It's Official.

I called the privy inspector on Monday to schedule an inspection of the outhouse in order to close the permit. Ray and I were a little nervous about this process because when we took out the permit, they sent us a list of regulations that we were supposed to follow. Unfortunately, we received the regulations after we had the pit dug and after we had begun construction on the building, so there are a few rules that were bent. One stated that the privy cannot be on a slope greater than 20 degrees. Our privy is located on a slight hill. We leveled out the spot as much as possible and I don't believe the location will negatively affect the privy in any way but we were concerned that the inspector might raise an issue with the location. The last thing we wanted to do was move the outhouse. Luckily, we had no reason to be concerned. At first, the man at the Barron Country Zoning office kept asking me who my plumber was. I explained I didn't have a plumber, just an excavator who dug the hole and submitted the soil test. Luckily, the zoning guy recognized his name. After he located my information, he just asked me if the privy we built met all the specifications listed. I wholeheartedly assured him that it did. He signed off on it and told me we were all set. I was thrilled. Looking back, I guess I am not at all surprised that guy didn't want to get in his truck, drive out to my place, shine a flashlight down my privy hole and make sure I followed all the rules. This bodes well for any permits we have to pull in the future. It seems like as long as we fill out the proper paper work and pay the fee, the zoning office is not terribly concerned with poking their noses in our business.