ericwlewis

I live in one, inspected one yesterday, see them a lot in Indiana.

I'm a 1964 and I'm still firing [:-hspin]

You get what you pay for!

My reply was quite long and boring, so here was what I received via e- mail today [:-monkeyd Thankfully, the code guy he spoke with knew what he was talking about, or this could have been drawn out, with or without all of the supporting documentation. Go figure, a sub contractor trying to show up a home inspector by using code. Well maybe it was when he started 20+ years ago. "It was too hot to do it right" Maybe you could add "kicks ass" to your buisness card. Nice complement.

It passed Muni inspection, right?

we were discussing bathroom ventilation fans which are typically mounted to the ceiling and sometimes vented through the roof, sometimes through the soffitt, sometimes into the attic, sometimes near a roof vent and sometimes installed without ductwork! This Ventextoilet you've brought up has a wall mounted vent available so I would recommend treating it the same as a typical vent fan as if it had moisture being exhausted. Why wouldn't there be moisture being drawn out of it?

"the boss says as soon as we use all this duct, we can go home"

maybe they just forgot to make the cut when they were done.

This is the first time I've seen this. Why would they run two ground wires from the neutral/ground buss to separate grounding rods? The two ground rods were about 4' apart. I don't know why but I can't load the picture. I've done it before. My wife the computer guru, is not home.

our remodeling buisness is 100% referral and we want to be the bigger man if it ever comes into question.

I've seen several with debris collecting inside as well. Lowes has a "mushroom cap" that installs on the top but do you think the 1/2" gap it leaves could frost over?

Yes, they could have run it anywhere but chose to run it through the rafter. sorry bout the picture, it's easy to see because I took the pic. Oh, yeah, now I see. But I'm still curious. Is the enlarged vent a common practice in your area? Yes, unless it's a handyman's work or on one of those cheap little panel built houses.

LOL. After

Yes, they could have run it anywhere but chose to run it through the rafter. sorry bout the picture, it's obvious to me because I took the pic.

We finished this guys basement and for various armhole reasons, he stiffed us on the final payment, A couple of weeks later during the evening he calls because his basement was FLOODING. After a little phone discussion "we" decide it is a drain and the repair can wait til tomorrow. I arrive at 8am the next day, greet him courteously and we head to the "flooded" basement which was a wet 4' x 5' piece of drywall and a quart of water in a bucket. While he is standing there I cut out a piece of drywall to see a fresh drip NOT under any plumbing. I feel around to locate a source only to feel a lot of wetness under a chase to the the attic over the second story. Hmmmmmmm. We go into the kitchen and the outlet in that chase has water stains under it on the drywall. We go upstairs and there is drooping 5 year old paint in the utility room on the wall. The casing on the scuttle to the attic is swollen open from water damage. I climb into the attic where the second story furnace is located. VOILA! The pan is filled with 3/4" of water and it doesn't have a drain. The attic decking is soaked and the lineset to the condensing unit runs through a hole in the center of the wet spot. He says "sh!t" many times as to say, I guess it's not your fault, now what am I gonna do. I tell him to call a HVAC tech to get the thing cleaned out and a drain put in the pan, let it all dry out and we will go from there. He says " I can't catch a break" and I say " I guess it's all on you now". What goes around comes around, armhole. Karma's a beotch dude. See you in 6 months to fix that drywall.[:-monkeyd

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looks like a handyman add on. I would be curious where it goes to/ comes from.

In traffic the other day I saw a van with one of those entire coverage stickers portraying a crew roofing a house without underlayment felt! DOH! Suggested slogan "We can do it cheaper cause we cut corners"[:-thumbd]

every home that I've finished the basement of that has the builder installed pit is like this. They sometimes are loaded with "crap" that I have to dig out so it doesn't ruin the pump. More often of late they only have a couple of concrete blocks in them which is nicer than a couple of 5 gallon buckets filled with mud and pea gravel. They always are about to overflow though.

no public sewer but I'd believe the cistern answer. they were located near downspouts. Thanks guys!

has anyone ever seen one of these before? Click to Enlarge 29.37 KB Click to Enlarge 30.7 KB These were in the slab for the front and rear porches on a 1920's home. There were a couple in the top row of the block walls separating "rooms" in the basement as well. I tried to view the other end of the slabs but these were in the way on the both porches. Click to Enlarge 92.38 KB

" it's a new house, we don't need an inspector"

don't forget to cut the paper too. I've seen that goof before.

I'd tend to agree with the sliding bundles. That will do a lot of damage.

I inspected one that had a toilet, sink and shower in a 5' x 5' room. All tiled with a center floor drain. Weird.