Crooked, incompetent, or both?

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Pulte Homes substituted two nails for hurricane clips in roof truss connections for houses that they built at Sun City Hilton Head, SC between 2004 and 2007. Beaufort County Office of Building Code Enforcement approved this substitution. Calculations show that the two-nail connection is woefully inadequate for this hurricane-prone area, where, according to the SC building code, houses must be capable of withstanding 130 mph winds. Crooked, incompetent, or both?

Beaufort County Office of Building Code Enforcement approved houses for occupancy with known, but uncorrected, violations of the SC building code. Crooked, incompetent, or both?

In 2007 Gary Kubic, Beaufort County Executive, ordered more than 2,700 houses built between 2004 and 2007 re-inspected. 668 needed repairs. MANY connections had NO nails, one nail, short nails, nails that missed their target, nails in split wood, etc. The report for my house (see below) reads: “Need engineer letter for conventional framing.” The inspectors told my wife that “we will be contacted…” It’s been 3 years: no letter; no contact. Crooked, incompetent, or both?

Gary Kubic promised a full report of the roof truss problems. There has been no report. Beaufort County won’t answer if the re-inspections were for the garage roof only. Beaufort County won’t answer who is responsible for approving and inspecting timber retaining walls and timber bridges. Crooked, incompetent, or both?

In 2009 private home inspectors reported finding deficient roof truss connections in new houses built by Pulte Homes and approved by the Beaufort County Office of Building Code Enforcement. Crooked, incompetent, or both?

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