over the years and I felt that he is a fair reasonable guy. I have on occasion or two called an inspector for a clarification and they would gladly help me. I have also had inspectors call me on certain items. No one likes an inspector who has an attitude but most are decent folks, same goes for contractors. Some folks in the comments were being rude about the inspector, not nice. He did say his most important reason for being an inspector(public service) - his family.
Keep up the good work!!
Get this guy on an EC2 podcast!!! Glad to see the podcast being posted on the main channel btw.
Inspector will always have an item. Given the complexity of the job a bit of caulking is a breeze. And the stair rail was all good so good job sir and thanks for the content.
Great interview! Ask the question and shut up and let them talk is the best way to do it!
The oven/range exhaust shroud you created is absolutely beautiful! Focal point of the kitchen. Awesome! 👍👍
The customer is the homeowner who will live on the premises, not the contractor who provides the product. I always approach the inspection process as a partnership from the architect to the engineer to contractor and inspector, so the homeowners receive a minimum standard. The bar keeps getting raised due to continuous research and developments.
Closure! I've gone the ENTIRE journey with you folks. Thank you!
Great series! I have really enjoyed watching the progress on this build. The future owners will be getting a great product.
I was also a General Contractor for 13 years before deciding to go to work for a municipality in the Public Works Facilities Dept. and ended up in the Construction Management Division.
Having a defined schedule and a pension were a definite plus. I still seem to always have a project in progress.
Very good series. Nothing else like it on the internet, for any price, and it's free.
Love these videos. Please keep them coming!
I watched it all and it was a great series and I learned a lot. Thanks for a great series of videos.
It’s always easy to hate on the codes, They may slow you down and they might even prevent you from doing something better.
But really its the codes that stop certain unscrupulous individuals from screwing people en masse, saving 20 cents in a way that’s just totally unjustified, unsafe, or just not right.
This video reminds me of a couple of inspectors here in irving texas just outside Dallas they always were helpful not always kind but showed me better not always quicker those two have retired now if by chance y'all watch this Thanks Bill Burk and Paul Pomaroy
Congratulations
That was quite the project. Watched every episode from day 1. Enjoyed following along on the journey.
the best building series on RUclips. Congrats.
Makes me a little emotional hearing him sign off at the end of this video. Been one hell of a series
Thank You For Sharing And Keep Up The Good Work Hpefuly Not A Big Job For The Window.
Happy for you guys on this project. I am however sad to see it come to an end.
Great video. Though the house is done, please keep the videos coming. Especially concrete videos. I own a small concrete business in north east Tennessee. God bless!
Great Great Job Essential Craftsman team!
Truly enjoyed this series, the tips & tricks, and things all to be considered when I eventually build my own Craftsman style home.
- Keep up the good work -
Watched every episode of this build !!! Awesome!!!!
appreciated, and enjoyed, the link to the initial permit video. well done job all around, the build, and the filming/editing. keep up the good work!
I LOVE THOSE BAR STOOLS! Can you tell me where I can get 2 of those for my kitchen island? Or better yet, a set of 8 for my kitchen table
A beautiful house and landscape. Sad to see the series end though.
Well done!
Yep.... a fabulous journey for knowledge and discovery... thank you. 🙏
That made a really nice home. Fantastic job!!!
I would say the primary benefit for me of building codes is the knowledge that all of the homes in my community are built to a certain standard, and my community won’t end up with eyesores of falling over houses, that people can move into my community knowing they aren’t likely to get a money pit.
I have watched this entire series and it has been a great series, thanks for allowing us to follow it. HOWEVER, i just gotta know how you found out you were calling Phil by the wrong name? LOL Was it in editing and someone said to you, " That is not his name" Were you even close to it or were you calling him Phil Erkingstington when it was Phil Smith or some other variation? HaHa i gotta know!!!
Another great episode, always enjoy the build. You built one incredibly beautiful house Scott, and this is a home that anyone would be happy to call their home!!
As always, good job and I hope to see more from you soon!!!! :D
Keep up the good work! from Tampa, FL.
I had to deal with inspectors in the radiology field. I found that it worked so much better to look at them as allies. If there's something wrong, you ought to want to know about it. I'm looking for a home inspector now, on the advice of my sister, to tell me what I need to do to the house, where I need to spend my money, to get it ready for sale. Wish me luck. (Looks like this was done after the first open house.)
Nate, is this the final spec house video? The closing remarks sure made it sound like this is it
2 more!
@@essentialcraftsman Tell us who and how someone let the old man know he was calling Phil by the wrong last name? LOL How bad was he off?
@@essentialcraftsman Great, would love to see a final walk through video. Hopefully that's one of the two!
Nice!
well done..
That house came out great! Hard work but worth the effort! 👊👌👍😅👍
I always got along with my building inspectors. They are usually a great source for what’s going on in the area and they are helpful in coming up with solutions on sticky problems that always seem to come up. Of course we always went above and beyond code requirements so we had little to worry about. The guy that is just trying to squeeze by is a dangerous guy to do business with.
