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Old 02-23-2010, 12:50 AM
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Well .... alas, not quite ready for drywall. Did not pass the electrical or plumbing. Did at least pass the construction inspection, so the silver lining is I'm not in danger of losing my permits in March.

Wasn't really expecting to pass electrical so not a huge surprise, at least the findings were minor. Some were due to me misreading what constituted as "ready for rough in inspection", others were "I just didn't know you needed to do that." For example of the first kind, the guidelines state "Please note: do not secure plugs, switches, and lights to outlet boxes on first inspection. If you wish to to terminate the devices and surface mount lights to the wires for this inspection, do not fasten to the electrical boxes." I misinterpreted this to mean that I didn't *have* to install plugs and just hang the wires out of the boxes. Where I went wrong is that pigtail splices still need to be done. Ok so my bad. I totally see the requirement now above this line. No big deal.

Other things like the outer sheath was extending more than 1/4" past the cable clamps in some boxes .. and single gang boxes that have splices need to be 3" deep, and I used 2.5" for all of them. So 3 of those need to be replaced.

Again no big deal - I didn't really know where I was going to be deficient, now I do .. so it's all good. Won't take very long to correct these and get him back in to reinspect.

The real disappointment of the day was the plumbing fail. The culprit is the laundry sink in the tank room draining into the floor drain. Apparently this is a huge no-no. I've been directed to jackhammer the floor, hard plumb the drain into the 3" line in the concrete (ie., the line for the floor drain), and vent the sink drain to the roof or to the nearest vented drain stem.

I guess I'll be fixing that off-centre floor drain after all.

Oh well. Live and learn and move forward.
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