Cheremie
I just got back to this thread so please excuse the tardiness of my reply.
I decided that if I could only influence the homes I was working on and had to see all the crap that was going on around me I could far better serve the buying public by performing a service that would allow me to educate them as to the framing practices of the current lot of “framers” on job sites. I am currently doing a phase inspection on a home being built in Bowmanville here in Ontario. I have completed the foundation report and was on site taking a look at the initial framing in progress when I was unceremoniously told to get off the job site and not come back. Makes you wonder what the builder is trying to hide. So far the construction appears to be “within common building practices” that is to say, the bare minimum to pass code. I pulled out a tape measure and put it up against a standing wall. Low and behold the framers had made a minor error in theie calculations and had framed the walls to a height of 9’ 1 1/2". Code here says maximum wall height without blocking between studs is not to exceed 9’ so, I think, seeing as the site super was so nice about allowing me to do my job, I will call him on it and force them to put in blocking. This, I am sure, will endear me to the builder, but will only prove the point that phase inspections are an intregal part of the process for buyers nervious about their builder.
Larry