Originally Posted By: Blaine Wiley This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Jeff,
That looks like part of the water heater security system's anti tamper device   
Originally Posted By: jpope This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
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You seem to have a knack for geting inspections with all kinds of crazy stuff.
That's because I cover a large area. If I refused to drive over 20 miles, I wouldn't get a chance to inspect anything older than 1970 
-- Jeff Pope
JPI Home Inspection Service
"At JPI, we'll help you look better"
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Originally Posted By: jpeck This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
jpope wrote:
Jerry,
Good call for a Southerner  . Or do they require straps in hurricane alley as well?
Nope, they are strapped where you are so they won't fall over when the earth shakes. Down here, they are inside (as yours are) but if the wind gets inside the house to the water heater, the water heater is probably the last thing you will be worried about. Down here, the intent and effort is spent keeping the wind OUT of the house. If that fails, the house fails (roof blows off, walls come down, etc.), so the water heater becomes the least of our worries at that time.
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Todd,
That's because I cover a large area. If I refused to drive over 20 miles, I wouldn't get a chance to inspect anything older than 1970 
You consider 20 miles a large area? I drive 60-80 miles one way to many of my inspections.
Originally Posted By: tallen This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
So far the farthest I have had to drive to an inspection was about 60 miles 1 way. I added a $20 trip fee. On average I drive between 10 and 35 miles round trip. In Tucson for the most part 30 miles in any direction is mostly desert not much to inspect.
– I have put the past behind me,
where , however, it now sits, making rude remarks.
Originally Posted By: gbeaumont This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Jerry P. wrote:
I drive 60-80 miles one way to many of my inspections.
yes but the bit you failed to mention is that you pitch a tent on the clients front lawn for 2 weeks while you write a large book about the property    
Originally Posted By: kmcmahon This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
My area ranges 180 miles, but the furthest so far has been 120miles…and I don’t charge extra for mileage. Not yet at least. My rates are a bit higher than my competitions though.
Originally Posted By: rmoore This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Back on topic…
here's a nice one:
24 year old heater original to the home. Besides the TPR not being in the tank what makes this really screwy is that the discharge line enters the "finished" wall and then re-emerges and terminates back into the garage at the base of the wall. So why bother?
No H/C bonding. Notice the fine use of plumbers tape wrapped around the tank. It,s fastened in one place only with a single screw. Yeah...that'll hold it!
-- Richard Moore
Rest Assured Inspection Services
Seattle, WA
www.rainspect.com
At a condominium complex where the units share a closet for their water heaters, I opened the door and was looking directly at this.
