Cracked Plastic Roof Vents Found to be Causing Damage on Nampa Inspection

Cracked Plastic Roof Vents Found to be Causing Damage on Nampa Inspection. Water was running through cracks and into attic causing damage. Watch the video below to see more. Plastic vents should be checked regularly for cracks. Getting on your roof can be dangerous and precautions should be taken. Have someone qualifed check yours out soon.

Leaking Tile Shower Found by Meridian Home Inspector

On a very nice home in Meridian Idaho, the inspector found the shower to be leaking under the tile. This is a very nice upscale home. The shower pan is likely bad and the tile would need to be pulled up and the shower re-sealed. This can be a costly repair.

Meridian Home Inspection Improper Drainage

One this home in Meridian Idaho the plumbing lines had been secured up higher in the middle so someone could crawl through. They forgot to put it back down when they were done. With the middle being pulled up, the master bathroom and laundry room were not draining properly. The supports need to be lowered back down and proper drainage established.

Meridian Home Inspector Finds Upstairs Plumbing Leak

On a recent home inspection in Meridian Idaho a plumbing leak was found in the garage ceiling Sheetrock. There is a bathroom above this area. During a home inspection I fill all sinks, tubs and flush the toilet and release the water at one time. This puts maximum pressure on the drain lines and if there is an issue it shows up. As you can see in the video, the bathroom above this area has a leak somewhere in the sewer lines.

Meridian Home Inspector Finds Leaking Drian Causing Damage

While doing a home inspection in Meridian water was noted along the carpet of the basement. This usually indicates the foundation wall is leaking through and causing damage, which was my first thought. With a moisture meter I followed the moisture inside the wall and discovered that the leak was actually coming from the bathroom above.

There was no signs of damage to the sheetrock besides a very small amount of bubbling on the paint. The leak was likely coming from the tub, because it was up against the outer wall. Water was leaking and running down the outer wall, hitting the concrete floor of the basement and soaking into carpet. A small amount of microbial contamination was noted under carpet, and likely more damage and microbial contamination behind the wall.

Recommend repairs to leak and examination of wall to clean up any possible damage. Watch the video for more information.

Boise Home Inspector Finds Hidden Leak

See this video on a hidden water leak in a Boise Home inspection. Leak was noted from the shower in the bathroom and running under carpet and vinyl flooring through a closet and into the laundry room.

This is why you need a home inspection on your next purchase.

Boise Home Inspector Finds New Heating System

While doing a home inspection in Boise Idaho a new heating system was discovered. The dryer vent line was connected to the back of a plastic container. A filter was installed at the front of the basket to catch any lint, heat would discharge into hall way. Home was very humid.

Watch the video to see what I mean.

Boise Home Inspector Finds Aluminum Polybutylene Fittings

On a recent Boise Home Inspection I came across a leaking pipe in the crawl space. The home had Polybutylene piping for the pluming. This leak had been going for some time. It was on the hot water line which is the typical place Polybutylene piping has issues. Not only was there leaking water causing damage to the wood in the crawl space, the hot steam was working its way up into the home causing microbial contamination in, under and behind carpet and sheetrock.

Polybutylene plumbing was installed in a lot of homes in the late 1970’s through the 1980’s and lot’s of law suits due to this plumbing. Although Polybutylene has a bad name and should be inspected the plumbing with aluminum fittings, such as in this house, and usually on the hot water line, is usually the culprit.

What happens is the Aluminum bands on the connection points expand on the hot water lines and does not allow for a tight fitting anymore. As this goes on the water stats leaking. Usually in a place that is not noticed or when the home owner is away. This has caused lot’s of damage.

Exhaust Issues on Furnace

Furnace issues and a carbon monoxide leak was noted on this Boise home inspection through the water heater vent. When the furnace was running, carbon monoxide was blowing back out the water heater vent, usually indicating a cracked/damaged heat exchanger, or plugged vent. Also notice the scorching marks on the top of the water heater, this is caused by the blow back of the furnace exhaust.

It’s A Jungle Out There…

 

I was doing an inspection the other day on a home in Nampa Idaho. When I entered the crawl space there was nothing to significant, a few vines laying on the ground.

As I work around the crawl space I noticed the increase in the amount of vines. As i got  to the back of the home it was like a jungle in there. There were vines around ducting, behind insulation, pulling on plumbing, literally all over. As I was crawling through this trying to still inspect the actual home, I kept having this thought of that reoccurring dream of them coming alive and grabing me. I kept wondering if I was in the little shop of horror. I was glad to get out of that crawl space.

You never know what you might find when you enter….

Word to the wise, you might not want to plant an Ivy or viny plant right in front of a crawl space vent. You never know where the vines will grow…..

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