Passed Final Plumbing today!

Woo hoo, this is a big milestone. We have now passed two out of 3 or 4 final inspections. The inspector was really cool and not only did the plumbing inspection today but also did the mechanical that I had scheduled for tomorrow. We had some corrections on the mechanical, which is really bad since it forces me to deal with the abusive, incompetent plumber I used before. We had a phone call today and it already got nasty, and he is already trying to charge me for his mistakes.

One big thing he missed is that he hung the heater from the rafters in the attic. Now the inspector is concerned about the structural stability of the roof (if may bow inward). We have to have a structural engineer do calculations to show that the roof can support the weight and we may have to add additional rafters. Back when the heater was installed, it could have gone on the floor of the attic with no reinforcement. Or we could have put it on the ceiling and paid the engineering/framing fees. The thing is, we were not given a choice and now the plumber is saying that he has always done it this way and that it has never been a problem so he is not responsible (a line he often uses when trying to duck inspection corrections). We maintain that knowing the codes is his responsibility and had we known we may have opted to put the heater on the floor. The heater will be slightly noisier on the floor, which is why is hung from the rafters. But still, we are not pleased at having a surprise expense the plumber should have caught.