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Why do building codes terrify you? If this guy built his house in an Australian suburb, yes, he would be required to tear it down and probably face a fine for
by linkregister 11y ago
Why do building codes terrify you?
If this guy built his house in an Australian suburb, yes, he would be required to tear it down and probably face a fine for failing to get planning permission. Since he's in a remote area, he can build the house if he wants to.
Australian residents agree, by their locally elected councils, that houses in suburban areas must have flush toilets. They believe that it's an improvement over dumping household waste in the street.
- mmagin 11y agoI think what the GP may be getting at, with respect to building codes, is that while some of them are valid safety concerns, there's a lot of them that can be attributed to "regulatory capture" -- At least here in the US, I've lived in one jurisdiction where residential electrical (120V 15/20A circuits) was mostly required to be in metal conduit (EMT or better). Elsewhere in the country, as long as it's in a wall, type NM cable (insulated solid conductors in a plastic jacket) is acceptable in the same situation. The only explanation I ever heard for this was that we were in the suburbs of a city where unions had historically lobbied for certain practices in electrical and plumbing work that guaranteed more labor had to be done. (I'm not trying to make a comment about unions here, corporations are responsible for many similar situations in US law.)