Permit required?!

[SPST]

As @concepthomes1 said, no, they won't. That's my biggest fear of modern low and medium income housing: they're all gonna crap out in 50-100 years and we'll be left with some serious blight all over. Detroit will look like a resort hotel compared to the housing apocalypse that'll hit us. As with our public infrastructure, no one wants to maintain the stuff ot the level they demand. The Romans' roads are still in use today--that's because they've got a base course that's measured in FEET, not inches like we do today. Our roads are considered "good" if we get 20-50 years out of them without structural failure! It's because we've gone low-cost and early performance--like using OSB. Streamline the construction today, get some immediate acceptable results, and the later consequences be gosh-darned!

Well, the Romans also had the use of slave labor to keep their costs down?

 

[smithnwesley]

i understand and even agree with the need for some permitting. (i wouldnt want to get burnt by some idiot who didnt know what they were doing etc so i can see the "protection" argument )

but the idea that the govt knows whats best for me and forces me to pay to get their opinion on it gripes my ass. its misused, has inconsistent interpretations and is inconsistently enforced

should i really need a permit for a seasonal temporary greenhouse like this? call on different days and get different answers. the first guy told me (and this is a quote) that i needed a permit for even a greenhouse like this and "pretty much anything you are going to do at your home is going to require a permit" few weeks later (and making sure i was speaking with a different person) i was told that i did not need one for a structure like this.