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Home Inspection. What Would You Do If Your Pipes Failed While You Were Gone?

As a home inspector we find plumbing leaks on a regular bases. In the picture below we have a 3/4 galvanized pipe with a level of corrosion that shows signs of near failure. It's important to check your visible plumbing pipes for corrosion so you don't have to worry about leaks and failures.

So What Would You Do If Your Pipes Failed While You Were Gone?

David Home Inspection Services

626-629-8499

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San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside County California

Home Inspection Blog. Up-Rooting Your Property Wall. (edit/delete)

Look at all the damage cause by the trees in the pictures below. As a home Inspector we find damaged caused by trees and tree roots all the time. I recommend not planting trees within 10 feet of a structure wall or foundation.

Planting trees too close to a property wall can be costly.

David Home Inspection Services

626-629-8499

We Proudly Serve The Areas Of

San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside County California

Home Inspection Blog. Hot Water Heater Inspection. Are You Kidding Me? (edit/delete)

One thing a great home inspector will do for their clients is test for carbon monoxide leaks at and around the hot water heater vent. Not all home inspectors provide this level of service. We at David Home Inspection do. We could point out the many things wrong with this water heater. But lets take a closer look at the venting or lack there of..

This is how I found it. You got to be kidding me right? Astounding no one has died in this home. The hot water heater is located in a closet off the kitchen. Take a look at the vent, it's not even attached to the top of the hot water heater. Also note the heavy use of JB liquid weld around the hot and cold water lines. The one thing that I noticed was the copper lines look to be only a year or two old. Not sure why the heater was not replaced then. It was installed in 1994 and was a 5 year tank.

Way to go JB liquid weld, for holding it together.

David Home Inspection Services

626-629-8499

We Proudly Serve The Areas Of

San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside County California

As a home inspector in the Southern California housing market for the past 11+ years I have see trends come and go. One trend I am not to keen on is the self venting range hood. As it goes a vent hood is use to remove heated air from the cooking area and to prevent grease an odor's from depositing on kitchen surfaces. With a self venting hood the heated air is not removed but forced back into the kitchen. We have all seen grease filters clogged and in need of replacement. The filters in the average kitchen can become clogged in three to six months. On one hand some self venting hoods are built specifically for this purpose and do a far job at removing grease and odors from the air but not heat. Kitchens that have been remodeled is were we find the cheep self venting range hoods the most. Just plan laziness on the part of the contractor in my opinion. The hoods are the ones that one would find at the local Home And Garden stores. Theses hoods when installed according to the manufactures recommendation should be duct to the outside air using a 4x10 duct or 6-8" round duct. The size of the duct will be determined by CFM and distance to the outside air. One should not settle for this type of installation it's just another short cut. Get it ducted!

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