I’ve noticed, The people who don’t like them are like the people who don’t like the police, they’re the ones breaking the laws and they don’t like getting caught.
Amazing series. I said it before, and I'll say it again, I hope you'll start a new project. Perhaps a more luxurious house, perhaps a more urban area, perhaps a more brick and mortar aproach or perhaps the same thing all over, but at the new location. I love the blacksmithing videos and other nonspecific topics so whatever you do I'm looking forward to it. Keep up the good work 🙃
@@rustyshackle917 I'm just floating ideas. Didn't know I'd hit a sore point.
How much did this house sell for? I never did see a solid price figure after it sold.
I believe it sold for $610,000
He was way wrong on the fire issue. The garage is one of the last places house fires start. #1 Kitchen, #2 Bedroom, #3 chimney, #4 Living room, #5 Laundry, #6 outside, #7 Attic.
I find it interesting that the most expensive assets a person owns (other than the home itself) are in the garage, namely, your cars! Maybe we should rethink why and where we are putting the firewalls and try and protect those assets from everyone and everything trying to burn them up.
Though the facts are what they are, I do say some of this in jest. But, it is something to think about. And to those who say your family is your largest asset, I know, DUH!
Interesting numbers you cite, I'll have to do some research, thank you.
When I was starting out ,I was fortunate enough to become acquainted with an 'Old School" inspector, long gone now. One day, he leaned over and said to me, "Here's a tip. When you have an inspector coming, leave something 'wrong' in plain view. He sees it, busts your chops, and goes on his merry way". Have I ever done this? No comment. Schools and Hospitals are a different story. DSA inspectors are no joke, they are mostly, licensed engineers and usually have the superintendent shaking like a dog shitting peach pits.
Do a "Phil-Stravaganza" on EC2 where you have them all on the same show.
How many years did this project take?
The 16 year build is finally done?
Thanks for the great content! What's next?
I've been trying to build an RV park since September. Not even in the city just the county and from Sept to March I still haven't been able to get approval to start construction. The engineer and the county and my contractor have been going back and forth on drawings, septic fields, power pole locations, earth moving and road locations. I've spent 100k so far on not counting the cost of the land and I've gotten nothing in the ground but 3 30 inch drain pipes. The ground was already very level and I've done a most of the tree removal myself.. The county has required me to add far more sewer systems than I would ever need. Its so frustrating and I'm in Alabama, a southern red state with very little regulation and low taxes. I've begun to wonder if someone in the county has a grudge against me.
When does your HG TV show start???
Im kind of the opposite I've done so much labor so early in my life I'm just tired of it and I want to be the one in an office and designing on a computer. Ideally remote in the desert poolside under palm trees
I've had a couple of inspectors in my 35yrs builder that have been compete jerks..
Did the house sell?
As usual Scott 👍
There are sane regulators in OR still. That’s remarkable.
I'm working on a house right now that was inspected and approved, by one of the strictest municipalities in Northern California, in 1989. The LP Inner seal siding is disintegrated and the framing is water damaged. The failure of this product is well known throughout the industry and a weak effort was made by the manufacturer to compensate some of the homeowners. They are still selling a similar product. Several years ago, The Western Wood Manufacturers Association downgraded the load bearing capacity of their dimensional lumber. This recalculation immediately found it's way into the code necessitating the purchase and installation of More Lumber. Is there collusion between building product companies and code writers? I don't know. But if manufacturers are writing the code (Simpson) there is, at least , an appearance of impropriety. Having said all that, if there weren't so many shady contractors, we wouldn't need codes at all. End of rant.
NOOOOOO. It can't be over.
You could always say that Phil the building inspector just does not want his last name in a YT video. Its ok, dont apologize, just reference his name as Phil the inspector.
I don’t befriend inspectors, I think it’s a conflict of interest. I would much rather have an inspector do actual spot checks to see if things are correct. Unfortunately, most electrical inspectors I’ve worked with just show up and ask for the counts and leave. Counts so the can charge correctly.
Does anybody know? Has the house sold yet?? I hope so!
Yes, video coming soon
I would think it would take at least a couple of days to truly inspect a house from top to bottom. Only 2 or 3 hours would be just a glance over at best. Maybe Im getting punch out and inspection mixed up?
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The primary purpose of building codes is to create a standardized product for electronic mortgage underwriting.
Ya an occupancy certificate
Every building inspector I've had the displeasure of working with were incompetent and failed/bankrupted contractors. A structural inspector is oftentimes a drywall installer. Very grumpy bunch, especially with atypical industrial projects.
