Quote Originally Posted by twitchyfinger View Post
A permit is also a huge plus for me this time because each step is being inspected by someone qualified to make sure my hired contractors are doing the job right,

but laws are also different in different states and even counties. The kids I have doing drywall is from Alaska where no one does permits for anything ha ha!
I'm not convinced of the "being inspected by someone qualified" part, there are schools now to just become an inspector, not knowing anything about actually doing the work. Opinions differed from inspector to inspector when doing my work. One would say "why did he approve that?" or "ok, not sure why he had you do it that way.." One inspector was not more than 20 years old, and didn't seem like he knew very much.

Most cities and counties are going by the international building code now, so most things are similar builds now. (electric, hvac, plumb)

It is a challenge to get through the process sometimes.