But it was kind of a waste of time...
I was under the impression I could get away with only a final inspection for everything at once if I wanted, but could do a rough electrical since I paid for it.
My electrical was done, but I "undid" some of it for my optional rough in today. I figured he'd want to see things like wire nuts, length of wires, box fill, etc. Nope, he just glanced around for 5 minutes. Turns out, if I had just left it alone, he would have checked that everything worked and signed off on it as "final." However, I would still have needed my final structural. This is where I was confused, the office led me to believe the structural and electrical final would be done at once. Now I still need two more: final electrical and final structural.
In other news, to fuel the debate on 90a vs 100a on 2ga Al wire, I was told over the phone by the city that the 2ga was good for 90, as many here agree. However, I brought it up with the inspector, and he used the argument that "in residential you can go to 100a on 2ga." Just more proof that despite what should be allowed, individual inspectors do "interpret" codes differently. YMMV
Since I'm lazy, I still haven't posted my build thread. Hopefully that will happen soon.
I was under the impression I could get away with only a final inspection for everything at once if I wanted, but could do a rough electrical since I paid for it.
My electrical was done, but I "undid" some of it for my optional rough in today. I figured he'd want to see things like wire nuts, length of wires, box fill, etc. Nope, he just glanced around for 5 minutes. Turns out, if I had just left it alone, he would have checked that everything worked and signed off on it as "final." However, I would still have needed my final structural. This is where I was confused, the office led me to believe the structural and electrical final would be done at once. Now I still need two more: final electrical and final structural.
In other news, to fuel the debate on 90a vs 100a on 2ga Al wire, I was told over the phone by the city that the 2ga was good for 90, as many here agree. However, I brought it up with the inspector, and he used the argument that "in residential you can go to 100a on 2ga." Just more proof that despite what should be allowed, individual inspectors do "interpret" codes differently. YMMV
Since I'm lazy, I still haven't posted my build thread. Hopefully that will happen soon.