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Wild Construction Inspection Stories - June 24th, 2021

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In this 66th episode of About the House with Troy Galloway, Troy shares a bunch of wild construction inspection stories.

Submit your questions at the Galloway Building Services Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/GallowayBuildingServices

About the House brought to you by http://gallowaybuildingservices.com/ and https://www.jhpropertiesrealestate.com/

3:05 What is a construction inspection

4:38 Working with attorneys to inspect the construction contracts

5:48 Inspecting new home construction

6:11 What is involved in a total home inspection

7:04 Million dollar homes are not immune to construction mistakes

7:25 Construction inspection can help both the contractor and the homeowner to prove whether a job is being done right

8:20 Try to work things out with your contractor first

8:41 Sometimes an attorney will specifically request we look at a certain part of a job

9:02 We are often contacted before attorneys are involved. Hopefully our report will lead to the problem being fixed

9:22 We can recommend an attorney if you need one

9:38 HVAC problems we’ve found.

10:10 So many beer cans were in the ducts that it blocked the airflow

11:12 They couldn’t get the stove level because beer cans were underneath

12:24 Steel beams do not fully extend all the way across the home

13:01 Wrong nails used on decks so they rust away (deck podcast https://youtu.be/eK25dyCeYQQ) (deck inspection tips video https://youtu.be/_acsasj6GME)

13:30 Being up to municipal code is not the same as quality

14:30 The furnace wasn’t wired up at all

14:46 Saved over $9 million by checking why another Inspector said the furnace room wasn’t vented

15:41 A basement floor was cracking and sounded hollow because it was nowhere near 3 inches thick

16:44 The ceiling was falling down because the drywall was only pin nailed up

17:30 There were no vertical studs in a room addition and no nails in the center of the drywall

18:12 A door was not nailed to the frame and the wind blew it out

19:32 A plumber spilled glue down the drain

21:13 Someone was going to the bathroom in the sump pit

22:09 Leaving wood and trash in the overdig feeds the termites

23:22 The roofer didn’t put shingles on the roof

23:53 The roof was stripped off and then a thunderstorm rolled in

25:26 Avoiding 2nd story washing machine floods https://youtu.be/68To3lfNxVc

27:10 Mulch kept getting in a display home because the window didn’t have any sealing

  continue reading

91 episoder

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Manage episode 295816907 series 2789801
Innehåll tillhandahållet av Troy Galloway. Allt poddinnehåll inklusive avsnitt, grafik och podcastbeskrivningar laddas upp och tillhandahålls direkt av Troy Galloway eller deras podcastplattformspartner. Om du tror att någon använder ditt upphovsrättsskyddade verk utan din tillåtelse kan du följa processen som beskrivs här https://sv.player.fm/legal.

In this 66th episode of About the House with Troy Galloway, Troy shares a bunch of wild construction inspection stories.

Submit your questions at the Galloway Building Services Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/GallowayBuildingServices

About the House brought to you by http://gallowaybuildingservices.com/ and https://www.jhpropertiesrealestate.com/

3:05 What is a construction inspection

4:38 Working with attorneys to inspect the construction contracts

5:48 Inspecting new home construction

6:11 What is involved in a total home inspection

7:04 Million dollar homes are not immune to construction mistakes

7:25 Construction inspection can help both the contractor and the homeowner to prove whether a job is being done right

8:20 Try to work things out with your contractor first

8:41 Sometimes an attorney will specifically request we look at a certain part of a job

9:02 We are often contacted before attorneys are involved. Hopefully our report will lead to the problem being fixed

9:22 We can recommend an attorney if you need one

9:38 HVAC problems we’ve found.

10:10 So many beer cans were in the ducts that it blocked the airflow

11:12 They couldn’t get the stove level because beer cans were underneath

12:24 Steel beams do not fully extend all the way across the home

13:01 Wrong nails used on decks so they rust away (deck podcast https://youtu.be/eK25dyCeYQQ) (deck inspection tips video https://youtu.be/_acsasj6GME)

13:30 Being up to municipal code is not the same as quality

14:30 The furnace wasn’t wired up at all

14:46 Saved over $9 million by checking why another Inspector said the furnace room wasn’t vented

15:41 A basement floor was cracking and sounded hollow because it was nowhere near 3 inches thick

16:44 The ceiling was falling down because the drywall was only pin nailed up

17:30 There were no vertical studs in a room addition and no nails in the center of the drywall

18:12 A door was not nailed to the frame and the wind blew it out

19:32 A plumber spilled glue down the drain

21:13 Someone was going to the bathroom in the sump pit

22:09 Leaving wood and trash in the overdig feeds the termites

23:22 The roofer didn’t put shingles on the roof

23:53 The roof was stripped off and then a thunderstorm rolled in

25:26 Avoiding 2nd story washing machine floods https://youtu.be/68To3lfNxVc

27:10 Mulch kept getting in a display home because the window didn’t have any sealing

  continue reading

91 episoder

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