Electrical Rough-In Inspection

[crokett]

I did not know that the inspector wants to see all the splices in the boxes. That is to say, he wants to see the splices done as part of the inspection, not that I had splices outside of boxes. I just had the wires stubbed into the boxes. That has changed. For the shop, I actually went a little too far and had the outlets in. On my dad's house addition 10 or so years ago, we just had the wires stubbed to the boxes for the inspection. Oh well. I will call tomorrow to see if anything else needs to be corrected.

[jziegler]

Thanks for posting this. I'll be having an electrical rough-in inspection in a week or so and was not sure which way they would want it for the inspection. Now I know.

Thanks

Jim

[docrowan]

Jim,

Inspectors in different areas are notorious for wanting to see different things. You'd be better off asking around to see what the inspectors in your area want to see.

[crokett]

Yeah, I would ask. Sometimes even different inspectors in the same area want different things.

[pelligrini]

Yeah, I would ask. Sometimes even different inspectors in the same area want different things.

Oh yea. We get that quite often. Hate it when that happens.

I've watched some GC foreman start arguing with the one that had a differing opinion.
He went on about how all the other units passed with the same thing. He got handed a red tag, and had to uncover some old work to correct.

'Dude, don't piss off the inspector!'

[cabinetman]

Oh yea. We get that quite often. Hate it when that happens.

I've watched some GC foreman start arguing with the one that had a differing opinion.
He went on about how all the other units passed with the same thing. He got handed a red tag, and had to uncover some old work to correct.

'Dude, don't piss off the inspector!'

I totally agree. Inspectors may not let you know in advance what they look for, as that may be part of their strategy.
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[jziegler]

Some issues that the contractor had with getting the permits combined with what you guys are saying really makes it sounds like many of the inspectors are trying to make things difficult. Well, I will ask and see what I can find out about what the local inspector wants for the rough-in.

Jim

[bthorne]

Some issues that the contractor had with getting the permits combined with what you guys are saying really makes it sounds like many of the inspectors are trying to make things difficult. Well, I will ask and see what I can find out about what the local inspector wants for the rough-in.

Jim

Jim,

I just had a rough-in electrical inspection on my garage last week, and our local inspector went out of his way to answer my questions prior to coming over to do the inspection. Since everything was exactly the way he had wanted to see it, it was a surprisingly painless event. Certainly won't hurt to contact the inspector before hand to check things out.

For me, he wanted all the romex run to the boxes, wire-nutted together, and pigtails installed. He also wanted all circuit breakers installed in the subpanel with the cover off, and the feeder cable run back to the main panel but coiled on top of it.

I'll post pics in another thread to prove it actually happened.

Good luck.

[jhart]

Yeah, I would ask. Sometimes even different inspectors in the same area want different things.

And sometimes the same inspector in the same area wants different things!!

[crokett]

Just got the email - passed the electrical rough-in so it is on to the insulation!

[Mr__Bill]

Just got the email - passed the electrical rough-in so it is on to the insulation!

Are you sure it's not an April fool joke?




Bill
confusion, it's not just for the confused anymore

[crokett]

Considering it came from the county and their website says the same thing, I am pretty sure it isn't.

[cabinetman]

That would be some April Fools joke. I never thought of a County having a sense of humor.
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