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Posted by D Sherman [72.47.9.228] on Monday, November 07, 2011 at 22:49:37 :
In Reply to: Little old Dover, Idaho posted by Jerry in Idaho [69.59.83.175] on Monday, November 07, 2011 at 20:57:16 :
I hear little stories like that pretty often from guys who worked on some project or another. Good thing the inspectors were inspecting this time. I suppose the thinking is that once it's in the mud nobody will know (like the rifle recently found in an old retaining wall here in Wallace). I should have mentioned that one of the other reasons civil engineers use a large safety factor is to allow margin for poor workmanship. In the case of wood-framed buildings, I think the main reason for the safety factor is plumbers who see every piece of wood as an obstacle in the way of their pipes -- obstacles that are easy to deal with these days thanks to their sawzall and hole hawg.
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