Home Improvement Asked on November 1, 2021
I want to do some electrical work in the house I just moved into (adding a 220V branch for a home shop) and do everything 100% aboveboard, with permits and all. I know that the previous homeowner did some unpermitted work in the house, however, and it will be obvious to an inspector (e.g. installing new branches with new, bright white romex vs. the old armored cable that runs the rest of the house.) Am I inviting trouble upon myself by having the inspector in? Is he/she going to tell me that I need to rip out all the old work? Or will they just inspect the work that I propose to do? Is it basically at the whim of the inspector?
I’m in upstate NY.
This, of course, depends on the inspector. They will obviously inspect the work you're doing but they will be looking in your panel and can check anything that looks suspicious. I doubt they'd make you tear out anything unless it was a complete disaster and dangerous. They could make you repair previously done work if it was done incorrectly. As far as ripping all the old work out, that usually doesn't have to be done unless there's a total renovation in an area and you have really old wiring, knob and tube.
Answered by JACK on November 1, 2021
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