Tom Sawyer
In the Trades
quote; they'd fail that on both counts
You mean because they are both "anal retentive" AND have the I.Q. of a turnip?
You might only have to move to the Chicago area, because that was where I first started doing it, without ANY problems, but maybe we just had better inspectors, not guys who started as contractors and went broke, then became inspectors without getting any smarter. The reason for the "45 degree angle", ( and it is something most people can understand and relate to, as opposed to "60 or 67 1/2 degrees" from the vertical"), is STRICTLY for drainage purposes and ANY angle, other than horizontal, accomplishes that. But I still say that THIS installation was a lot of work, and money, with NO benefits compared to the easier ways of doing it.
Take a closer look at the structural framing members that were hacked LOL. I'm betting your loose anus inspectors would tighten them up after seeing that LOL.