Top 20 Home Inspection Photos from 2015

This is always my favorite blog post of the year, featuring our best home inspection photos from the past 12 months.  Click on any of the photos for a large version.  Enjoy!

Planning for emergencies

Flat roof / chimney combo

Chimneys and flat roofs are notorious for leaks. Someone managed to combine the two here. While this image looks photoshopped, it’s not. I just blurred out the surrounding scenery to keep the location anonymous.

Roof Mullet

Again, no editing was done here.  I just blurred out the surrounding scenery.

Hack wiring, right out in the open

Who needs beams?

Dr. Seuss’s handiwork

“There.”

More duct tape repairs.

Those paint cans better come with the house.

I have no idea…

Backboard magnifying glass

Check out what the backboard did to the shingles right behind it.  Crazy, right?

Bad planning.

This microwave door is open as wide as it will go because it binds on the wall. Yes, this was a flipped house.

More home flipper stuff (zero pride)

More bad planning

I’ve got a fever…

Plumbing vent flashing used inside the attic

Someone didn’t know how to connect the corrugated duct for a bathroom exhaust fan to the roof cap, so they used a piece of flashing for a plumbing vent.

Don’t worry.  It was toe-nailed on the other side too 😉

Valley trees (like, omg!)

Re-purposed shower rods

The multi-tasker’s dream bathroom 

You don’t need to know what nice work looks like to know that this ain’t it.

Tuckcaulking

Every mortar joint is filled with caulk.

Perfect fit.

Ok, that makes twenty three.  Close enough.  If you enjoy these types of photos, please visit our Facebook page, where we keep ’em coming.  Also, be sure to check out our top photos from previous years:

• Top 20 Home Inspection Photos from 2011
• Top 20 Home Inspection Photos from 2012
• Top 20 Home Inspection Photos from 2013
• Top 20 Home Inspection Photos from 2014

Happy New Year!

Author: Reuben Saltzman, Structure Tech Home Inspections