The things we see on jobs...

[TRWham]

We picked up a whole house renovation of a storm damaged residence (middle to late 1970s vintage) from another contractor who was fired off the job. I do not know if this particular work was his doing, or that of a prior jackleg, but this is the HVAC condensing unit wiring. The use of an NM clamp and tape to secure the wires at the panel is a nice, professional touch and note that the disconnect at the unit is not even secured to the house. The wire is all white MTW with no conduit. It will need to be pulled out anyway so I did not even bother to check if the ampacity is sufficient.

"Craftsmen" like this walk among us and offer their services to the unsuspecting.

Caveat emptor.


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[Norcal]

You have inspections where this is located? That is pretty typical where no inspection occur.

 

[TRWham]

You have inspections where this is located? That is pretty typical where no inspection occur.

Our work is permitted and will be inspected, but I cannot speak for anything that went on before.

 

[kbuhagiar]

You have inspections where this is located? That is pretty typical where no inspection occur.

Or where no permit was requested or issued.

You should see some of the stuff I had to deal with after I bought my house...previous owner was a pastor and neighbors said he would bring in church volunteers, who I'm sure were well-intentioned but obviously inexperienced, to do all of the maintenance work. Plumbing and electrical was all functional but most was not to code. Took me three years to 'unfix' everything.

 

[Syberia]

Kind of like how for the past 7 years, my garage was connected by an open splice in the wall to the un-grounded bedroom circuit. Yes, my house had one circuit for all three bedrooms and the garage, no wonder I couldn't run any high-powered tools for more than a few minutes without tripping the breaker. I only found it as I was getting rid of everything to insulate and put in a 60-amp subpanel.

 

[FMB4]

As a subdivision roofer in the mid/late '80s we (the crew and I) watched a heavy equipment operator slide down a damp bare ground slope and hit a fully framed, yet unfinished, house on a corner of the structure (the operator was blasting the horn, which drew our attention). The entire framed structure was knocked off the foundation by about a foot. The thing was that the operator was instructed not operate his heavy equipment due to slippery ground conditions. The good was that no one was injured. The bad was the the structure was a total loss.

 

[nadogail]

Brute Force and Determination can screw up the best laid plans of intelligent patient people.