Crawl space… access?
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I bet the pipe would move enough, as long as it isn’t clamped just outside the pic to the right. 
I bet you can pop the hinge pins out too.
This used to be the exterior rear wall until someone built a real nice addition on the back of the house. Obviously no permits were pulled and there was no electrician there for consultation.
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Nominated for the “Best of the WTF award” for the next convention.
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Oooooh baby!! Reminds me of the hangers I saw the other day with rusty roofing nails in them!
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“Our bedroom is warm most of the time, the (new construction) builder sent someone (HVAC) and they said they fixed it. Then they sent the insulation guy and he said he fixed it. But we still think it stays warmer in our bedroom than the rest of the house”. SMH
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That kind of incompetence, needs a bigger penalty. That is totally ridiculous!
Where did you hide the insulation, Dave? lol
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Two out of 3 new build inspections in the last week had this kind of issue.
The one of the three without large areas of no insulation installed had 5 consecutive broken trusses. One of the trusses was broken/damaged in 4 different areas. Fun stuff!
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I don’t get a ton of gas water heaters, mostly electric.
This was some interesting scale though. Why did the right pipe get coated, but not the left? Maybe the temp difference? Weird. The entire heater needs to go.
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Usually that stuff is on the INSIDE of the tank…
(Anode rod age 9 years)
It looks the COLD had more scale, usually it’s the HOT that has the issue…
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Leak or weep.
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What did the breaks look like? They look like 2 stud trusses, right? Were both members cracked?
Or… blocked flue and backdraft. The material Condeses on the cold pipe.
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I inspected a home in St. George (Sorry Larry 
) that had been purchased by the second owner. It was five years old and never had any insulation installed in the attic.
It’s hot in St. George. The AC bills must have been astronomical.
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Why is there plastic pipe that close to the water heater and flue?
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Probably why they were selling! haha
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One was a two ply truss, the other three were single ply. all of them were broken clear through. It looked like the contractor had "repaired them with field scabs. The nailing pattern of the scabs was not consistent with an engineer approved repair.
What the heck can do that? Wood has to be pretty dry to crack during handling. Was it stress after install?
I believe most of the damage comes from transport and handling. Unlike the video, they are often dropped on a small dirt lot, which is not flat or clear of debris and big rocks. Then the crane gets a hold of them and more rough housing begins
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