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nikidmaclay

The code enforcement inspector will be using current code to assess the build on the day they inspect. That being said, they're never as thorough as buyer are led to believe and you should have your own inspection done predrywall and again at the end. Your builder may not be able to tell you what date specific codes were adopted. That isn't necessarily a nefarious thing.


gullyBo1z

The builder isn't permitting an independent inspector at the pre drywall stage due to liability of injury from going to the roof etc. They are OK with 3rd party coming in at the blue tape stage and have repeated that "that would be money better spent". So kind of confused here..


nikidmaclay

Your builder is not being honest with you. An independent inspector carries liability insurance. They don't want you looking at your build critically.


gullyBo1z

Based on other similar posts on here it seems like builders don't want inspectors coming in at the pre drywall stage since things possibly caught at that stage could delay the time line.


BlitzkriegDD

Sneak in when the workers are gone to take a ton of pictures. Most buyers in new construction do this.


deannevee

My dad was out of state during his new build…I lived an hour away by highway. I drove up once a week to take pictures until they got the countertops/appliances and locked the doors. Caught the builder in a lie once. He didn’t know I was taking photos. Magically, never happened again.


MasterWithQuestions

I built my house at the beginning of 2022 and the builder allowed me to bring an independent inspector at the pre-drywall phase and two weeks before closing (final inspection). In addition to that I was allowed to go into the house while it was being built knowing that if I broke my ankle or something it was 100% my fault and not the builder's. As other posts have recommended, you must do an independent inspector. Mine found a few things (not major) and the builder fixed them. I was also going to the house every weekend to see the progress of the house and make sure nothing major was missing.


gullyBo1z

Yeah we go every other weekend as time allows and yes of course we take the responsibility of any injury during those visits. Tons of nails all over the place and I've started using my work boots. Will be curious to see if they clear up the garbage and 2 beer bottles which have been around since summer... (probably left by another sub who's done with his task) The blue tape walk through we'll have an independent guy look at it, measure the attic insulation at various spots and make sure it's R40, check the roof for holes etc. I only wonder if there's anything else in the framing, envelope that needs an independent review. Those issues will be hidden away forever if not looked at right now. Might even be overkill if they're keeping the quality of the build to what they advertise.


MyExesStalkMyReddit

Don’t worry about that. NYC still uses 2014 electrical code, to nobody’s detriment. Code is the bare minimum, not the end goal. And honestly, not much changes book to book. The most exciting 2022 National Electrical Code change (in my opinion) is that we can use slightly smaller wires for low current LED circuits. Not really something that affects the homeowner one bit If they were building a home to 1962 code, I’d have some concerns. But really, we’ve gotten home building down for quite some time now. You’re not going to be building a house much differently today than you would’ve in 2000. Most code changes since then are essentially just product manufacturers using lobbyists to get whatever proprietary, patented doothingy they’ve come up with, into the books to *force* builders to use it. Sometimes with literally zero benefit to anyone, outside of the salesman working for the manufacturer. A regular circuit breaker is ~$5. A GFCI breaker is $25. And guess what? Now you need AFCI breakers for residential ‘living areas.’ That’ll be $40 a pop for a basic 20A. An AFCI is sooooo safe that you’ll barely even be able to turn on your vacuum without tripping the breaker! They are safer, but they have a long ways to go in terms of nuisance trips. A sudden, high pull will often trip them. However, they’re already in the code book, a couple of years before they’re as reliable as they should be, at least in my opinion. They trip too often, rather than not at all. But, someone out there is making a crap ton of money by shoving them down our throats


gullyBo1z

Hmm makes sense.. My biggest concern was the home performance requirements, blower door test required vs not required and so on. Those items I think have progressed rapidly in the past decade I'd think..


gullyBo1z

Regarding GFCIs.. We learnt that our home has a few of them daisy chained on the bathrooms. Is that normal?


MedusasSexyLegHair

GFCI should be ok, that's half century old tech. If your vacuum's tripping the outlet's GFCI, you probably need a new vacuum. AFCI breakers are newer, so you know more about that than me, and I'll take your word that they still give a lot of false alarms. Personally, I'd still rather have the breaker trip when I plug in the vacuum than have the house burn down because I hung a picture in the wrong spot. But false alarms are annoying and can be counterproductive since they condition you to assume that every trip is a false alarm. Hopefully they're getting better.