Re: Changing out a hot water heater
Posted by shinyribs on Jul 15, 2013; 5:00am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Changing-out-a-hot-water-heater-tp4043520p4043533.html
In my area home owners can repair and replace anything in their home with complete freedom. No inspection,no permits. IN their home. In some more urban areas you need permits to do certain things of certain sizes outside of your house.
IMO (and I am licensed in my profession) licenses and inspections are BS. I fully understand the dangers involved with that,but I am also a big time hater of local govt bleeding us for revenue. But that's just me. I see oodles of licensed contractors doing all kinds of dangerous work. The license doesn't guarantee good work. I also see a lot of inspectors around here that dont know their butt from a hole in the ground.
About 8 years ago one real estate firm called us to replace a furnace in one of their properties. We gave them a price over the phone and they gave us the go-ahead to do it the next day. When we got there the furnace was fine. A home inspector had condemned it for a cracked heat exchanger. We called the real estate firm and told them what was up. There was some confusion and I ended up hanging around (yeah...i got the free time
) until the home inspector came out to meet me. He was upset that I was going against his condemned notice. I just told him that I wasn't comfortable condemning a furnace that I knew was perfectly healthy. He asked me how I knew it was healthy so I showed him. "Oh, I always wondered what to look for" he said.
So I asked him,"Wait. You didn't know how to check one out until I showed you? So what basis did you have to condemn this furnace?" His answer: age.
Long story short: We lost that job. The real estate firm now uses us exclusively. They no longer use that home inspector-ever.
Moral of the story: Honesty pays out in the long run!
I have stories about building inspectors passing things that you wouldn't believe! I also could tell you about some if the insane things they've turned down. I could honestly go on for pages. I just don't trust them. Not the local ones here at least. I don't know what kind of test they have to pass to get their job,but it must involve nothing more than ability to read and write.
Lucky,glad you opted to do it yourself!
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Changing-out-a-hot-water-heater-tp4043520p4043533.html
In my area home owners can repair and replace anything in their home with complete freedom. No inspection,no permits. IN their home. In some more urban areas you need permits to do certain things of certain sizes outside of your house.
IMO (and I am licensed in my profession) licenses and inspections are BS. I fully understand the dangers involved with that,but I am also a big time hater of local govt bleeding us for revenue. But that's just me. I see oodles of licensed contractors doing all kinds of dangerous work. The license doesn't guarantee good work. I also see a lot of inspectors around here that dont know their butt from a hole in the ground.
About 8 years ago one real estate firm called us to replace a furnace in one of their properties. We gave them a price over the phone and they gave us the go-ahead to do it the next day. When we got there the furnace was fine. A home inspector had condemned it for a cracked heat exchanger. We called the real estate firm and told them what was up. There was some confusion and I ended up hanging around (yeah...i got the free time
) until the home inspector came out to meet me. He was upset that I was going against his condemned notice. I just told him that I wasn't comfortable condemning a furnace that I knew was perfectly healthy. He asked me how I knew it was healthy so I showed him. "Oh, I always wondered what to look for" he said.
So I asked him,"Wait. You didn't know how to check one out until I showed you? So what basis did you have to condemn this furnace?" His answer: age.
Long story short: We lost that job. The real estate firm now uses us exclusively. They no longer use that home inspector-ever.
Moral of the story: Honesty pays out in the long run!
I have stories about building inspectors passing things that you wouldn't believe! I also could tell you about some if the insane things they've turned down. I could honestly go on for pages. I just don't trust them. Not the local ones here at least. I don't know what kind of test they have to pass to get their job,but it must involve nothing more than ability to read and write.
Lucky,glad you opted to do it yourself!
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