I think Lauren’s been listening to too much DMX. Anyways, we just had all three inspections over the past two weeks and I really don't believe it could have gone any better. You always hear those horror stories about how the city inspectors are terrible and will make you do all these things that aren't necessary making the whole process unbearable. HOWEVER, that has been the complete opposite of what we have had to deal with.
The framing inspection went perfect and we passed without any issues. Now mind you WE HADN'T BUILT THE MUDROOM YET. So how could we have passed a framing inspection without all the framing completed. Well, I think it helped the inspector was polish and our contractor and him got along very well :) The electrical inspection also went very well and the inspector was impressed with how well electrical was installed so we passed without any issues. The plumbing inspection on the other hand didn't go that great. He passed everything above ground but he didn't want to pass the plumbing in the basement that was sub grade. I blame this completely on the previous owners and their idea of "Renovation". The very thoughtful former owners thought it would be a good idea to install regular PVC under the basement slab and connect directly to the city's sewer line. They seemed to ignore the Chicago code of having cast iron below grade. If they did not want to use cast iron then they should have at least used ABS not PVC below grade (which is still incorrect in Chicago but works in other cities). So the inspector decided to make us rip up all of the plumbing below grade and install cast iron. This wouldn't have been a problem if we were planning on doing it right away but we were trying to see if we could do that piece of work later in order to save a bit of money, but now it needs to be done to pass the plumbing inspection. Just another couple $$grand$$ added to the budget ::::major eye roll:::
The framing inspection went perfect and we passed without any issues. Now mind you WE HADN'T BUILT THE MUDROOM YET. So how could we have passed a framing inspection without all the framing completed. Well, I think it helped the inspector was polish and our contractor and him got along very well :) The electrical inspection also went very well and the inspector was impressed with how well electrical was installed so we passed without any issues. The plumbing inspection on the other hand didn't go that great. He passed everything above ground but he didn't want to pass the plumbing in the basement that was sub grade. I blame this completely on the previous owners and their idea of "Renovation". The very thoughtful former owners thought it would be a good idea to install regular PVC under the basement slab and connect directly to the city's sewer line. They seemed to ignore the Chicago code of having cast iron below grade. If they did not want to use cast iron then they should have at least used ABS not PVC below grade (which is still incorrect in Chicago but works in other cities). So the inspector decided to make us rip up all of the plumbing below grade and install cast iron. This wouldn't have been a problem if we were planning on doing it right away but we were trying to see if we could do that piece of work later in order to save a bit of money, but now it needs to be done to pass the plumbing inspection. Just another couple $$grand$$ added to the budget ::::major eye roll:::
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