47 Home Inspection Issues in Under 3 Minutes

A compilation of video clips from Structure Tech Home Inspections, a Minneapolis home inspection company. For a full explanation of all these items, check out our blog post about this clip: www.structuretech1.com/2015/06...

[@epistte]

I love the look when the guy picks up the deck stairs and then stares into the camera.

[@6string327]

than he shakes his head loool

[@family4life987]

1:56 hahaha

[@vicO1323]

Hey don't look at me, I had nothing to do with it.

[@Dreesmee]

This is scary, especially right now as a buyer and people waiving inspection.

[@BigBoii1369]

Never waive the inspection as a buyer!

[@nathanarmstrong2652]

Exactly right and shame on the realtors who actively encourage this in their deal making - it puts buyers in very risky position.

[@Infinite_AM]

we had a house ready to buy until inspection revealed $70k in structural damages. always get an inspector, he's worth more than the agent.

[@dromomaniac8318]

@@Infinite_AM Same! We’re happy to pay for inspections for that very reason.

[@ABCEasyas--]

@@Infinite_AM Yep! There was a home we were under contract with an inspection contingency, but that one need that much money in repairs (replacement of furnace, mold remediation, gutting of cabinetry, etc.) that no one without deep pockets could afford to fix.

[@mikeX8231]

I honestly expected a serious video but this was hilarious and refreshing... I hope there are more to come like this lol

[@Master-ls2op]

this is what you talking ABOUT.... this is porn for a personal injury lawyer.

[@loganhall5580]

as a first-time home buyer this scares me... Especially the ones with water! Water is incredible destructive!!

[@rockrunnerha]

You right! Water is the worst enemy of properties and their condition if not are maintain regularly.

[@vadamsable]

Me too. I'm planning on buying, but most of these houses have not been maintained. You pay people to do repairs and they half ass it.

[@henrys.3399]

it SHOULD scare you, buyer beware !

[@aperson3213]

I am considering studying to become a building inspector! Saw one video where everyone was hating on building inspectors and it was a little discouraging. Now after watching this I know the job is very necessary, even if sometimes the good builders end up wasting money on permits, it's worth it for all the bad builders

[@johnnymatias3027]

I know its been 3 years but as a mechanic, i understand working in a field people generally dislike. Just know, only sellers dislike inspectors because they point all the problems theyve been ignoring and hoping to kick to the next owner. Its selfish and destructive. As a mechanic, i constantly get hate about pointing out how terribly people take care of often their second kost expensive possession when theres an entire book about how not to take care of your car always in the glove box. Anybody whos mad at home inspectors is a cheap, greedy jerk willing to offset the costs of their inaction and laziness to the next owner of their property, who shouldnt eat that cost.

[@bernardbarbour]

This is so entertaining. I had to watch it several times, and even shared it with my wife so she could see what we see in the field. Thanks

[@Homeinspectorsean]

Great Video! Excellent compilation of what can go on during an inspection. I especially like the faulty GFCI in the bathroom...

[@ParanormalBoom]

That shower head scared the fuck out of me.

[@Elenkoism]

Not to mention the screaming drains

[@camillekatrina]

It's the house that Pennywise built, lol.

[@PickleJar251]

camillekatrina Hahahahahaaha awww cmon georgy

[@godbluffvdgg]

Being a remodeling contractor for 3 decades, you see tons of this stuff...Usually a homeowners and/or butchers that haven't a clue...

[@fellzer]

1:56 This guy's look says it all.

[@jetsetkevo1]

I’m selling a home that’s being inspected at this very moment and I came to KZbin because I was nervous. I’m not nervous anymore thank you so much for this 😂👍🏽

[@vicO1323]

A home inspection could save you thousands, it's a small price to pay for peace of mind. When I moved to Arizona, the 2 houses I was seriously thinking about putting an offer on I would have a home inspection. The first house had no access to the attic where the hvac system was. The second house had some diy'er wiring done in the garage. He had wires twisted together and wrapped with electrical tape, no wire nuts, no junction boxes and no wires stapled down. The first house the owner actually tried to sue the home inspector for not taking his word that the hvac system was in fine shape. Yeah, he lost.

[@anthonyrice6713]

I loved the physics defying window at the end

[@rideswithscissors]

I sent this to my landlord, and told him to start at 1:36. He sent someone right over! It's fixed!

[@FirstnameLastname-fv9mf]

🤣👍

[@stevenbrown5210]

That was the most hilarious sadness I've ever seen....

