Loose Receptacles

[jsiegfried]

On a loose receptacle in the wall...I usually just take 20 seconds to tighten it up. Easier and faster than noting it and entering it into the report.

[Marcel R. Cyr]

With 40 years in Residential and Commercial Building, I do not think that it would be a problem with me doing just that, BUT, does the SOP that you learned promote the such??

JMHO Marcel

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by jsiegfried

On a loose receptacle in the wall...I usually just take 20 seconds to tighten it up. Easier and faster than noting it and entering it into the report.

Originally Posted by mcyr

With 40 years in Residential and Commercial Building, I do not think that it would be a problem with me doing just that, BUT, does the SOP that you learned promote the such??

JMHO Marcel

Sounds so simple till you start and think about this where does it end .
Oh! shucks the toilet is loose and I am here with my pliers and I tighten it an it is great .
Now this afternoon and I see the same thing and do it again except now I have broke the Toilet.

This also come down to another discusion that has been going on about moving things and how we all should do it .
Well there is that small china cabinet that I move to check a plug and then I put it back .
Tomorrow the home owner calls and says I have a broken Royal Dalton doll in my China cabnet and I see by the marks on the rug it has been moved .
This doll is worth $850:00 .

I must say those old timer Home Inspectors who drew up the SOP might just have known what they where talking about when they wrote the SOP.
Its there to try and protect us all from our selves some times .
If I did not break it I do not try and fix it .
Roy Cooke
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[Marcel R. Cyr]

Roy; As usual, you took the words right out of my mouth. ha. Amazing!

Marcel

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by mcyr

Roy; As usual, you took the words right out of my mouth. ha. Amazing!

Marcel

No Marcel you plant the seed and I just nurturer it we work great to gether
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Roy Cooke

[jsiegfried]

We all have to draw the line somewhere (I draw it at tightening toilet seats) and I would guess that everyone exceeds the SOP's in some form or another. To answer your question, no, the SOP's do not promote such stuff, but they do not restrict me from performing the service either. Surely you've tightened up a doorknob?

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by jsiegfried

We all have to draw the line somewhere (I draw it at tightening toilet seats) and I would guess that everyone exceeds the SOP's in some form or another. To answer your question, no, the SOP's do not promote such stuff, but they do not restrict me from performing the service either. Surely you've tightened up a doorknob?

Yes but never on an inspection .
Its like being a little bit pregnant .
There ain't no such thing .
I guess I learned it differently then you.
It seems to take the newer Inspectors a while to understand that just
maybe those old inspectors really do know some thing .
It makes me think of my son in law when he hit 25 he said to me,
DAD I can not believe how much you have learned in the last 3 years .
Hope you are still inspecting in three years ,
Roy Cooke


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[lfoster]

Is the receptacle loose in the wall box?
Is the box loose-not secured in the wall?
or, do cords fall out of the receptacle because of age?

[Joe Funderburk, CMI]

NC says items that "require repair" have to be listed in the Summary. Loose receptacles require repair in my view to prevent damage to the wiring.