@PPG1967 this seems to be the consensus on our other socials too! Thank you!

@@RobertPrice-r6x where's the fun in that?!

@@ymcb90210 that makes me so happy to hear!

Yes it did, turns out it was a make shit gutter

@chrisbrown7499 absolutely they were missing the z flashing too. I also tell people that rough sawn cedar is around 10 years in my area before you start seeing the wood rot. All horizontal trim should have z flashing, but unfortunately much of it does not. So many ways for water to penetrate a building envelope!

@Dodgecityhorse good point! I did in our post on Instagram. But should have edited the video to include the image for KZbin as well.

@Boredaff until the first time the lawn guy runs over the romex.... I just think a piece of conduit secured to the house would have added about $20 to the job cost and made all the difference in outcome.

@@technihouseinspections4328 I agree, just seen enough to know that doesn't necessarily mean jimbo did it

@andyhandy9996 tye exterior pipe could freeze but water may still need to get drained out of your sump. If that happens the sump will continue to fill and could cause flooding in your basement when it overflows, particularly if your sump isnt that deep. An overflow allows for the water to exit the sump even if a big long run like this one gets temporarily frozen.

I will work on it. I will say I do my videos in 1 take while doing my inspections. I have no preformed script, it's totally off the cuff. But I will try to limit the use of my favorite verbal flotsam.

I have bought several homes and where are the pretty ladies like this giving me an inspection?

As much as I appreciate your knowledge of someone you've never met, and know absolutely nothing about....I do think it's important to stress to you that no deck is going to last 100 years. Just wanted to point it out in case you were hoping for that kind of longevity for your own deck.

Try to be nice in your post please. Here's a pretty lady who clearly knows her stuff. The deck is unsafe.

It depends, the sealant on the joints can deteriorate with time. But, if your main sewer line is blocked with roots that could absolutely be causing the issue. I would get a plumbing company out to cut out the roots or do a hydrojetting on the sewer line. Hydrojetting is more expensive but, if done properly, will remove almost all of the roots. Once roots have infiltrated the line they will come back, it just varies how long. So you should plan on maintaining the line every 6-18 months depending on how bad the roots are. They will be able to tell you that once they clean out the line.

@@technihouseinspections4328 I bought an electric snake auger based on your reply. I also bought copper sulfate for preventative maintenance. Thanks 👍

There was like a waterfall of vermiculite falling from the ceiling when we were doing renos.

Yup, that is what was described in the links I posted on another person's comment below. The brass fittings had documented issues with de-zincafication. Switching to poly fittings corrected that. I'm not in FL, and this home is on city water and still you see the de-zincafication process occuring on these brass fittings. Another documented issue with PEX is that the chlorine city water is treated with degrades the plastic it's made from. This is obviously not an issue with a home on well water. PEX is also degraded by exposure to sunlight. Think when you see materials piled up outside a new build, or plumbing run through and just waiting in the sun for a slab to be poured, etc. PEX has a lot of great things about it, but it also has some weaknesses that I think are helpful for people to know about.

@technihouseinspections4328 . 20 yrs of plumbing in south Florida with heavy chlorine city water. Never an issue with the pex. Just brass fittings. There are several manufacturers of pex. I don't think they are all the "same" we used VIEGA pex WHICH was originally STADLER. From Germany. Stadler ownes the original patent for pex. Just food for thought. And the sunlight issue is absolutely correct 👍. But it's OK for many months without issue. It's the long term.....yrs....exposure. our pex came wrapped in protective outer packaging and was left in that covering until use.

@@Bunnyymann I'll look into Stadler PEX!

Yes, with the fittings,but it was installed in thousands of homes prior to that. As a home inspector, the vast majority of homes I inspect are not newer. So I'm educating people who do still have those original fittings in their homes.

@@technihouseinspections4328 agreed I’ve been plumbing homes for 30 years unfortunately I’ve been through all the stages of poly back to polybutylene and grabber fittings. We learned early to not use pex fittings in inaccessible places. If the existing pipe is polyethylene the piping is fine we would just replace all the fittings and adapters. The best practice with pex is having a maniblock and dedicated runs to each fixture thus eliminating most fittings. I understand this can usually only be done in new homes and ranchers but is possible in any home but may be more labor intensive.