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A Home Inspector's Top 10
As a home inspector you see a lot of
surprising things . A homeowner's ingenuity or a builder's lack of quality
control can cause funny, and sometimes dangerous situations. Here are
few of the things we have come across over the years.
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Home owner saved a ton of money making repairs in the
crawl space by himself! He even used metal buckets for extra strength! |
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Home owner didn't know that you could buy a one piece
plumbing trap! |
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Home owner disconnected the gas water heater exhaust flue
and used it for the dryer exhaust because it just created too much humidity
in the laundry room! |
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Original installation exhausted partially into the attic,
see the soot. |
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Home owner wanted a sunk in bath tub so he drilled holes
about 3/4" from the bottom of the floor joists and suspended the tub with
braided steel cables. Water weighs just over 8#/gallon, fill the tub up with
water and add one ignoramous and well you do the math! |
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Homeowner literally hand dug a hole and dropped a vinyl
liner in and filled it with water. Kinda bumpy but the mosquitos love it! |
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Original installation, the whole neighborhood. Plywood is
charred.
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Condensing unit coils were caked with dryer lint! |
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Original installation, side wall flashing terminates and
directs water into this framed wall! |
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Floor vinyl face nailed to the roof, need I say more? |
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New construction, screen contractor got a little confused
about where the door should go. |
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For the life of me, I cannot explain the thought process
that went through someones head when they installed the thermostat outside! |
