Postcards from the Field

Postcards From the Field
It’s Wacky Out There.
Please send your name, city, state, photos & captions to arlenez@ashi.org.

Did they really do that?

Gary Kershaw
Pillar to Post
Philadelphia, PA

Duct Tape Application #8373: Transition at Range Hood

Duct tape impersonating metal on a stove vent.

Jim Estrada
Property
Inspector, LLC
Seattle, WA

Oh, No! Someone slipped onto Noah’s boat …

…and stole his Ark breakers.
Scott Stegall
Carolina HomePro Inspections
Rock Hill, SC

For a limited time only, get an oil change
with every junction box!

“Oil Can Sparky’s?”
(Unless you think that Oil Can Henry’s will get mad at us?)
Richard Spencer
Home Sweet Home Inspections, LLC
Missoula, MT

Dive, Dive, Dive

Enclosed are pictures of a house I inspected in Brigantine, NJ. The rear addition was built over an abandoned in-ground pool. I discovered a small hatch that provided access to the pool/crawl space area. The buyers couldn’t believe it.

Adrian Chorin
Ocean City, NJ

Duct Tape Application # 8374: Sump Pump Cover

Hey, I do have a sump pump in my house … Ah, sorta!

Randy Via
Charles L.
Gleich & Associates
Columbus, OH

Yes, I did add the bathroom fan myself … WHY?

Randy Via
Charles L. Gleich & Associates
Columbus, OH

For when your home is moving at 60 mph

Is this an approved rooftop AC?

Larry Swanson
Advantage Inspection Services
Phoenix, AZ

“Hey, the main breaker’s handle broke off. What should I do?”

“Aw, screw it.”
Jim Katen
Associated
Master Inspectors
Gaston, OR

Just hang the clothes to the left.

This was a rehabbed home. They really wanted a fireplace, even if it meant the back side was in a bedroom closet. This unit heats from both sides.

Lou Prinzi, ACI/RPI
First Choice Building Inspections, Inc
Jacksonville, FL

Maybe we can make one of these into a
medicine cabinet?

We spent a long time trying to find the main electrical panel, before the agent looked behind the bathroom mirror in the finished basement. The electrician saw this and said it was pre-existing, therefore, “OK”. He estimated $5000 to move it.

Brent Booker
Dovetail Home Inspection
Charlton, MA

A lot of guys might have …

… just whizzed straight into the sink, but this guy got all fancy.

Ken Meyer, ACI
Portico Home Inspection LLC
Portland, OR