I know how important most of the inspections are, was not trying to minimize, just saying MANY are way overboard for CYA after it was ruled the cities could be sued for missing things.
Apparently 3” clear does not mean anything to a whole bunch of laborers putting reinforcing into footing trenches... and this is ARIZONA, I have seen people using a jack hammer in the caliche dirt sometimes. These trenches stand up and could be swept out clean half the time. That means they like to try to give me an 8” deep footing when we specify 12” too.
That means they like to try to give me an 8” deep footing when we specify 12” too.
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Well, a 2 x 4 is closer to a 1.5 x 3.5
1.5 / 2 x 12 = 9 ... so ... you are pretty close.
Hey! I Don’t know cursive. Quit microagressing me.