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I figure code is the minimum quality, right? I'm saying, building below code deserves the wrath of the gov't. Build to code w/o a permit and you're just shorting your county of free money. Oh, I'm sorry. I meant you're just not paying for the inspector you didn't need anyway. I've been turned in a time or two and the impact was minimal due to the quality.

We had a hail storm that damaged 5,000 house (aluminum siding) in Nov '94. The county smelled money and began requiring a building permit to install siding. Yeah right! What's being built and what are they protecting? I hadn't heard about that trumped up BS, was doing a house, and an inspector came next door to a porch job. He walked over and asked if I had a permit and I laughed and said "You're kidding, right?". I asked what the fine was for no permit and he said $75. I told him sounds good to me. I did a heap more houses, never got a permit. I'd rather give up $75 on each house so I can jump from house to house and keep on making money rather than wait a couple weeks or more to be allowed to start