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[quote=Anonymous]We are planning a kitchen renovation that will involve replacing a load bearing wall with a beam. This is in Montgomery County, not within any incorporated entity. We are rule follower types, so we never questioned that we would be pulling a permit for the work. However, our structural engineer implied that many people don't (please note, he was not recommending this route), and some coworkers have warned me not to pull a permit because the county will make our lives miserable / block the project. Obviously there are costs involved, both the permit itself and the extra work by our structural engineer to get formal drawings done, and the county could make us do extra work and delay final sign-off after the work is done. But if there were fundamental concerns with our plans, I'd rather have them turn down our application and know *before* we do the work. And when it comes time to sell, I don't want buyers thinking we did shoddy, unsafe work. I know when we were buying we looked up permits for every house with an addition or signs of major renovation.

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