You say potato, I say gas line cap

by Edited by ASHI Staff August 1, 2009

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This potato is being used as a gas line cap for an active gas line. Note that it did try to sprout.

Dan Howard
Home Inspections By Dan Howard
Freeport, Pa.

Ready for take-off
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This is a photo from a recent inspection. The homeowner decided he would fix his dripping TPR valve one way or another.

Brian Mishler
HomeStudy, Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Recycling air
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This is a photo of a HVAC register next to a cold air return I ran across. I call it “recycling air.”

Mike Morrissey
Inspect-It 1st
Shrewsbury, Mo.

In case you run out of wood
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This is a boiler radiator found in a fireplace.  

Bennie Goble

BG Home Inspection, LLC
Corydon, Ind.


Not the brightest idea

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This electric panel was found under the sink so it could be kept nice and clean (and wet!).

Jim Breckenridge

Trillion Inspections
Newcastle, Wash.

Apparently, but hopefully not
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I found this in a corner of an old-timer’s garage shop.
The hose goes through the wall,  apparently a
homemade urinal.
 
Len Westra
Len Westra Home Inspections
Brunswck, Maine

Plumber gone wrong
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Here is the reason you never want to let a plumber loose with a saw. This cut-through girder was carrying three floor loads and a roof load.

Ron Passaro
Res-I-Tec, Inc.
Bethel, Conn.

Strained
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Not only can you strain your pasta, but now you can strain the lint from your dryer with this setup.

Robert H. Conner, LLC
Building Consulting Services Home Inspections & More!
Reading, Pa.


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