Adventures In Home Inspection (Some May Be NSFW)

[jfields]

I guess you just let your feet hang, unless you're 7 foot tall?

Good question! Although, I didn't spill a drop and my hairy boys were resting on the rim when I peed in that thing...

 

[2K6TBSS]

Looks like it’s wet venting a 4” vent stack just off screen with a double sweep clean-out tee installed vertically. There is all kinds of wrong here but, it doesn’t matter at this point.

I would be more concerned that the lid is missing on the tank...

 

[bfreebern]

I would be more concerned that the lid is missing on the tank...

It's a convenient ashtray, when you're sitting backwards enjoying a cigar!

 

[jfields]

It's a convenient ashtray, when you're sitting backwards enjoying a cigar!

Or, might be easier to shit in the tank while resting your feet on the bowl lid.

 

[TexasTraveler]

Or, might be easier to shit in the tank while resting your feet on the bowl lid.

@CigarStone insert JFields roadside toilet pic here…

 

[jfields]

@CigarStone insert JFields roadside toilet pic here…

Good thing he didn't snap a picture of me falling over with the toilet and getting soaking wet. I'd never see the end of that picture.

 

[jfields]

This guy didn't look too happy about me crashing the party this morning.

 

[jfields]

Dude's a FREAK!

 

[bfreebern]

Why is she so embarassed?

 

[jfields]

Why is she so embarassed?

Plot twist.... It was her stepbro.

 

[CBoukal]

Plot twist.... It was her stepbro.

Are we sure its not his stepbro..

 

[CigarStone]

Good thing he didn't snap a picture of me falling over with the toilet and getting soaking wet. I'd never see the end of that picture.

That pic has already been posted.

 

[jfields]

That pic has already been posted.

Nope!

 

[CigarStone]

Nope!

Sasquatch<<<< LINK

 

[jfields]

Not me, but a page I'm on and thought of this thread.

 

[Darin]

Looks like the Secret of Nimh gone wrong!

 

[rbbrock]

That must've smelled lovely.

 

[TexasTraveler]

Not me, but a page I'm on and thought of this thread.
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[{tpc}]

Not me, but a page I'm on and thought of this thread.
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That’s a whole lot of “nope” right there if that pic shows up on a inspection report..

 

[jfields]

PSA - One of the more common issues I see is in regards to HVAC replacement. This is especially more prevalent in older homes. AC compressors, heat pumps, and air handlers have become more efficient over the years. I would probably estimate about 60% of the homes I inspect now have oversized breakers installed in the main panels, or the HVAC technician did not install fusible links at the outside or inside service disconnects. It is not unusual for me to go to a home built in the 70s, and to see a 50 amp breaker installed in the main panel for the outside compressor unit. Then to go look at the label plate on the newer compressor and it states the maximum breaker sizes 25 amps. If there's ever a malfunction, this can cause wires to overheat and start an electrical fire before the breaker ever trips.

The example pictures are from a house I recently inspected. I smelled the distinct odor of electrical/plastic burning when I walked in the attic. The max breaker size on the air handler label plate said 60 amps, but there was 100 amp breaker installed in the main panel. Turned out the heat pump emergency heat coils had an issue. Some of the readings I was able to get with infrared at the service disconnect were closing in on 420°F.
Just be sure when having a replacement performed, that your licensed pro accounts for this. Many rarely do!