A tough inspector is a contractor's and customer's, best friend.
if they were really worried about life safety then why are sprinklers not mandatory in all residential homes not just apt buildings they save lives in BC Canada they changed the code something to do with where you live like in a high likely hood of forest fire area or some such reason in the 90's and since the change there has been no deaths from fire in a sprinkler equipped home 30years and no deaths cant say the same thing about any other area of north America when they mentioned in Ontario Canada about brining it in as part of the building code the builders in this part of Canada fought tooth and nail to stop it saying it would add too much to the price of the house so there is a price that a human life is worth at least to the builders here there is and that would be 6/8k bucks am pretty sure they said it would add that much to the cost of building the average home small price to pay as you will save huge on your fire insurance premium as with a sprinkler equipped home a fire will generally be contained to the one room it started in and the damage to the rest of the home minimal and you WONT DIE LOL PS and as a footnote the price of a 1000 square foot home in the city of Toronto is now around 1.2 million dollars for a home my father payed 26 thousand dollars [Canadian dollars so about $12.50 US Bucks LMAO] for in 1973 is now worth 1.2 million so much for keeping cost down LMAO so much waste of money is added to the cost of a house by government intervention some good some not so good as usual great video by EC thanks PSS am not sure about the rest of you but i would sleep better in a house with sprinklers than one without i worked for many years in insurance restoration [many many big fires] and have seen up close and personally what fire can do to peoples lives and it could be prevented for a couple thousand bucks baffles the mind why we don't install them in every home also note that in some jurisdictions they do have you install them in a in-law apt in the basement they make you install them in the mechanical room and the the laundry area etc... but not everywhere does that
He' seems a bit confused.....
Your following him around and gabbing a lot. I was told to vacate the premise when the Inspector shows up and don't have any unnecessary conversation with him. Perhaps the person that told me this was a bit paranoid, not sure.
They're minimum codes not a better house
Public sector... Just like private sector except less efficient, less accountable, less useful. Yes, I'm slightly cynical.
Good mini-interview!
So death from fire related accidents in the home are about the same as falls or motorcycle deaths.
I really doubt all the "codes" do much to prevent anything compared to the overzealous ridiculousness builders have to deal with. Its practically an industry and seemingly the biggest worry of property managers everywhere, lol. Things like that always come down to common sense and paying attention to your surroundings.
Hope we get to meet the new owners!
Minimal building codes are a joke. You can literally build a house out of complete foam walls with metal sways and have a single top plate and one board for a header
If this house doesn’t pass there isn’t a house in the whole country that would pass.
Hey get rid of that cheap Stanley tape measure they make way better ones
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Much more expensive
This dude was nervous. Scott's about as good an interviewer as you're gonna get.
Why should GOVERNMENT inspections be required for a personal, private residence? By what authority? Let's deal with contractors who do do poor and/or dangerous work. Let's get back to professional tradesmen and their standards. As a retired real estate appraiser, I've done many final inspections for mortgage lending purposes. Some of the most incompetent people I've met had state certifications and licenses. Far too many government inspectors are nothing more than checklist guys, and when they are dealing with the elite the standards change. Just one example will suffice. I was involved in attempting to get the natural gas supply in a mobile home park up to code after it was shut down for leaks during extremely cold weather. The city knew the park had leaks for years but looked the other way until someone hit a gas meter and called the city instead of the gas company. I'll skip over a lot and just say after almost a week of making repairs, the system would still not meet code. Folks were complaining and the city was desperate to resolve the matter. Ultimately, they found a code in another state that was extremely liberal. I was there when the pressure test was done around midnight. The system failed and the city turned the gas back on recognizing that with all the leaks that had been repaired it was safer than it had been in years. Ultimately, the gas lines were completely replaced. Bottom line: let's think about cost/benefit. Government codes and other restrictions only make housing more expensive. When we make contractors and homeowners responsible for any damage they cause others, well have quality construction without government interference and the costs it adds to the equation.
Why does every inspector have the same look and character?
This lays bare the disgusting racket of of buildng inspection. Failed contractors who want to work a 9:5 deceive themselves into thinking that what they do is justified by "life safety", when most of what they do is enforce aribtrary rules created by pencil pushers for the sake of more bureacratic control. They shake down builders and homeowners for extortion money to support their full-benefit, full-pension charade. As you correctly point out, it adds substantially to the cost of home construction. When you tried to tease out the reality that little of inspection has to do with life safety, this inspector demostrated his hubris or nievete in asserting that it all does. Just like Tony Fauci, people who could not succeed in the private sector, who could not meet a payroll, get their vengance on the productive class by asserting their arbitrary bureacratic will.
While Phil seems like a nice guy, most inspectors are nothing but a joke, they just walk around to make it "look" like they are checking things.
Permitting officials who are political activists are becoming very common these days. If you run into someone like that, make sure the voters in your area know who they are and do everything you can to remove them. Take legal action against them if you can. Often times their actions are “arbitrary and capricious” and just plain wrong. That’s what the judge said when we beat someone who was a bad actor. Do be afraid to fight them when they are clearly in the wrong.
"Those that can, do. Those that cannot, inspect."
-every builder ever
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Not to be overly critical, but this pigeonhole stereotype statement has seemed true in my journey.
Code and inspectors are a lot like laws and police. A necessary EVIL. Not a huge fan of either but do realize they're kind of, sort of, required to keep humans from taking advantage of each other.
That depends. Some take bribes and that does not stop people from being taken advantage of. That's a lot like law enforcement and the legal system, so I guess your analogy is a good one.
Slow talker wow...love the series but listening to him was painful
I had to turn playback speed up to 1.5 to deal with it.
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