[TheForge] local codes

[wmullett at bright.net]

98% of the building code items I deal with every day are there for very good reasons.  The trouble is that most people don't know why the code item is there so they believe it's just big government.  

We call that ignorance....when the person doesn't know why.

I call it stupid when someone ignores the code because they don't understand or even ask why.  The problem is one person's stupidity often leads to someone else getting hurt or worse.

And even though we often say I'm the only one that can be hurt ... that is just being irresponsible.  With buildings, we always have other occupants and most of us don't tear down what we build before we die.