Mark P Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 This is a bank owned house and a real fixer upper. Along the top of the kitchen wall there are holes drilled between each cavity. Would this have been done to dry out the wall after flooding? There is aslo a very large hole cut in the center of the ceiling, but I think this was done to get the coon / critters out of the attic. Click to Enlarge 38.14?KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 It would not have been effective in drying out wall cavities but then perhaps a DIYer didn't know. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resqman Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 retrofit blown in insulation in walls? But usually that is only done on exterior walls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Meiland Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I have seen remediation companies use "injecta-dry" machines to blow hot air into cavities to dry them. but the holes were smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Just a curiosity question, not that it mattered for the inspection much. The guy buying the house brought a contractor to the inspection who is going to do a lot of the repairs. The contractor said the holes were proof the house had flooded, I just said I had never seen or heard of that before, but I had no better explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Pesticide application perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Just a curiosity question, not that it mattered for the inspection much. The guy buying the house brought a contractor to the inspection who is going to do a lot of the repairs. The contractor said the holes were proof the house had flooded, I just said I had never seen or heard of that before, but I had no better explanation. Did you ask him to point out the high water line? There's always a water line. If he were that familiar with flood repairs it should only have taken a few minutes to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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