It’s Wacky Out There

Postcards March 2014

No Starter Fluid Required!
Brand new single-wall water heater through plywood touching vinyl beneath vinyl soffit. “More than just the water will be Hot?”

Jeremy S. Provan, ACI
Pro Cantage Home Inspections
Buckeystown, MD
Heading winner: Charles Holpucn
The Building Inspector of America
Germantown, MD

Pee VC Piping
Have you ever started washing dishes and had to pee?

Dave Grudzinski
Advantage Home Inspections
Cranston, RI
Heading winner: Ryan Beardsley
ProSpect Home Inspection LLC
Fenton, MI

Fernished Home
I thought there might be a problem with the roof on this home.

Steve Hadduck
Integrity Home Inspections
Portland, OR
Heading winner: Jeff Ferguson
Home Safe ‘N Sound Inspections
Alberta, Canada

Pillars of Creation
Does this qualify as standard deck supports?

Erik Alstad
HomeWorkz
Sante Fe, NM
Heading winner: Ryan Beardsley
ProSpect Home Inspection LLC
Fenton, MI

We are going to need more wires
This house from 1950 was wired like this (not a homeowner job).

Larry Transue
Integrity Inspection Service
Easton, PA
Heading winner: Bryck Guibor
Brick by Bryck
Tucson, AZ

Not the only thing that’s nuts!
If you don’t have an outlet receptacle box, I guess a coffee can will do. After all, I am only wiring this light with a zip cord.

Daniel Dunham, ACI
Englewood Home Inspections
Rotonda West, FL
Heading winner: Frank Lesh, ACI, ASHI Executive Director
Home Sweet Home Inspection Company
Indian Head Park, IL

Got a wheelbarrow?
World’s dirtiest vent!

Randy Via
Charles L. Gleich & Associates
Columbus, OH

Rock solid support
A plumber and a sawzall can be a bad combination. We have all seen framing improperly notched or cut for plumbing pipes. This plumber cut completely through this floor joist. At least he supported it with a rock/block/ABS column.

Randy West
Professional Building Consultants
Prescott, AZ

Don’t let the supporting I-beam stand in your way
In a garage with a low ceiling, the homeowner cut a huge hole in a main support I-beam so that he could install a garage door opener!

Dick Baumbusch
Legacy Home Inspections
Denver, CO

Points for recycling
Found this 1940s-era water heater on an inspection in Watsonville, CA. I wrote up the obvious lack of rain coverage, not to mention the two holes in the top, but gave the installer points for recycling. This is California, after all.

Chris McDougall
Apex Home Inspections
Aromas, CA

Shocking Results
Improper installations of electrical wires are common. On this Inspection, they wanted to make sure if there were any problems, the aluminum tape would help with the shocking results.

Michael Harrison
If walls could talk Home Inspections
Roswell, GA