You going make them fix it? That is one of my pet peeves that nobody seems to be able to set boxes so the devices do not float & unless there is some mean of support they shatter standard wall plates when a plug is inserted or removed.
This inspection was for a service panel and it was my first time at this job. This mistake should have been caught at the rough electrical inspection but alas and alack, that was approved by another person.
I don't make people fix anything.....I refuse to approve the work and they have options......one of which is fixing the mistake.
Conarb suggested metal mud rings. Metal mud rings do not mate with these plastic boxes. Furthermore, the random nature of the mistake rules out mud rings. Next on the list is box extensions. That solution relies on the extension mating with a solid surface and drywall/mud does not qualify as it can crumble over time. That is especially true with tamper resistant receptacles because it takes greater pressure to insert an attachment plug. The only fix is to start over. Something that I learned early on is that it is never too late to start over.
Speaking of starting over.....it happened twice that day. The job was a new house.
The worker was installing the copper pipe at a second floor bathroom. Just about done, he was. I saw that he was fixing to insert and solder the six inch piece in the picture. What I didn't see him do was ream the pipe. I summoned an English proficient translator and asked the worker if he reamed any of the pipe. The workman immediately started to ream the pipe with a razor knife. As it turned out the workman stated that he did not ream any of the pipe. The copper pipe was nearly completed and I wrote a correction to start over. I expect a pail of fittings and I will be cutting out a random spot or two. I took these for proof of the violation.
Back to the outlet boxes. I was met by a man whom I assumed to be the contractor. The electric service was not ready for inspection as none of the conductors have been landed. I first noticed the outlets for lights and receptacles on the outside. The plaster is an inch thick before you hit the plastic box. I saw the A/C line-set poking through the wall with no jack.....the clean-out set back. It is emblematic of a less than stellar performance by so many. I took a picture.
So in the house I go. It is going to be a splendid home. The ceilings are 12' high. The rooms are large. The paint scheme is tasteful and the walls are without imperfection. That's gonna change up. The guy that I thought was the contractor owns a concrete pump and also this house. He hired contractors that he knew from his work. I made it clear to him that If I am tasked with the final inspection for his house I will not approve the electrical even though it has been signed off previously.
The likely outcome is that I will be banned from that job. Maybe the job with the pipe too.....could I be that lucky?
