47 Home Inspection Issues in Under 3 Minutes

[Dreesmee]

This is scary, especially right now as a buyer and people waiving inspection.

[bernardbarbour]

This is so entertaining. I had to watch it several times, and even shared it with my wife so she could see what we see in the field. Thanks

[loganhall]

as a first-time home buyer this scares me...

Especially the ones with water!
Water is incredible destructive!!

[epistte]

I love the look when the guy picks up the deck stairs and then stares into the camera.

[mikeX]

I honestly expected a serious video but this was hilarious and refreshing...
I hope there are more to come like this lol

[aperson]

I am considering studying to become a building inspector!
Saw one video where everyone was hating on building inspectors and it was a little discouraging.
Now after watching this I know the job is very necessary, even if sometimes the good builders end up wasting money on permits, it's worth it for all the bad builders

[Homeinspectorsean]

Great Video! Excellent compilation of what can go on during an inspection. I especially like the faulty GFCI in the bathroom...

[jetsetkevo]

I’m selling a home that’s being inspected at this very moment and I came to YouTube because I was nervous. I’m not nervous anymore thank you so much for this 😂👍🏽

[TimothyNaugher]

At 2:10 that is a Heat pump going into defrost mode. In heating mode, a heat pump will frost up on the outside unit when the outside temp drops below freezing. When a timer or an outside thermometer reaches its set point, the reversing valve in the heat pump will swap its setting (the noise in the video). This will then melt any frost on the coil. After the thermometer set point or timer has been reached, the reversing valve will swap back (the noise in the video) and continue in heating mode. The noise would happen twice in a defrost cycle under a normally operating heat pump. A defrost cycle timer can be set as often as 30 min and up to every 90 minutes. On newer and high efficiency systems there are thermostats on the system that control when a system goes into defrost. If the system never went into defrost a large block on ice would form on the outside unit, air would not be able to pass through the coil, the system would not heat, pressure would climb in the system that could result in damage.

[godbluffvdgg]

Being a remodeling contractor for 3 decades, you see tons of this stuff...Usually a homeowners and/or butchers that haven't a clue...

[vicO-]

A home inspection could save you thousands, it's a small price to pay for peace of mind. When I moved to Arizona, the 2 houses I was seriously thinking about putting an offer on I would have a home inspection. The first house had no access to the attic where the hvac system was. The second house had some diy'er wiring done in the garage. He had wires twisted together and wrapped with electrical tape, no wire nuts, no junction boxes and no wires stapled down. The first house the owner actually tried to sue the home inspector for not taking his word that the hvac system was in fine shape. Yeah, he lost.

[WaterDesignirrigation]

Nice to see your not nitpicking the small stuff to justify the bill. Those are real problems. Thanks from a 20 year contractor.

[bill]

Very informative video. Thanks! As if my realtor isn't already beginning to hate me. Almost bought a house in the SW desert until I noticed they installed a 4 ton compressor unit to cover 2, 600 sq. ft. It's a nice 16 SEER unit, but there should also be another 2-1/2 to 3 ton unit for a house this size. Only three years old...

[nigelbarton]

I assume it must be different over there, but in UK there are different levels of inspection ( or survey as we call them) you can pay for. Goes from a basic visual only to prove the property is standing and likely to be worth what the mortgage co is lending on it, up to a full structural where they should really go into detail. You can then add electrical inspection, drain surveys etc if you suspect issues or need to sure. Pick according to the type / age of property and your risk appetite.

[fellzer]

1:56 This guy's look says it all.

[Funkafella]

For a second I thought this was all on the same house lol

[michaelgross]

That hot water heater not drafting at 1:04 is soooo dangerous. Literally could kill you. Hope the homeowners weren't complaining about headaches.

[UpdogUpdogUpdog]

Hi this is such a good video. I followed the link to your blog post about it and a number of links are pointing to other blog posts that seem to have moved or are broken, and only load a white square image instead of the blog content. SUPER informative video thank you SO MUCH!!

[codyt.]

@1:55 I had a homeowner put a padlock through the track of the garage door. *Somebody pressed the button to open the garage door. Guess what happened?


We made a phone call to the garage door repair company.
The garage door hit the padlock and it popped off the track. The entire garage door came down in a twisted mess!

[TheLittlered]

The sad thing is as a painting/general contractor, I have seen a lot of these problems. Bank owns are the worst. Neglected to many years and left empty many more. This year had one house that I pointed out to the owner all kinds of exterior rot. Both superficial, siding, and structural. Another house we found water seepage in one of the down stairs bedrooms, complete with mold and brand new carpet. It had a daylight basement. That is something I will never own, a house with a day light basement. To many issues with those types of houses.