Botton Line when naive inspectors think they’re doing everybody a favor by trying to tell someone how to repair something, in my area MANY real estate agents will then try to get the handyman or seller to repair it SO they can save $$$$$ by not calling a real contractor
My home was built in 1900. I bought it before I was a home inspector. I had a home inspector go through it. This past march 1st I had a chimney fire. We had let the fire burn out and went to bed. About 2 minutes after getting into bed my neighbor was pounding on my door telling me my house was on fire. He was smart enough to call 911 before he came over. was lucky and the damage was contained to the chimney and roof. When I had the chimney cleaned 3 times while living here and none of the sweeps said I had a problem with the liner. After I had the fire I looked up and found no liner. I had a new company come out to clean and inspect the chimney while I was there. Not only was there no liner there were big holes in the block of the chimney. $12,000 later I have a new chimney and fire place insert. I think we should all make sure we take a look at the chimney as much as we can.