Richard Saunders

Nice! You need a 20 year old assistant.

Whats with the bottom two where the conductors are completely gone, only the ends visible? Nice picture, BTW.

Radio antenna insulator (what's it doing in the basement?) Considering the clues, I'd say it's an old mast light.

According to Jim, he was asked to look at the job by a contractor he occasionally works with. He was asked to look at the only two issues that the home inspector had noted - no flexible metallic conduit on the water cable conductors and no heater in one of the bedroom. He took it upon himself to at least look in the panel before adding a heater; that's when he found what you see in the photos below. Besides the electrical stuff, there isn't any discharge tube on the T & P valve and there isn't any seismic restraint on the tank. Don't know if the "inspector" noticed these issues or not. When stuff like this, which a supposedly competent and licensed home inspector had already inspected, gets discovered by a real pro it's embarrassing as hell; and, as someone who's busted his tail for 15 years to try and raise the bar in this state, it's pretty discouraging. [:-banghea I hope Jim can find out who this yahoo was, 'cuz if he does the inspector is going to get a call from Department of Licensing. Grrrr, days that start like this make me crazy. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Click to Enlarge 34.54 KB Click to Enlarge 59.26 KB Click to Enlarge 56.49 KB Click to Enlarge 43.63 KB Click to Enlarge 33.52 KB So, apparently you have read the inspection report and noted that these items are not on it. What did the inspector have to say?

"I would expect them to fulfil their mission which does not limit them to issuing recalls but does charge them with "protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products."" That's like expecting the AHJ to find code violations. Turns out it's our job to let the client know about these things. If everybody did what they were supposed to do, we would be sitting home.

The only reason current seeks a ground is because the power companies chose to do it that way. Current seeks it's source. If transformers weren't using the earth as a conductor, you wouldn't be having this discussion.

What kind of vendor?

C'mon Jim, The exterior metal housings of these appliances are bonded to the grounding conductor. If they are ungrounded and there is a ground fault, the housing of the appliance is now hot. The metal housing of any appliance or tool that has a 3-prong plug is involved in the proper grounding of that tool or appliance and should be plugged into a grounded receptacle.

Price shoppers never need to call when you when you list prices on the web. Sales 101 You might me missing some biz. EXACTLY! Now you're getting it!

Well Bill, I guess you're having a bad day since you are one of about a dozen on this site that uses their real name.

I don't like any web based service that won't tell you the fees on the website. Including inspectors.

Good to see you don't have anything important to worry about.

FYI, Kurt, your camera is way out of focus. Check your crown molding.

I wouldn't buy it no matter where it's made.

I guess it would depend on what code they are using. This is from the IRC: P2801.5 Required pan. Where water heaters or hot water storage tanks are installed in locations where leakage of the tanks or connections will cause damage, the tank or water heater shall be installed in a galvanized steel pan having a minimum thickness of 24 gage (0.016 inch) (0.4 mm) or other pans for such use. Listed pans shall comply with CSA LC3. P2801.5.1 Pan size and drain. The pan shall be not less than 1.5 inches (38 mm) deep and shall be of sufficient size and shape to receive all dripping and condensate from the tank or water heater. The pan shall be drained by an indirect waste pipe having a minimum diameter of 3/4 inch (19 mm) or the outlet diameter of the relief valve, whichever is larger. P2801.5.2 Pan drain termination. The pan drain shall extend full-size and terminate over a suitably located indirect waste receptor or shall extend to the exterior of the building and terminate not less than 6 inches (152 mm) and not more than 24 inches (610mm)above the adjacent ground surface.

Or leave it as-is. They look like 2x4 rafters and will sag or break in the middle long before there is a problem at the ridge. Like Brandon alluded to, 90% of the bearing is on the lower 1/2 of those rafters.

Steel to copper and lack of a drip pan is what I'd write up,unless it was in a garage.

How about, don't buy a house with vinyl siding? Let's see, do I want a house that the siding melts in the sun?

A Boy and His Dog

Most tankless that I see that have a recirc pump also have a 6 gallon electric water heater that the pump draws from. That eliminates the cycling of the tankless.

It's called a thermocouple.

I always open them unless sealed by the utility co. You need to report if the service is properly grounded and size and type of SEC. I dont usually see issues.

I use the back end of my flashlight for central vacs. I always sand the paint off of the tailcap of my streamlights.

"one of the the most civil, technically relevant and helpful places in the home inspection community" Now, thats funny!!!

I find that crazy and hard to believe! Not the crawl space part, but wearing sandals on a home inspection!