JPF917

If it makes you happy to do it, please continue! My inspections, specifically, are not code inspections. That's just as our state law, and most professional standards, say they shouldn't be. And, you may be entering a very slippery area recommending researching permits. If you are calling out a code violation and you're not currently licensed in that field, it can become a quagmire. You are, probably, setting a higher standard for that portion of the inspection than is covered in the rest of your inspection and report. Further, you are basing it on your knowledge and experience which isn't documented by governmental authorities. Even if you absolutely know it's wrong, if it's not your specific field, you should be recommending another inspection by a municipal official or a licensed professional in that field to verify your suspicions. If you're only recommending researching permits in one area of the building's systems, just make sure you're not setting a different standard for that section. It loses law suits, and costs a bunch, when you miss something in structure and yet recommended researching for permits on electric but not structure. Been there done that. Expensive lesson.[:-graduat Regards, John F.