3 ms·
You will sell your house someday, so doing it yourself has more than just personal implications, which is why inspections are required. But you're wrong about
by quesera 2y ago
You will sell your house someday, so doing it yourself has more than just personal implications, which is why inspections are required.
But you're wrong about the experience required. Everything you do in a house gets done repeatedly. A modicum of code knowledge, a good reference book, some simple math to calculate loads, some skill with power tools, and a lot of patience. No problem.
There are zero surprises in a house, the requirements are 100% predictable. Get it inspected, of course, because QA is always beneficial. Be careful, but don't be afraid of it, it's not magical or malevolent.
- potato3732842 2y agoWhat passes inspection is only a tiny subset of what is "right and fine and will never cause problems". The whole point of codes and inspections is to eliminate thinking and turn the subjective into the qualitative.
- quesera 2y agoI don't know what point you're making here. You can learn to do competent, inspection-passing, code-compliant, and never-problem-causing electrical work, adequate for wiring a full house, in less than a week. From your other comments, I think we agree. Apologies if I've misunderstood your points.
- potato3732842 2y agoI meant to reply to the genius one comment up. He's clearly got no experience hence why he's putting this stuff on a pedestal.