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A Home Inspector's Top 20
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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The air freshener is 151 degrees! |
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Yes, the garage door is not only backwards but upside down too! |
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A plumbing trap over an open and energized junction box! |
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This is someone’s yard decorations, an old jet ski with plants. Funnier part is that they had 2 of them strategically placed in the front yard. |
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Shed setting by Jack Daniels. |
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Metal closet bifold doors made into a porch roof! |
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Dishwasher not operable because we couldn’t close the door, the counter top prohibited the door from being latched. |
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They just had to have surround sound speakers so the wiring was run across the roof and simply poked a hole in the roofing material to get it from one side of the living room to the other. Genius. |
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This is why duct work should be sealed, the duct had fallen off the supply register years ago! |
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A plumbing vent stack made from a radiator hose, a tube of caulk and electrical tape! |
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One nail per bucket!
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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! |
