Originally Posted By: jpope
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I turn them on for their test.
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Jeff Pope
JPI Home Inspection Service
"At JPI, we'll help you look better"
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I turn them on for their test.
Originally Posted By: jerry gallman
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Great pic Jeff,
I would hate to see what they put in their shower...l-o-l.. 
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Jerry Gallman
1-2 Call Home Inspections Inc.
Originally Posted By: rwills
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Boy does that picture bring back bad memories! One of the very first I did was an old lady who used the dishwasher for storage only it was personal items such as ceramic figures, photo albums, you name it. Caught it before they got to wet though.
The Home Inspection School of Hard Knocks!
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Bob Wills - MAB Chairman
BW Inspection Services
Warminster, Pa.
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Originally Posted By: jpeck
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I’ve seen the same type of thing in ovens.
Look first, and look good.
I've always looked. I thought I always 'looked good' too, but one day ,many years ago, in a condo from an estate, I checked and the oven was empty, turned the oven bake element on and it was okay, turned broil element on and soon smoke started pouring out of the oven.
Turn everything off, open door to see what the heck is going on, and there, on TOP of the broil element, was a wood cutting board.
So now, I look there too.
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Jerry Peck
South Florida
Originally Posted By: ssmith3
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My first had the oven full of food and the dishwasher looked like the one above. I noted in report that I was unable to test oven or dishwasher due to foodstuffs being stored in both. The agent said to me after the fact “you should have told me I would have taken it out”. 
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Scott Smith
Marinspection
Vice President NorCal NACHI Chapter
I graduated from collage. Now my life is all mixed up.
Originally Posted By: rsummers
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Jeff where is the picture of the melted plastic? I think it takes burning at least 1 in a oven and you never forget to look
.Originally Posted By: jpope
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| rsummers wrote: |
| Jeff where is the picture of the melted plastic? I think it takes burning at least 1 in a oven and you never forget to look  . |
That's actually how I learned. The lady used the oven to store her bread
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Jeff Pope
JPI Home Inspection Service
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(661) 212-0738
Originally Posted By: dvalley
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Rolland,
You mentioned melted plastic and I started laughing.
That reminds me of one time when I was testing a stove. I turned on the electric oven, tested the top burners and at the same time got distracted with a question from my client. I then forgot to check the oven.
Minutes later, black smoke started pouring out of the oven. I ran over and quickly opened the door and all I could see was a blue plastic strainer dripping and melting right through the racks and oozing to the bottom of the oven.
What a damn mess. Thank god the Realtor was nice about it. She went and scraped all the plastic off from the racks and cleaned the oven up for me. But the house still reeked when I left. I learned to always stay right there with the oven door wide open until tested.
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David Valley
MAB Member
Massachusetts Certified Home Inspections
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"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
Originally Posted By: chorne
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Good pic, and posts!
We're always learning!
Carla
Originally Posted By: fduemig
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I did one Saturday with a double oven. The bottom oven was in the same condition as your dishwasher, full of cabinet items, paper plates, napkins, canned goods, etc.
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Fred Duemig
Originally Posted By: wwarner
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Who all carries a fire extinguisher for just such an incident?
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Bill
It's only Rock 'n Roll.... but I like it!
Originally Posted By: jpeck
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I carry two fire extinguishers in my van, but not for that. By the time you went out and got them, it’d be too late.
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Jerry Peck
South Florida
Originally Posted By: kfulton
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Of Course…
Beware of brand new stoves, as well. Packing cardboard, plastic and the instructions package all react poorly when the heating element is turned to the “on” position.
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Kelley Fulton
True North Home Inspections
...things you think about in dark spaces...