Inspection Photos

The following are photos taken duing past inspections, mostly of serious problems that weren't readily apparent.

These two photos show a crack that went through the side of the building. The inside had come apart. The crack started in the foundation, indicating that something was moving/shifting. At this point the door could not open:

This photo shows some nice supports under the main beam. Like the balancing block?

When you need a little extra support, why not stick a post on the ground?! Also, you just have to love a good rope support for your plumbing...

If your main support posts are not quite plumb, why not stick a wedge under it? Or how about seven wedges!

Who knew you could support your leaky plumbing with rope?!

This is a photo of an apartment crawlspace ceiling. They wanted to rent this for $700 a month!

In this photo the foundation had fallen apart, thereby dropping the top of this wall 5 inches off the main building. This may be a little drafty in the winter!

Everyone knows you don't use duct tape to repair shower walls! After all, it's used to repair cars! (according to Red/Green)

And now the duct tape is used to cover the holes left exposed in the panel!

This connector is a chimney of a water heater. The connection misses by an inch!

It took me hours to support my deck… you want me to change these posts now?

If you're intalling a bathtub, and the joist is in the way of the plumbing, why not just cut it out?!  And of course, cut it out about 8 feet away where the bathtub drain comes through! Don’t worry about the weight of the bathtub on the floor with no joist support. It might hold - for a while...

Apparently you can just cut a hole in the ABS plumbing, and stick the copper pipe in from the drain on the furnace! It works just fine; just don’t worry about that smell that leaks out...

These people felt that they didn’t need to fill holes in the wall when they took the vents out; tar paper should keep most of the weather out after all...

These exposed wires carry 600 volts, with no protection whatsoever (they didn't cover this wire when advised). Be careful where you walk! A week later someone dropped a skid on one wire and it exploded apart. Thankfully no one was injured.

The shingles are only two days old. This roof should be good for another fifteen
years, the buyer is very happy...

"I put new shingles on! You expected flashing too??"

Are you sure my chimney needs to be repaired?