My dear dad taught me everything I know. When I was out of school for summer vacation my arse went to work not sit at home and play video games. I was on the construction site picking up trash, brick, you name it. Then when I hit the age of 15 or so I strapped on a nail apron.
He is not with us anymore but he and I built a bunch of houses. I have close to 15 yrs in construction so I have learned a little and forgot a lot!! lol
Do you have to worry about city inspectors coming in for code?
Its not city but it is county.... I really can't tell you which is worse. I got turned down twice on the footing. One was clearly my fault (that "forgot" that I was talking about earlier), but the other the SOB could have let it slide. You have to bend the rebar around the corners of the building now. Not laid on top of one another like it has always been done. The bad part about it is that rebar IS NOT REQUIRED, but if used it MUST BE INSTALLED PROPERLY. He turned me down on that in which in my mind using rebar WOULD make it stronger than NOT having rebar at all! But that's how they want it.