[@HomePerformance]

Awesome, guys! Keep showing us!

[@TimothyNaugher]

At 2:10 that is a Heat pump going into defrost mode. In heating mode, a heat pump will frost up on the outside unit when the outside temp drops below freezing. When a timer or an outside thermometer reaches its set point, the reversing valve in the heat pump will swap its setting (the noise in the video). This will then melt any frost on the coil. After the thermometer set point or timer has been reached, the reversing valve will swap back (the noise in the video) and continue in heating mode. The noise would happen twice in a defrost cycle under a normally operating heat pump. A defrost cycle timer can be set as often as 30 min and up to every 90 minutes. On newer and high efficiency systems there are thermostats on the system that control when a system goes into defrost. If the system never went into defrost a large block on ice would form on the outside unit, air would not be able to pass through the coil, the system would not heat, pressure would climb in the system that could result in damage.

[@satchboogie2058]

Nothing a bit of duct-tape can't fix

[@WaterDesignirrigation]

Nice to see your not nitpicking the small stuff to justify the bill. Those are real problems. Thanks from a 20 year contractor.

[@UpdogUpdogUpdog]

Hi this is such a good video. I followed the link to your blog post about it and a number of links are pointing to other blog posts that seem to have moved or are broken, and only load a white square image instead of the blog content. SUPER informative video thank you SO MUCH!!

[@Funkafella01]

For a second I thought this was all on the same house lol

[@hardwaregrrl]

Ha!!! Really enjoyed the sounds and editing.....good job!

[@bill2339]

Very informative video. Thanks! As if my realtor isn't already beginning to hate me. Almost bought a house in the SW desert until I noticed they installed a 4 ton compressor unit to cover 2,600 sq. ft. It's a nice 16 SEER unit, but there should also be another 2-1/2 to 3 ton unit for a house this size. Only three years old...

[@CoachTed2023]

A 4 ton AC unit will easily handle a 2600 sq ft house, if house is insulated, built properly. Most likely the AC supply ducts and return ducts not correctly sized. I understand how you feel. We had been in our house 10 years before I found actual issues. Supply to mb side of house too small, return duct to AC unit way too small . New world.

[@noskcajnivek]

Hopefully, they all weren't from the same house......

[@GlitchedPepsi]

I laughed my ass off when the shower arm was going in and out the wall

[@TheLittlered1961]

The sad thing is as a painting/general contractor, I have seen a lot of these problems. Bank owns are the worst. Neglected to many years and left empty many more. This year had one house that I pointed out to the owner all kinds of exterior rot. Both superficial, siding, and structural. Another house we found water seepage in one of the down stairs bedrooms, complete with mold and brand new carpet. It had a daylight basement. That is something I will never own, a house with a day light basement. To many issues with those types of houses.

[@fluxus_tr]

Literally the best video ever. thank y ou

[@patricktcrowe]

Thank you, great video

[@michaelmcgovern3434]

Great video!

[@dynadonnell]

This is so great, thank you!!! 😆

[@krobak47]

Great video! Some of that stuff looked haunted!

[@junglepayne2352]

Loved this

[@HughCairns]

Nice work!

[@alkebulan007]

Thanks you!!!! This video was extremely helpful. :-)

[@truints]

This is better than most blooper reels.

[@VenusElectricRecords]

Awesome video. Some of these are scary!

[@AActionHomeInspectionHouston]

Man I love this stuff !

[@michaelgross8461]

That hot water heater not drafting at 1:04 is soooo dangerous. Literally could kill you. Hope the homeowners weren't complaining about headaches.

[@brandonyoung181]

Michael Gross they were always a bit sleepy at home, no big deal.

[@michaelgross8461]

@@brandonyoung181 until the homeowner was found dead.

[@brandonyoung181]

@@michaelgross8461 I know, it was sarcasm.

[@toledojack88]

pulsating shower head is my favorite

[@MegaJohnhammond]

the sink drain at 2:50 I kinda liked

[@andrewdaley3081]

Would make great feature room.and an excellent talking point if ones having a formal diiner party 🇬🇧👍

[@AlexDonnett]

that shower head tho. I'd make it the guest bathroom.

[@HoneyDubey23]

Wtheck. You guys are doing a great job!

[@handymanPF]

Great Video!!

[@brandonrothrock5846]

0:33 so what can't a shower head have a little fun

[@debbiejudd6512]

Lmai

[@FirstnameLastname-fv9mf]

😁

[@freeralo6787]

What tf causes that???? Had me dead 😂😂

[@ForTheWin2007]

The face at 1:50 is gold xD

[@ExiStrife]

At first I thought this was all in one house and I was freaking out

[@Chronochrome]

1:50 is hysterical, I had the exact same reaction: "NOPE!"

