Electric co: your water line must be sealed & all obstructions cleared.
Me: ok, so that’s incoming water main, so if we do A B & C will that meet your requirements?
Electric co: your water line must be sealed & all obstructions cleared.
@Beanc They really have no imagination
@b4cks4w lol I just wanted a preapproval.
I think I kind of got it… they finally said that’s between me, my plumber, and the city, which is all good with me.
@Beanc 
Good luck. If it's Chicago I'd say put a folded $50 under some cookies for the inspector. YMMV
@b4cks4w
Lmao: but how can I do so if you won’t tell me what they are 😭
@EileenKCarpenter @b4cks4w yeah I do that too.
@b4cks4w yeah… dunno. I haven’t yet found a good one I trust.
We’ll see what tomorrow brings.
I would try to cultivate such relationships, if I could find them.
I’ve had a number of referrals, but my plumbing ones haven’t really hit yet.
1 ghosted, one told me to check with the city on code requirements and doesn’t want to permit, one is suuuuper-sales-ey and one told me my falling apart pipes are fine.
So… onto plumber # 5….
Got a great electrician though. HVAC seemed fine 🤷♀️