Do you have documentation that he performed a rough inspection and you passed? If so, present it to his boss. If not, you're going to have a bit of drywall repairs to do.

Was the "contractor" who installed the new toilet vent a licensed plumber? If so, he should have known he'd need a rough-in.

Do you have permits for the job? Assuming so, those should be posted in your house (usually inside on a window facing the outside. On those the inspector should mark when he has performed the various inspections with his sign off. That should be the documentation you need.

I initially communicated with construction official who is also building inspector. Gave me applications for permits. He came for rough insp and came back to make sure i replaced old metal toilet vent to roof with "new pvc.". He liked everything and said keep going and then another visit, he told me to close up the walls. I was never told who else I might need to call. I thought since he told me to correct my vent to satisfaction that i was doing the right thing. The plumbing inspector is saying to ask building inspector. Building inspector says he doesn't remember. I was never given anything to hang in my window.

i did the work myself btw

Did you fill in those applications, pay a fee and receive a permit? Also, in one post you say that your contractor did it, in the others that you did it. Which is it?

I pulled the permits for my kitchen remodel. When I called for an inspection, I had to make sure that the inspector signed off on what was inspected; if I called for electrical and rough plumbing in the same day, I had to make sure he signed off on both. Without that signature, you have no proof that you passed. If you are going to pull your own permits and GC your own project, you need to be on top of the inspections. While it's unfortunate that the inspector neglected to sign off on your rough plumbing when it was completed, it was your responsibility as the GC (you are the GC if you pulled the permit) to make sure that it was signed off on. So unless you can convince him to recall your particular case, you may be out of luck.

i was granted permits, got the paperwork, and immediately started to work. I think i was misinformed somehow. Just seems too extreme that no one can help me out and I'm left responsible to tear my wall out. PI is PT and always on vacation. Now I'm waiting 2 weeks for him to come check this hole in my wall. He just told me the other day to rip it out. I call for inspection this morning and he's on vacation for two weeks. Spoke to building dept today the secretary said don't bother complaining, you won't avoid this. I think i should bring it up to the mayor.

They have an inspector who specializes in plumbing only? And they only have one? So every job in the city that requires a plumbing inspection is on hold for two weeks until the one plumbing inspector comes back from vacation? Something is wrong with this picture.

You need to have a meeting with the building commissioner before talking to the mayor. Take all of the information you can find.

Better way to figure out a solution is to try to figure out with the city how this got missed and not communicated with you. It looks like you had every intention of doing things and working with the city but they did not inform you of something. Sounds like they have multiple inspectors? And the one inspector that did look at it was not good enough? I dont get it either..

They're covering for each other. PI (is part time apparently) works 1 day a week for a few hours. Building inspector, who Id been in communication with, said everything was going well. PI showed up at the end. Probably, no one told PI that I had a permit open, BI probably forgot to communicate w anyone, especially me. Never told me anything except to change toilet vent to pvc. Only BI (who's also construction official) name is on town website. I asked who inspectors report to and I was told: the tax accessor, who called me w/ PI on speaker phone, telling meet remove my wall.. Is this medieval or is it me? I called the state capital and they said to let municipal handle this.

The permit process is becoming more and more draconian. It also varies from city to city and county to county.

My daughter who lives in another county called a half dozen plumbers today to bid on a water heater installation. If she buys one locally she will have to pull a permit. She figured it would be easier for them to pull it since they "do it all the time". Not one of them said they will pull permits. Told her the reason is once you allow an inspector into your home these days it's like agreeing to allow a rogue cop to search your car without a warrant. Horror stories of people having to redo things the inspector sees that in the recent past would have been grandfathered in. Often things that have nothing to do with actual item being inspected. Ends up costing the homeowner 1000s more than they had bargained for.

I found the same thing while shopping around for various remodeling items here. Windows, doors, skylights, lighting. When I asked about permits for installation the common answer was, we don't get permits, it starts a process that snowballs out of control. These are reputable businesses that have been around for years.

So the tighter restrictions are going against making sure things are safer and done right. But the reality is the few times we have pulled permits for things the inspectors were mostly pretty much clueless about what they were looking at. They have a check sheet but many have no actual knowledge of the words on the sheet mean. Government bureaucracy. Much to do about $$$$$$, Revenue. Little to do about safety.