Another crazy requirement that the Parish has is a framing inspection done by an engineer that I have to pay for. I guess someone's house blew away and they sued the government or something. So I think this is another layer of liability protection they put around themselves, "Well, your engineer signed off on it. Go sue him!"
This inspection leads to the engineer stamping a Wind Load Certificate to certify that your house won't blow away in 120MPH winds. I sent this to the engineer who stamped my houseplans. He says he'd be happy to do that. But because he's so busy, he needs to charge me $850. Yikes! I'm currently trying to find out if I'm locked into using him because he's the one who stamped the plans, or if I can shop around for a cheaper engineer.
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