Service weatherhead - or lack of weatherhead?

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Inspected 1964 home which has been flipped - pretty badly. The electric service drop connects to the house at the soffit, then enters the soffit and comes down a conduit to the meter on the side of the house. The service disconnect is another matter, but is the drop allowed to be enclosed in the soffit like this? It’s not visible or accessible.

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Just more of this

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BTW - I never do this, but the house is vacant. I threw the Sylvania 100-amp main breaker on the right… and it sprung back to ON…

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I am pretty sure the spray foam has solved all the problems :wink:

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No, no it is not.

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Larry has it right. :+1:

On another note, the OP picture is a really good candidate for the WTF thread.
WTF Picture of the Day - General Inspection Topics - InterNACHI®️ Forum

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But… even with the expanding foam? Just askin’…

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I actually considered that…

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It can’t be hidden like that.

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Of course, my favorite in this house - water supply line for the toilet just angles out of the wall behind the toilet tank, then a 90° elbow down to the shutoff valve. Unfortunately, because of the position, couldn’t get a good picture… but the drywall bulges out until the CPVC emerges

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