"Clean inspection just 2 months ago"

[cduphily]

That's the statement the seller's real estate agent made to my clients yesterday as I was inspecting their potential new home. "I don't foresee any problems with this inspection"

Clean?!?

First Pic - No GFCI, ungrounded receptacle in newly remodeled bathroom, many outlets where ungrounded or rev. polarity

Second pic - No my camera lens is not dirty, 75% RH fog in crawlspace. plus a nifty way to mount a dryer lint bucket.

3rd - no explanation needed ... could of stuck my finger through some of the joists.
4th- Mold as far as the eye could see.
5th- 12 guage CU + 30 Amp breaker (elec baseboard)= DOH!

[Scott Gilligan, CMI]

Picture 2 looks like there a lot more defects. I see condensation on all the pipes. Plumbing does not look supported by hangers. Drain line is burnt and sagging at the fitting. The CMU support columns look like they are missing some grout. Just to name a few things I can see in that picture.

Anytime a client or agent tell me it should be an easy inspection anymore, I just laugh as soon as I get off the phone. I like the ones who think it's new that there is nothing wrong with it.

[iniquette]

Did you happen to get the weather forecast in the basement for the next 5 days? Sunny and 70 maybe.

In all seriousness, I don't think I have ever seen FOG in the basement. nice pic.

[Christopher Currins]

That's the statement the seller's real estate agent made to my clients yesterday as I was inspecting their potential new home. "I don't foresee any problems with this inspection"

They were just testing you.

[cduphily]

Originally Posted by sgilligan1

Picture 2 looks like there a lot more defects. I see condensation on all the pipes. Plumbing does not look supported by hangers. Drain line is burnt and sagging at the fitting. The CMU support columns look like they are missing some grout. Just to name a few things I can see in that picture.

Anytime a client or agent tell me it should be an easy inspection anymore, I just laugh as soon as I get off the phone. I like the ones who think it's new that there is nothing wrong with it.

CMU's also shimmed with untreated scab 2x4's (also rotting) .... yes all that you mentioned and more was noted in the report. I posted for the major issues caused by all the underlying problems ya PITA.

Forecast for this crawlspace = RAIN for the next 5 years or until the structure collapses ... whichever happens first.

[cduphily]

Originally Posted by ccurrins

They were just testing you.

Guess I failed their "test"

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Excuse the stupidity on my part, what the hell is causing that fog in the basement?!?!?

[David P. Valley]

Did you recommend a wrecking ball?

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by ccurrins

They were just testing you.

Yep. Wanted to see how good you were and how susceptible you were to hearsay and suggestions.

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by dmaricic

Excuse the stupidity on my part, what the hell is causing that fog in the basement?!?!?

No problem, Dominic.

According to Wikipedia, "Fog is a cloud in contact with the ground."

So in this case, we simply have a cloud that is in contact with the ground in the crawl space.

Was that of any help to you?

[James E. Braun, CMI]

or simply, high humidity

[David A. Andersen]

I just laugh as soon as I get off the phone.

I laugh when I'm on the phone!!

Dominic,

Dryer moisture being discharged into a cool space, or one that is already at 100% rh.

Fog begins to form when water vapor (a colorless gas) condenses into tiny liquid water droplets in the air. Conversely, water vapor is formed by the evaporation of liquid water or by the sublimation of ice. Since water vapor is colorless, it is actually the small liquid water droplets that are condensed from it that make water suspended in the atmosphere visible in the form of fog or any other type of cloud.
Fog normally occurs at a relative humidity near 100%. This can be achieved by either adding moisture to the air or dropping the ambient air temperature. Fog can form at lower humidities, and fog can sometimes not form with relative humidity at 100%. A reading of 100% relative humidity means that the air can hold no additional moisture and the air will then become supersaturated if additional moisture is added.

[tdietrich1]

Two Words: Plausible Deniablity.

The real estate agent was saying, "don't surprise me with your report", and "Heck, I thought the house was perfect, what am I, a home inspector?"

[cduphily]

Originally Posted by dvalley

Did you recommend a wrecking ball?

Too many trees and roads are too narrow for a wrecking ball, this is what I recommended.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Funny guys. I know how fog is created (took enough years of science in college for that bit). Just couldn't figure out what was making it in the crawl space. The moisture from the dryer vent makes sense, but that's still a LOT of moisture. No wonder there's such a bad mold problem.