Well guys, I'm sittin' here chastising myself, so I figured I'd let you all have a crack at me too.
I took on a job in a city I'm not licensed for, and the work was unpermitted. Actually, I'm not licensed at all, but I work in adjacent counties that have no licensing requirements. Work was slow, and I gave in.
My issue is that I completed my work without having made sure that some hot spots were repaired. This was a job where the owner was my helper, and with his assurance, he was to close some junction boxes in the attic and repair other issues.
Another problem was that a previous handyman came in and ran a 30 amp dryer circuit with the run going through a header not even 1" from the edge - I insisted that this needed to be repaired by rerunning the line properly, with at least chiseling out 1" in the header and placing a steel joist plate over it to prevent any damage from the drywallers. He told me he didn't want to pay the associated cost, and that he would make the repair himself.
I went over there yesterday to pick up some tools that I had left behind, and watched drywall going up over this unprotected romex.
Leaves me to believe that he left the jboxes open in the attic too, with blow in insulation going up as I was there.
I want to report this, for safety reasons, but my tit will be in the ringer, and I'm not sure what to do.
I'm also concerned that even if I report it, they may not inspect to the degree that I'd like, and I'm not sure about getting too specific as that will simply tell on myself.
F$%$K me for having gotten into this situation.
What would you do?
I took on a job in a city I'm not licensed for, and the work was unpermitted. Actually, I'm not licensed at all, but I work in adjacent counties that have no licensing requirements. Work was slow, and I gave in.
My issue is that I completed my work without having made sure that some hot spots were repaired. This was a job where the owner was my helper, and with his assurance, he was to close some junction boxes in the attic and repair other issues.
Another problem was that a previous handyman came in and ran a 30 amp dryer circuit with the run going through a header not even 1" from the edge - I insisted that this needed to be repaired by rerunning the line properly, with at least chiseling out 1" in the header and placing a steel joist plate over it to prevent any damage from the drywallers. He told me he didn't want to pay the associated cost, and that he would make the repair himself.
I went over there yesterday to pick up some tools that I had left behind, and watched drywall going up over this unprotected romex.
Leaves me to believe that he left the jboxes open in the attic too, with blow in insulation going up as I was there.
I want to report this, for safety reasons, but my tit will be in the ringer, and I'm not sure what to do.
I'm also concerned that even if I report it, they may not inspect to the degree that I'd like, and I'm not sure about getting too specific as that will simply tell on myself.
F$%$K me for having gotten into this situation.
What would you do?
