The framer did a relatively competent job of it.
The person that did the pluming did a job that, in relative terms,...stinks.
About a minute into the inspection I said, "The last time I was here I wrote a correction about sealing top and bottom plate penetrations. That has not been done". The man with the clipboard and roll of plans said "What are top plates?" After I showed him the plates he asked me what are penetrations. ....I didn't bother asking any questions.
I was busy today with 15 inspections so I pretty much screwed the pooch on this one. Tomorrow shouldn't be as busy so I plan to revisit the scene.
The nail plates are the result of a correction that I wrote. I was explicit: "protect cable if the edge of the hole or the cable is secured within 1-1/4"of the face of framing" and blah,blah,blah for plumbing. Somewhere near the third or fourth inspection, the correction was still not done.. He figured out that I was unhappy with his performance and put plates everywhere. Today he said that they used 140 plates....this is only a 700 sqft addition. The framing in the picture is 2"x6". There is one cable that needs protection.
I told them to get the framer back to fix the mess. He seems to have experience. They will tell him that I made them put all that steel on the wall. The drywall crew is going to think I'm
crazy.
The 4"x6" blocks are for structural strap over the plywood. Makes you wonder don't it?
The copper doesn't look bad at all. It's life that there will be a few tradespeople and a slew of no-nothings on a job that will cost as much or more as a legitimate builder.