Just when you think........

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Just when you think that you have seen everything ......Today's Inspection.
The original concrete deck was deteriorated and I guess the homeowner got creative with wood. This P/T lumber was screwed to the concrete deck and stairs!!

[Michael Larson]

Hmmm. Stair railing doesn't look to good to me.
Rise and run don't look consistent but that could be a photo thing.

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

Just when you think that you have seen everything ......Today's Inspection.
The original concrete deck was deteriorated and I guess the homeowner got creative with wood. This P/T lumber was screwed to the concrete deck and stairs!!

Mario, do you want this guy nominated for inventions ans inovations Award. ha. ha.
Like the miters too.

What is Harry's last name.

Good pick up on your part. Could fool anyone on the second pic.

Marcel

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

Just when you think that you have seen everything
I started feeling like that after about 5 years of inspecting....until I saw something atrocious done by a licensed electrician: Remove the oil side of a certified wood-oil combination furnace and install a stand alone electric furnace in place of the oil section with it's fan and controls interwired to blow heat from the wood section also......both unit certifications would now be invalid!!!

I now tell people: "If in any full week of inspections (4-7, for myself, I do not see something weird, bizarre, crazy, or upsetting, then I must have had my eyes closed!!


......Today's Inspection.
The original concrete deck was deteriorated and I guess the homeowner got creative with wood. This P/T lumber was screwed to the concrete deck and stairs!!

Have seen that one, or variations thereof, quite a few times in my career. You'll see much crazier than that!!!

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Originally Posted by mcyr

Mario, do you want this guy nominated for inventions ans inovations Award. ha. ha.
Like the miters too.

What is Harry's last name.

Good pick up on your part. Could fool anyone on the second pic.

Marcel

Marcel

You are correct it can fool some people but not us HI's I got a kick out of the lattice!!
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[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Originally Posted by Brian A. MacNeish

Have seen that one, or variations thereof, quite a few times in my career. You'll see much crazier than that!!!

Brian

Having been in the construction industry for 33 years I would like to think that I have seen most everything. I see crap like this all the time. I sometimes shake my head, I sometimes smile,I sometimes laugh, and I sometimes get pissed off. In this case I laughed!!

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

I found another picture of the landing. You can see the concrete under the lattice.

[Peter C. Russell]

Mario, I see this stuff all the time in NH, and they want to license HIs. I think we should start with contractors first. Good catch!

[mdiplock]

I've learned to never say "just when I thought I've seen it all". I've come to realize that there is no limit to the creativity and imaginations of people and what they will do just to save a buck.

[Bob Elliott]

So did you find out when you removed the lattice to check the ledger?