[@firstnamelastname9955]

The haunted shower head will forever be my favorite.

[@pimpjuice750]

I would not recommend to buy this house. 😁

[@TheEgg185]

I think this is a collection of a bunch of houses...I hope. It would be a fun joke to have someone "win" a new house like this (with hidden cameras) and watch as everything goes wrong from morning to night.

[@nullslwx]

my god that's evil.

[@noob2630]

TheEgg185 watch the money pit with Tom Hanks

[@yupgamer5165]

Pleaasssseee do more... funny but quick and to the point. Lmaoo

[@humbertovillanueva5959]

Good job

[@denaredford6701]

Good video .

[@whatsmynameagain7774]

good job

[@NicKVenTs]

I need more videos like this haha

[@codyt.346]

@1:55 I had a homeowner put a padlock through the track of the garage door. *Somebody pressed the button to open the garage door. Guess what happened? We made a phone call to the garage door repair company. The garage door hit the padlock and it popped off the track. The entire garage door came down in a twisted mess!

[@robertbourquin791]

what would cause the water pressure to be built up like that with the hose in the first clip?

[@jeffbrosky4696]

Was a roofing and siding inspector but was let go as all inspectors in my area houses are selling with in 1 or 2 days of being put on market

[@Lefty567]

Hysterical...thanks

[@vadamsable]

What is that little yellow hand held device?

[@bullgamer7343]

The guy pressing gfic gets shocked! Lmao

[@ncooty]

Standard punch list for a new-home warranty.

[@michaelnienaber8263]

What was the issue on the first one?

[@tnaoro]

2&3 are cool!

[@rustynail3159]

Funny but sad !. I seen alot of stuff like this myself. I seen a house once the had a water line tapped into the neighbor's house and a supporting beam held up by a plastic 5 gallon bucket .

[@readytemp35]

I'm still wondering why "Normally Open" thermostatic valves are permitted to connect the hot and cold water lines under a sink in retrofit hot water circulators. Flushing your toilet or watering your lawn (any cold water use) when these valves are in their normally open default position results in water siphoning from the hot water line (placing demand on the water heater) into the cold water line. Placing demand on your water heater by flushing your toilet...now that's crazy.

[@huntergman8338]

Seems like the builders never heard of the phrase, "if It's worth doing, It's worth doing right."

[@ron0126]

Odd how many involved water or its effects.

[@ZulfiqarAli-wq1qe]

Hi , great video, can you tell me what is the noise at mark 41, i hear it all the time at my home.

[@StructureTech1]

Just as air traveling through the right opening will create a noise (think of any wind instrument), water traveling through the right opening at the right volume can do the same thing. Try replacing your faucet, the supply line for your faucet, or the shut-off valves for your faucet. This will likely be enough to make it stop.

[@Alpenmagier]

0:34 i fucking lost it haha

[@canadianbeech]

fabian vogel what was happening there?

[@jkbc]

hahahha, i just got my home inspection report for the house I m interested in and it looks scary reading the findings. I m glad I had it done and they did save buyers from buying lemon

[@TechieTard]

SOLD!, I'll take it!

[@effytraveler6155]

I’m trying to figure out what career or job to do. My family and strangers say I am always trying to find problems with everything. Maybe building inspector would be the right fit.

[@johnanderson1149]

Get involved with your home inspection / inspector!!! Ours really screwed up. Missed so many things I found after moving in. Wish we had sued, but in NY I think you only have a year or two. A lot of houses being flipped here in my area. Dumps are painted, floors finished, new siding over old. Just really bad work. It's like putting a prom dress on a pig.

[@kmdtofficialpristine8920]

How do you gain training and certification to become a HI....is AHIT the way to go???

[@Fusiongearz]

Where can I get a shower head with the jack hammer function? You know for myself...

[@jddr.jkindle9708]

Scary stuff. No wonder the Seller is attempting to get rid of the property.

[@centralintelligenceagency9003]

Oddly satisfying to watch.

[@ccrpalex2456]

what do those beepy things show? I used them before to either find wires or beams inside of the wall, but in the instances at 0:42 what is being looked for as an inspector?

[@StructureTech1]

Those are moisture meters being used to identify wet floors and ceilings.

[@tomanycooks]

was that just one house or many?

