hausdok Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Click to enlarge Thanks to Preston Sandlin Home Inspection Carolina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 That beats anything I've seen in new construction. My family moved into a new HUD Code when I started high school. I was the first one to flush the toilet in the hall bath and when I did so, a cloud of steam rose from the bowl. It was connected to the hot water supply! Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 That beats anything I've seen in new construction. My family moved into a new HUD Code when I started high school. I was the first one to flush the toilet in the hall bath and when I did so, a cloud of steam rose from the bowl. It was connected to the hot water supply! Marc That is not a far second.[:-monkeyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie R Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 I guess that's what they mean by "Public Restroom" [] Did the superintendent say "but it meets code!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI in AR Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 At first glance, that 's pretty funny. Actually, at second glance it still is. However, all it would take to fix it would be to remove 9 screws and rehang the door in front of the throne. Noonetheless, I've seen a lot of really stupid stuff in new homes. Not to hijack the thread or anything, but here's one of the more obvious ones. Click to Enlarge 120.34 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 At first glance, that 's pretty funny. Actually, at second glance it still is. However, all it would take to fix it would be to remove 9 screws and rehang the door in front of the throne. Or 3 hinge pins[:-monkeyd Noonetheless, I've seen a lot of really stupid stuff in new homes. Not to hijack the thread or anything, but here's one of the more obvious ones. Click to Enlarge 120.34 KB That's funny, and so very sad too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspectorjoe Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Great picture, but is it possible that was done on purpose, to discourage use of the loo? Was that a model home? Around here, builders generally remove all of the bathroom doors of a model home, leaving only the first floor powder room door in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Kevin, would you mind if I use that pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 At first glance, that 's pretty funny. Actually, at second glance it still is. However, all it would take to fix it would be to remove 9 screws and rehang the door in front of the throne. Or 3 hinge pins[:-monkeyd Noonetheless, I've seen a lot of really stupid stuff in new homes. Not to hijack the thread or anything, but here's one of the more obvious ones. Click to Enlarge 120.34 KB That's funny, and so very sad too. I found the missing plumbing stack on a 3 year old home once. It was a steep roof on a steep slope, and I almost passed on climbing up to the ridge to take a peak at the far side of the roof. Finding that made my day. No evidence of damage to the ceiling, maybe evaporation was taking care of it. There was no plumbing anywhere near were the roofers had put the jack, so a change of floor plans, most likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Here's a change of floor plans for you! Been heating and cooling the attic for the last six years. Makes me wonder how much that's added to the owner's heating and cooling bill over those years? Click to Enlarge 39.21 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 My most amazing new home blunder: I inspected a four year old home. The sellers had the home built. The attic was almost impossible to get into. It had to be entered from a hatch in the garage ceiling, which was up about sixteen feet in the air. Then, the main attic could only be accessed through a hole from the garage attic. An inspection of both attics revealed that the poor home owners had been heating and cooling a 4000 SF house for four years with no ceiling insulation - just a half inch of Sheetrock between them and unconditioned space. I was stupefied, and the home sellers were furious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI in AR Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Kevin, would you mind if I use that pic? Knock yourself out. Just don't move into my market and do so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrmnk Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 My most amazing new home blunder: I inspected a four year old home. The sellers had the home built. The attic was almost impossible to get into. It had to be entered from a hatch in the garage ceiling, which was up about sixteen feet in the air. Then, the main attic could only be accessed through a hole from the garage attic. An inspection of both attics revealed that the poor home owners had been heating and cooling a 4000 SF house for four years with no ceiling insulation - just a half inch of Sheetrock between them and unconditioned space. I was stupefied, and the home sellers were furious. I ran into the same thing on a new home. At least in my case, it was only the lower attic they forgot to insulate, not the whole thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Kevin, would you mind if I use that pic? Knock yourself out. Just don't move into my market and do so! Thanks, and no worries on the move! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie R Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I had a new town home, went to lift the attic access panel (in the bathroom) and it wouldn't budge, figured it was painted in. Took a knife and cut the paint, still wouldn't budge. The job super was there, he said to let him try. He couldn't budge it so he put his fist through it. The carpenter (at least he was paid to be a carpenter) had just put trim in a square on the bathroom ceiling with no opening. Once we could see in the attic, no insulation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I had a new town home, went to lift the attic access panel (in the bathroom) and it wouldn't budge, figured it was painted in. Took a knife and cut the paint, still wouldn't budge. The job super was there, he said to let him try. He couldn't budge it so he put his fist through it. The carpenter (at least he was paid to be a carpenter) had just put trim in a square on the bathroom ceiling with no opening. Once we could see in the attic, no insulation! Which probably means none of the homes in the complex has insulation over the ceilings. Right? ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Maxwell Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I've had four in the past two years with no insulation in the attic. Builder foreclosures and they just never got to it. I remember the first one I saw, I told the buyer and agent that they should check to see if a CO had been issued. It had not, so they had to go through the county final inspection too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I had a new town home, went to lift the attic access panel (in the bathroom) and it wouldn't budge, figured it was painted in. Took a knife and cut the paint, still wouldn't budge. The job super was there, he said to let him try. He couldn't budge it so he put his fist through it. The carpenter (at least he was paid to be a carpenter) had just put trim in a square on the bathroom ceiling with no opening. Once we could see in the attic, no insulation! Must have been stolen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Is the economy that bad that there is a black market for used insulation?[:-dev3] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Some one may have used it for a side job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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