Postcards from the Field

Mounds of Mold

This inspector is
considering adding a gas mask to the arsenal of safety tools in the inspection
bucket.”

Aaron Mayer

Housewarming
Home Inspections

St. Louis, MO

We Love to Grill

This is inside the home! They had a custom vent
installed above it. 

Joshua Crepps

Crepps
Home Inspection

Elizabethtown, KY

A New Way To Water The Lawn

Jeff May

May
Indoor Air Investigations LLC

Tyngsborough, MA

Leak Management

A fistful of
plumber’s putty apparently did not fix the leak at this condensate drain connection.

Therefore, a custom
gutter with a catch can was added.

Kristin Keller

Key
Building Inspections, LLC

Kimberton, PA

Car Jacked Deck

I found this at a
home recently “rehabbed” by a
flipper. The deck is supported by carjacks, blocks and bags of Sackrete®.

Alan Trauger

Alan
Trauger and Associates, Inc.

Longwood,
FL

Cut Once Measure 3 Times?

When you find that a neutral wire is too short,
just twist a short, stubby
extension onto it.

Matthew Steger, ACI

WIN
Home Inspection

Elizabethtown, PA

Elizabethtown, PA

To Bond or Not To Bond?

Some pictures just do not need an explanation.

Jeff
Nichols

Edifice
Inspections, Inc.

Marietta, GA

Custom Roof Deck Drainage

The owner had installed plastic household
storage bins below all the leaks and connected the bins to a network of
improperly sloped ¾” PVC pipes that drained into an interior sink

Tony
Eldon

Bay Area Property Inspections

San Rafael, CA

Stairs? Really?

I took this picture on one of our trips to Azerbaijan. I
thought other inspectors would get a laugh from it.

Doug Zimmerman

Independent Inspection
Service, LLC

Missoula, MT

Hey, I Was Napping!

I had limited access to this beam, as the
homeowner had installed a security system.

Mario
Lucciola

All Spec Building Inspections

St. Catharinas, ON

Warm Feet, Warm Heart, Warm Water

An all-season deck needs a heat source. This one is heated
by a 250,000 Btu tankless water heater exhaust vent … complete with plastic
dryer vent cover.

Bryant Warren,
HouseMaster Inspections, Tulsa, OK