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To be honest I do not remember if the inspector recommended to have the pipes/flue cleaned. Unfortunately I was not on site for the inspection as I was back in Europe, our realtor was present.

I relocated back to the US from an overseas assignment. The realtor recommended a few inspectors without pushing me for any particular one. The one I chose has a lot of experience (since 1984), an MS degree in engineering, does consulting, engineering, inspections and construction management. He has an impressive list of reference including Fortune 500 companies. I thought he was a safe choice...

Thank you all! All your replies were very helpful. Things are pretty clear now. The home inspector I chose appeared to have a very good reputation, unfortunately he cannot be trusted. I will find an HVAC guy to get everything fixed and will try to get my money back. We do have carbon monoxyde detectors but it is still pretty scary to know that we could have ran these 2 furnaces for years without knowing about the problem.

We closed on a 30 year old house last July (New Jersey). The home inspection went well, a few minor details were in the report, nothing significant. While changing the furnace filters in early August I noticed some cracks in the exhaust pipe of the furnace (see photos). I sent the photos to the home inspector. He called me back and told me that he would stop the following week. He ended up not showing up for another 6 weeks or until we complained to our realtor (she called him and he listened...). His conclusion was that the previous owner should have fixed that, this is why he did not put it in his report ??? This was most certainly the only way out he could find. He told us he would send someone within the week to fix the pipes, so far no show after 2 weeks. My questions: - How serious of an issue is this problem? We have kids, they do play in the basement playroom. - How could an inspector miss that? It is so obvious! - Do we have any recourse to get him to reimburse us if he does not show up to fix the issue? - Can I trust his inspection or should I get another inspection, just to make sure? Thank you, Bob Click to Enlarge 64.59 KB Click to Enlarge 39.66 KB Click to Enlarge 35.51 KB