Ryan Star

Well I think naturally had I known before proceeding with the purchase of the home I would have asked the inspector to show me the issue and tell me what is needed to fix it before closing on the home. As you can see in the pics he noted water staining on the floor of the utility room and personallyshowed me that...why would you not show someone the roof issue? Some people I have asked about this said it is the OCB peeling, some say rotting, some say staining. Why do I think I am entitled to a refund? Because I feel like this company gave me an incomplete report. But as I said I want opinions of other inspectors/professionals since this guy has gone dark on communication...and before I go posting negative reviews about him online, I wanted to ask first.

Thanks everyone for your input. So here is the whole story... I had an inspection done on new house here and the unreported findings that I have a problem with are found here in this pics (taken from the report I got): Three issues found, two with the roof vent pipes there and one with water on the floor in the basement. No where in the report did it say anything about roof staining or, what appeared/appears to me to be the underside of my roof rotting and thus the vent plate detatching and falling down. So we moved forward with the purchase of the house and shortly after moving in I had my brother in law (who does construction) climb into the attic to reattach the vents, and he was greeted with this. One vent down, the (I'm calling it rotting) so bad the screws detatched holding up the plate came undone). The other was loose and at a down slope of the tube mid section it was full of ice. So naturally I complained to the inspection company. Below is the email chain which I have blanked out personal information: From: Me Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 12:33 PM To: (leaving their email address out of it, but their general email address here) Subject: Inspection (home address) Attached are two pictures of the inspection report picture page in which you can clearly see for one of the vents on the roof having mold. The other vent tube hole to the roof (which you cannot see the roof vent hole pictured but it is clearly visible when looking up at the roof from the access hole when the inspector took the pictures) is more rotted with mold. So basically two vents have the issue. This mold was not noted anywhere in the inspection report done by XXX even though you can clearly see the one roof vent in the picture having it. Obviously I am very unhappy something so obvious was missed and I would like some sort of compensation for this for the impending repair that we now have to make at our cost. Please call me on my cell at XXX-XXX-XXXX for any questions. Thanks Me ************************************* From: Company owner name Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 9:11 PM To: Me Subject: Attic moisture Staining Hi Me, I have looked at the report and talked to my inspector about this situation. The staining around the vent pipe I am seeing in the picture that Kevin had in the report is a very common occurrence in attics. This is something we see every day that is not a big concern. There doesn?t appear to be any rotted decking just moisture deterioration. The vents need to be sealed better to prevent more deterioration but there is no need to do anything to the areas since they are in the attic and nobody will be in contact with the surfaces. I have to disagree with you saying that he missed this when the picture in the report shows that Kevin clearly didn?t miss it. The extent of deterioration in his opinion was not large enough to make it a main concern. I don?t feel that we have any liability in this matter. Regards, Company owner Owner Inspection company name *****************************************************8 I have sent numerous follow up emails to this person to discuss it further with no further communication. So before I take this further I wanted opinions on what (if any) leg I had to stand on here. Bottom line is the inspector took the picture and you can CLEARLY see a dark spot there, but he made no mention of it in the report nor investigated it further. To me, I am at least entitled to a refund. Am I off base?

It is venting from a bathroom. No fire damage. I took an up close pic to show the wood to ask opinions on it. Is this something a professional inspector should call out in a report to a potential home owner if the inspector saw it and took a picture of it but made no mention of it? Thanks all

What would you cite is occurring as happening with the wood in this photo? Note that the vent plate was recently reattached. It had fallen down due to what is going on here. Is this rot or staining or other?