Day 20 - 8/18/11

The inspector came again today.  Chris and I were actually home, but we had also left the plans in the front door just in case.  I now know why I didn't hear the first inspector's knock.  They literally just tap the door - I don't think they want to be heard.  But now that we know the door trick, we shouldn't be missing any more inspections!  Anyway, he was there to check the footings for the deck posts, but they weren't approved because there was standing water left in them from a gigantic storm a few days back.  He wasn't supposed to check the wood forms for the wall (apparently, cement walls are inspected after they're poured), but he said they looked good all the same, which was reassuring.  Not getting the footings approved wasn't a big deal - we weren't planning on pouring those yet.