Dwelling on Waste: Flint

They may not look like much, but friend of ours in Detroit was able to pull a building permit using a drawing on a napkin.

There is some flexibility in working without a permit under conditions of "emergency repair," but this can only go so far. As we develop more 'professional' drawings and go through the permit process, we work only removing completely rotted materials and by adding to the structure rather than removing and replacing it.