Always quick to blame the contractor, What I see is something that Thomas Glaze would do, Shark bite fittings, poorly soldered joints, it looks like the TPR tubing is not soldered, etc, O, and Tommy, you forgot to put your tools back in the toolbox. 
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…and don’t forget the missing isolation valve, and exposed NM cable. Just sayin.
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One from earlier this week. Seller didn’t disclose that the attached 1 car garage was built over a large cistern. Client was surprised but was happy after talking to the seller about it. Seller stated they do all their lawn irrigation with it.
Access ports in garage.
Pump in basement to get cistern water to outdoor spigot. I told client to keep an eye on the basement wall and to consider pumping out the cistern to have the interior inspected.
Garage front view where you can see the access hatches.
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Good thinkin!
And what’s going on here ?
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Cistern i.e. Grotto
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Might not be an issue because it’s indoors, but then again, the water comes from outside, right?
Maybe check for mosquito larvae. They’ll run away from light shadows or motion.
Little doughnut dunks and/or screens can prevent this.
While were hat’in on this water heater: not entirely clear the silver things are dielectric couplings (might, just not clear). And for my area, missing securing straps.
It’s got a recirculation system which is fine, but if running 24/7 in my area at least it would eat at the pipes from inside (https://www.fasterhotwater.com/ sells on demand versions). And don’t miss Homer’s extra exposed NM wire going behind the tank possible to the recirc system.
Likely, the time is set wrong on the timer switch.
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Some thought it a good idea to stucco the soffits and cover up the soffit vents in the process. Oh, and the sagging…did that occur before or after the stucco application? We’ll never know for certain, but I suspect the sagging was present before the application because of the lack of cracking.
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Um… and if they’re away during the once in a century storm?
Anyway, mosquito larvae can clearly get in, any day of the week.
Did the cistern have an overflow? Did the overflow… work?
I can’t give you the answers to those questions. It was partially filled and I wasn’t going in, lol. I told them to pump it out and have it inspected by a qualified contractor.
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At least they were thinking about attic ventilation. (yes, of course that is an extension cord)
This was connected to their attic fan.
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Pretty impressive wood work on the fan installation. Pass Uncle Bubba another beer…
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WTF?
What looks like a gap between the metal and the roofing is the tar paper from the wall. The view is of the parapet top.
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