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10. A storm drain line was never installed for this downspout… Do you need a home inspection on new construction?

11. This is other side of the foundation, inside. Water from the downspout was entering through this hole and causing ponding in the crawl space

14. Rotted steps at same deck

15. Properly-made deck…

16. … Improperly-made deck

18. What might happen when the clothesline securing this service neutral finally rots out or comes untied?

19. Home-made electric fence

21. With the unsealed vent at the chimney, and the makeshift vent sleeve (nearer the camera), will this gas water heater backdraft carbon monoxide?

22. If the manufacturer of this condensing furnace wanted a vent cap, they would’ve said so

28. The concentration of moss to the right matched readings of leakage in the ceiling below

29. Deterioration in the building paper Shake Roof Patching with exposed nails Rot

31. Can you spot a problem in this photo? No guardrail on the deck!

33. This deck was built over another deck!

34. This wood- burning Stove was cobbled together using a 55-gallon drum

35. This chimney damper is being held open with a butter knife…

36. Safe venting of combustion gasses is a lot to ask of a butter knife

39. Rotted wood attracts wood-boring insects This stump should be ground out