building inspector making me supply the ladder... is this common?

[thescreensavers]

Tell the city you are not willing to take the liability of their worker using your ladder.

This!

 

[Puppies04]

Huh? What are you talking about? It's a PITA to carry any ladder around, unless you have a vehicle made to carry one around, or a rack for one.

I don't see this as a mandatory requirement for a building inspector, by any stretch of the imagination.

You don't see how someone whos job title is literally "building inspector" might need a ladder to do his job?

Call his office and find out if he is bullshitting or not. Say you are thinking about doing some work and want to know the answer in advance.

 

[Rakehellion]

Change him $10/hr for use of the ladder.

 

[Humpy]

We always had to provide a method of access for the inspector to inspect what needed inspecting otherwise he wouldn't sign off on the inspection form.

IME they won't give a damn if you don't have a ladder. They'll drive off to the next job and charge a re-inspection fee to come back when you have your shit together.

 

[Greenman]

Im selling a rental and i had a new roof put on over the weekend. I called the city to have the inspector come out to sign off on the work and permit. he told me that i have to supply the ladder... wtf? isnt a ladder one of the tools of his trade? i have one at my house but i really dont want to haul it to the other side of town for a dude that should have one to do his fricken job.

City building inspectors never supply anything but a pen to sign the permit.
You have to supply access to whatever is being inspected, and that means a proper ladder tied off to the roof. The inspector can refuse to do the inspection if he feels the ladder or the site are unsafe, and make you pay a re-inspection fee.
The inspection should be handled by your roofing contractor, as he needs to be able to answer any questions the inspector might have.

 

[MongGrel]

It's a trick.

When he gets on the roof, he will kick down the ladder and claim your roof as property of the United States of America government.

When you try to get up there, he will claim you are trespassing on government property and shoot you. Don't fall for it OP.

Forward this to 10 of your friends and make sure to get the word out on this scam. The last person who didn't forward this, had his own son happen this to him.

I hate when that happens.

 

[Imp]

Surprised he'd be willing to trust someone else's ladder.