[@briansemira6528]

What were those meters measuring from :44 to :52?

[@gantmj]

Measuring moisture levels.

[@theswagger7231]

what was happening at 0:34 and 0:38?

[@ABCEasyas--]

I clicked on the link that explains the problems, but I got a 404 error. Did anyone find it?

[@timsid]

I wish there was a standard applied to inspectors that was universal; here in my area of remote Quebec, he (yup, we have only one guy) is only obligated to do visual inspections and then, only if there is something obviously wrong will they poke around a bit more. Apparently, asbestos and lead pipes are not an obvious problem. Most of the homes here are over a century old.

[@Killer1986Chris]

Tim Sidaway Asbestos will only be an issue if there was work done between the 1950s and 1980s.

[@timsid]

killer1986chris the house was condemned two weeks after this inspection. We hired an outside inspector and he found exposed asbestos along with lead paint and pipes.

[@zeke1220]

Isn't asbestos in the form of insulation or tiles basically harmless until you try to remove it?

[@Killer1986Chris]

zeke1220 It's fine until damaged or disturbed which is when folks like me come in and deal with the situation.

[@zeke1220]

I talked to a guy cutting out some kind of asbestos siding from a house with no protective gear last summer. He had nothing but cargo shorts and a circular saw.

[@drink15]

I just kept saying… ‘well that’s not good”

[@lucastostes9460]

Wow and here I am stressing because the electrical inspector failed our rough because on ONE kick plate

[@artwallace9323]

The epitomy of the word, ookey!

[@KentPaul]

Can we have a list of all the 47 issues?

[@StructureTech1]

www.structuretech1.com/2015/06/47-home-inspection-issues-in-under-3-minutes-explained/

[@AmishWebmaster]

Great inspections, but who should I call if I want to live in Michigan?

[@tacticalrob5792]

Plumb inspection service 734-286-7301. Serving southeast michigan.

[@marks6663]

If you want to live in Michigan, you should call a shrink.

[@AmishWebmaster]

Thanks, but I'm looking at Niles (SW Michigan.)

[@AmishWebmaster]

MIchigan is one of the original medical marijuana states, and they can't grow it fast enough.

[@determinedsj]

Please tell me what is wrong with the burner that clicks on the stove?. I have this experience on my stove top. It clicks about 5 times with strong gas smell

[@FirstnameLastname-fv9mf]

I don't think it's safe. I would get it checked out before using it again.

[@VivianMorrisInADream]

that window!!

[@nohopeequalsnofear3242]

I have a relative whose house is so bad, it will be condemned when its time to sell

[@jumbosilverette]

The shower head was the best!

[@vaper1986]

Most people think there house is haunted when they here this. 0:34

[@TechieTard]

hahahahahha!

[@Elizath]

nice

[@NateFosterSR]

i seriously lol'ed at 0:52

[@edgararcega3046]

Ahh the home inspector. Gotta love em and hate em at the same time. By the way does anybody know what this tool 0:37 is for? Mold detector?

[@davidamoritz]

Daily stuff for my repairs.

[@f.demascio1857]

That was some bad stuff, but what was the issue in the two compartment sink that drained like a boss at 0:54? I have to assume the hideous s-trap ( & no vent) immeduately following that shot was the issue. At the gas leak part, I hope you flagged the thread protector (shipping couplin) as an issue too. Here in Richmond, VA, the city contracts Henkles & McCoy to relocate gas meters in residential homes. They use them every time & the city pays them anyway.

[@ReubenSaltzman]

Frank De Mascio - see structuretech1.com/plumbing-vents-why-houses-need-them/

[@plaguesnation9921]

What was wrong with the air conditioner at 2:12?

[@StructureTech1]

+The Plague - we never did find out. It just wouldn't run though; it kept cycling through that same noise heard in the video.

[@rocketman8068]

home inspectors do a good job at finding non-working or noise equipment and other problems put a qualified hvacr tech will give you an accurate diagnosis I can think of 5 things off the top of my head on that noise hands on trouble shooting is needed

[@tanis143]

Sounds like the startup cap was defective.

[@truthsmiles]

That's a pretty normal sound from a heat pump for what it's worth.

[@Mr.Pop0]

You guys are over reacting these houses have whats called character.

[@shadownoobnoobslayer5424]

shady character like those with bad pipes lol

[@manictiger]

Black mold: What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger, right?

[@cindylong624]

People pay big bucks for floors that are uneven, bedrooms with no closets,windows that are stuck

[@russram210]

You sir, are a dumbass