Welcome to October’s Best Defect Picture Poll.
Here are this Month’s submissions;
#1
Attic insulation and ventilation
http://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59203d1349554151t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-paige-072.jpgGotta Stop those drafts!!
A little insulation in these ridge vents should do the trick!
#2
This one is not actually a picture but a good defect just the same. Click the image for the video.
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/84dKqZAgrKI/mqdefault.jpg
#3
One big party on this deck and down it goes. Client does not know why there are concerns.
Attached Thumbnailshttp://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59215d1349581218t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-dsc07505.jpg
#4
Handyman special on the bathroom exhaust. Just cut into the nearest wire, and wire the flex vent to a collar tie. No problem!
Attached Thumbnailshttp://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59232d1349640602t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-z-attic-bathroom-exhaust-vent-botkin-home-inspection-2012-may-01-078.jpg http://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59233d1349640622t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-z-attic-bathroom-exhaust-vent-wiring-botkin-home-inspection-2012-may-01-077.jpg
#5
Garden hose being used for a gas line
http://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59236d1349655036t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-garden-hose-gas-line.jpg
#6
Water flue vent connected to transite duct then passing through HVAC return air.
Attached Thumbnailshttp://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59246d1349657755t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-p1014249.jpg
#7
This box is loose, but theres an extension cord hooked up to the imporperly mounted light fixture, it gets better as the extension cord (permenant use) is looped over the plumbing vent stack, and draped over the roof into the back yard…
Attached Thumbnailshttp://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59249d1349695105t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-ext1.jpg http://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59250d1349695111t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-ext2.jpg
#8
I wish there was a contest for whole house defects! This home would be a contender. The wiring in this house was a major safety hazard. This is only one of many locations. Basically the switch going up from the receptacle turns off the receptacle itself. The hallway light is plugged into that receptacle, goes through the wall and the connections put together with electrical tape. The switch at the bedroom light turns off the light. The wiring is all knob and tube but the knobs and tubes are missing in this area of the home. The buyer was told that the box and wiring was new. The panel and about 5 feet of each wire was new, then spliced together with marrettes into the K & T with no junction boxes.
Attached Thumbnailshttp://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59276d1349774013t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-img_0592.jpg http://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59277d1349774047t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-img_0593.jpg http://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59278d1349774094t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-img_0601.jpg
#9
Gotta love D.I.Y.ers. Here’s the solution for when you forget to vent the waste line on an added bathroom in the garage. Not to mention it’s venting into the attic.
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#10
And it did actually work.
#11
Can’t see this from the ground!!!
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#12
My inspection yesterday. Goes into the main drain. Need I say more.
Attached Thumbnailshttp://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59351d1349974130t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-dscn4487.jpg
#13
Too bad I didn’t have my respirator on when I opened this toilet tank!
Obviously who ever did the winterization of this home did not bother to drain the tank. Yummy!
Attached Thumbnailshttp://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59358d1349993264t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-dsc05208.jpg
#14
The first is an interesting flue from a furnace. It is vented out the side of the home thru the dryer vent!
http://www.nachi.org/forum/attachments/f11/59408d1350098031t-nominations-best-defect-picture-october-pa120949.jpg
#15
This guy had radiant heat flooring before it was cool! built in 1950
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