ASHI Reporter Articles

Both?

This is from a recent inspection. Spark arrestor or BBQ? Greg Bertaux, P.E.IMHomeInspector.comVero Beach, Fla. BattyThis is a creative way to install the garage door safety sensor … NOT!  Maybe […]

Hot house

This gives a new meaning to a ‘hot’ house on the market! The furnace thermostat wire had shorted out on a new, still-vacant house. Laminate counter tops were de-laminating. Alvin […]

Quite a doorstop

Shifty

Whoops! Who moved the house? Bill CamosciNational Property Inspections of Central CT, Inc.Cromwell, Conn. Now, that really is a throneBasement toilet seat is approximately 48” above the floor. Hand rails […]

By the book

The homeowners said they never had an instruction manual for the furnace. We found it inside the heat exchanger. Helped to warm the home. Willis BuehrleMy Home Inspector,  LLCLittleton, Colo. […]

1.5 times the crazy

I think you call this 1-1⁄2 layers of shingles. Apparently, they only re-shingled the worst area. Neil BrogrenA’N’B Home InspectionsGold Canyon, Ariz. SparkedSomeone must have told the homeowner that when […]

Bottled Water

New meaning to bottled water: baby jars hung under leaking pipes (100+-year-old house) with galvanized wire. Those old Yankees in New England never throw anything away and use everything. We […]

Shockingly clean

This open shower is located within 3 feet of the main electrical panel. I suspect it gives “shockingly clean results.” Mark C. SerbanBudget Home Inspections, LLCCarrollton, Ohio Over circulated Is […]

Tippy toilet

Nothing like a tapered axe head to shim that toilet. Wax ring exposed to observe leaking. Howard MaxfieldPlus One Inspection Services, Inc.Mill Creek, Wash. Plumbing puzzleThis is from a recent […]