Engineer's Seal/Stamp for Floor Joists

Where did you get the joists from?

When I built my house, I got a certificate with the truss system. Had a plan drawing and details on it for the design.

Good luck with the builder keeping that specific documentation on file. Tho he might be able to help provide something from the city inspections from the original build to help you plead your case to them.

The Truss manufacture provides the stamp/letter for that particular package to the builder and that would have been turned in to the city at the time of original permitting. If trusses were installed from day 1, then the city should have record of that or you would not have been approved on your framing inspection the first time. If the city is telling you you need it now then they screwed up back then and lost the documentation from the truss manufacture.

If the builder knows who he used for his lumber packages back then, you could go to them and see if they have your house on file. From there you can contact the truss manufacture and see if they could provide you with this documentation.


Or, you could spend a couple thousand and have an engineer come out and write up a report.

Tell them you decided not to build.

Wait a month. Build anyway.

You really fricked it by trying to do it the right way. And that’s what happens in every case

Talked to builder who put me in contact with lumber supplier. Talked to him and said he'd pull the file and send to me next week. Hopefully that'll be the end of it.

I agree probably should have just done it low key without permit. It's ridiculous they make it this big of a hassle. It's exactly why no ones want to deal with the permit office.

Now I have to find an electrician. The one who did the house originally wants to charge $3200 to install 9 lights and about 6 outlets. They ran the circuits when we built originally, so they literally just have to jump from light to light and outlet to outlet. I was expecting maybe $1500, but $3200...no way