Today marks the 10th anniversary of our Top 20 Home Inspection photos post! We did our first Top 20 compilation back in 2011. These are all photos we’ve taken at home inspections that made us laugh, cry, or gasp. We share these photos on our Facebook page throughout the year, and these were some of our favs. Enjoy!
Creative wiring: This box was very full of wires, so someone took the easy path and made their splices outside of the box. Also, overlapping the four cover plates in shingle fashion was a new one for us.
Backward tub Or perhaps a backward faucet.
Contractor’s license… plate.
Symmetry is overrated.
Measure twice…Â the beam is supposed to be resting on the post, and the bolts are just there to hold it in place. Not to support all of the weight.
Measure twice part 2Â Someone got this post very wrong, so they stuck a shim in the post to fix it.
ICUP This was the only bathroom on the first floor.
Hills Bros? Isn’t the best part of waking up supposed to be Folgers in your duct? Or something like that…
Infinity Drain
Note the gutter and downspout. What do you do when you’re super-handy, but not comfortable getting on the roof to fix the leak? Install a secondary flat roof to catch the water, complete with a gutter and a downspout.
Kitchen faucet at bathtub. There’s nothing technically wrong with this, but the bathtub water will surely get cold before it’s done filling.
Seen in passing. Dare me to climb it? Note to our worker’s comp provider: This wasn’t us, and we would never pull any kind of stunt like this 🙂
That’s a light fixture in a wood fireplace chimney. And it’s not the first time we’ve seen this.
Voted Minnesota’s worst sledding experience. Yes, those are sleds in the attic. Also known as subtle clues.
How many lights do you need in one bathroom?
PVC Handrail. Not only does this material have a lot of give, but there’s no way this could have been less expensive than wood.
New construction defects. This was a new home where the roofers forgot to nail down the roof vents. We slid this one out to prove it.
Are the auto-reverse sensors for the garage door opener more than 6″ off the ground? We better get out our tape measure to verify. Yep, confirmed.
Ok, we were feeling whimsical this day ;-).
Toilet tank at ceiling. That’s all I know. I’m sorry, we don’t do “why” questions. But I’m thinking someone had to put this here just to mess with us.
Exploding toilet. Speaking of toilets, there was a big recall of Flushmate III pressure-assisted flushing toilets because the pressure tanks had a tendency to explode. That’s what happened here.
Extra-long downspout extension. We always talk about the importance of long downspout extensions. These folks may have taken it one step too far.
Worst Christmas ornament ever? Or the best caption on our Facebook page, “Lefty Loosey, Tightey Whitey.”
Happy New Year, and thank you for visiting! Please enjoy these posts from the past decade.
