Inspection: Take 4

[arch01]

Did the contractor pour the footing? If so-look at your contract and see what it says about inspections, failures, etc. My expectation would be that they screwed up=they fix it at no cost to me. IME anything that requires an engineer after the fact is paid for by the owner, but that may not be standard.

Also, it's easier said than done to rearrange inspectors, depending on the jurisdiction.

[TBM]

If the city signed off on the plans that included engineering originally, I am not understanding why is there an issue now. I am so confused.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Aug 1, 2014 13:14:01 GMT -5 TBM said:

If the city signed off on the plans that included engineering originally, I am not understanding why is there an issue now. I am so confused.

Most cities include a note that says they reserve the right to still not approve things in the field that they approved on paper. It's annoying.

[arch01]

Aug 1, 2014 13:19:14 GMT -5 @bluesky said:

Aug 1, 2014 13:06:08 GMT -5 arch01 said:

Did the contractor pour the footing? If so-look at your contract and see what it says about inspections, failures, etc. My expectation would be that they screwed up=they fix it at no cost to me. IME anything that requires an engineer after the fact is paid for by the owner, but that may not be standard.

Also, it's easier said than done to rearrange inspectors, depending on the jurisdiction.

Thanks.  I just talked to the inspector and workers.  It doesn't appear it was really anyones "fault" but the inspector says it was the workers fault.  I believe the old drawings on our home showed an existing footing in that spot and the contractors built over that as they were allowed to leave existing footings.  They never physically saw the footing...just on the old drawings.  Today the inspector decided to dig down deep and realized it wasn't there.  So he blames them for not digging and checking, but the city approved their plans to leave the existing that was suppose to be there, so they just thought they'd be ok.  

Turns out the contractor is NOT going to involve the structural engineer.  They are jackhammering their work out and starting fresh in that area.  It will take them an entire day (today) but they will be ready for a new inspection on Monday...which is already scheduled.  So we are now only 2 days behind (today and they were suppose to work tomorrow).  If that's all the damage, I'm not irritated that much.  Just looked at my contract and it doesn't say anything about paying for errors, etc.  I still don't know who should pay for that error.  I won't be that upset if we have to pay it, since they were provided with info stating that there was existing footing there.  

Yeah, it's a toss-up then. I could see it going either way...others on here might have more experience with this though-I won't touch a total reno with a 10' pole

Glad it's only setting you back a little bit!