Under Construction

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We all live in safe and warm homes. If you ever added on to your house, or even started one from scratch, you will have encountered Rules, Laws, Restrictions, Regulations, Requirements, Codes, and Inspections.

One early asinine comment came from an so-called inspector, about twenty years ago. We were building a one-bedroom home, fully modern and to code, . . . we thought. We had used the timbers that came out of the Bedford Locker Plant for the floor joists. Those timbers were a full two-by-ten inches in thickness. Solid oak, much stronger than the 1.5 x 9.5" pine 2 x 10s sold at the lumber yard. They were not kiln dried, but cured for 50 years under a roof in downtown Bedford.

We called for a rough-in inspection.

What good is an inspection if you can't find anything wrong? After all, an important position like Inspector has to justify its position and job security.

"You can't use those," he said pointing at the rough cut timbers. "They have not been stamped 'Kiln Dried'. Nor do they say 'Grade A'.

Well, so what does a Christian man say? . . . .x . .@ . .z . . . . Here, the whole house is framed, doors, windows, roof and all.

Just think about it. The thousands of rules and codes we live with are sold to you as 'Safety'. Hogwash I say! All it is about, keeping the value up so if one forecloses the bank can get their money out of it. And most of all, the insurance companies will be less liable to have to pay-out. Think about it, it is the insurance companies; less injuries, fewer claims. Don't get me wrong, I have all kinds of insurance. I can even have an aggravating wart on my butt removed and step out of the doctor's office smiling.

Who is more free, The motorcycle driver in South Carolina, who flies down the freeway without a helmet, or the kid in New Jersey who points his index finger at his buddy and gets suspended from school for three days for doing that?



Look at the picture below. That family's home is under construction. They are waiting for the rainy season to finish the first layer of mud on their home. What? No trusses? No double-pane windows? I bet those kids will eventually have their own sink to brush their teeth in.      

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