The LVL support beams holding up the bonus room floor should be 24" deep according to the plans, however 12" LVLs were installed. The second photo shows the wall column supporting one of the LVL beams terminates on a door header with one jack stud on each side. The issue was the door was misplaced and was designed to be a foot farther to the right.
The homeowner poured the concrete, wife stated he was a concrete contractor in St Louis. The foundation wall should have been 10" wide to accommodate a 4" brick ledge and a 6" stud wall. The architect missed this on the plans.
See My Personal House of Horrors #3 for more photos.
After two hours I had enough. The photos I attached were a small fraction of the mistakes. This was the worst new construction inspection I have ever seen in 40 years.
Homeowners that ASSUME all contractors know what they are doing and a county that does not have building codes. BIG MISTAKE
I thought about providing a new home building seminar, but agents and contractors wouldn’t like it, and it could generate work I don’t have time for, and most people wouldn’t want to pay what it’s worth.
I would charge $500/trip with a minimum of five trips, BUT I would only take the job If the homeowners bought a stamped set of architect plans, and they haven’t signed the one-sided contracts most builders use.
