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<blockquote data-quote="tistan" data-source="post: 16293346" data-attributes="member: 26495"><p>As a general contractor, I rarely actually build anything anymore. I spend most of my time figuring out how to comply with all the layers of bull shit regulation, or how to cheat the system when someone wants something that can't legally be done. The amount of shit that we've been forced to comply with in the last 10-15 years makes it hard to get anything done. You wonder why the price of homes are through the roof, thank your government. </p><p></p><p>Example of the latest bull shit. Now the electrical inspector wants the electricians to torque every fixture to spec. They don't have a way to test this. Now my electrician has to go through every fixture, switch, and outlet and write down the torque spec (every manufacturer has a different spec). The inspector at final inspection will quiz my electrician on these specs, and if he doesn't know them or have them, he will be failed. Between getting the specs and torquing things, amount of hours this is going to waste per project is somewhere around 8 hours. 8 x$115 =$920 + my 20%= $1104. Your home price just jumped $1104 and you got some torqued screws for your new home. No real value was added to your home, but you eat the cost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tistan, post: 16293346, member: 26495"] As a general contractor, I rarely actually build anything anymore. I spend most of my time figuring out how to comply with all the layers of bull shit regulation, or how to cheat the system when someone wants something that can't legally be done. The amount of shit that we've been forced to comply with in the last 10-15 years makes it hard to get anything done. You wonder why the price of homes are through the roof, thank your government. Example of the latest bull shit. Now the electrical inspector wants the electricians to torque every fixture to spec. They don't have a way to test this. Now my electrician has to go through every fixture, switch, and outlet and write down the torque spec (every manufacturer has a different spec). The inspector at final inspection will quiz my electrician on these specs, and if he doesn't know them or have them, he will be failed. Between getting the specs and torquing things, amount of hours this is going to waste per project is somewhere around 8 hours. 8 x$115 =$920 + my 20%= $1104. Your home price just jumped $1104 and you got some torqued screws for your new home. No real value was added to your home, but you eat the cost. [/QUOTE]
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