I was thinking about this, the spacing was enlarged so the whole roof section is some percentage weaker than designed. Say maybe 5-10%. So you make each truss that much stronger, idk with plywood webbing or something. Or the engineer calculates it still has a sufficient margin of safety. Just thoughts from a mechanical engineer.
@@inspectorhomesinc.7610my first time watching, how come you don't know that particular gas furnace pulls its combustion air from outside. Why do you think they have two pipes going outside?
@@inspectorhomesinc.7610 And that is what the ones in power want. The USA is quickly becoming a third world country. I am a licensed electrician with 40 years of experience and I have seen the steady decline first hand.
@@doubleslit9513I built 2 new homes, when it came to walls having a lot of mechanical running through them? I ran to the lumber yard and just used 2x6's as studs and the problem was solved?
Yeah . . . I'm not thinking about the load-carrying capacity. Even if you add stud shoes, I think the wall is weaker - front to back. Sheetrock isn't going to strengthen the wall. . . . All in all, I wouldn't use 2X4s for that wall.
Never heard of a Stud Shoe before. Seems like a legit fix for many situations I've seen. Learn something new every day. This video was very informative. Framing was wrong, plumbing was wrong, electrical was wrong. HVAC was wrong. Was there a single trade that did their job correctly? Wow.
@@inspectorhomesinc.7610that would be great. I'd love to know how they fixed omitting a truss, cutting the lip of the engineered joist, etc. To me, as a non carpenter, it seems insurmountable. Great video! I'm going to subscribe so I get a notification when you release the follow up video. 😅
@@robjohnston5292you pay out the backside to have an engineer do the calculations and verify that it still meets structural requirements... then pay even more when they find out it doesn't.
The more I watch inspection videos, the less I could build a new home at this point. The builder would never finish or would end up walking away from the job, with all the things wrong that I would point out. 🤠👍
This was amazing! Thanks for making it. I just got call from a friend yesterday. They had a new 2 story home built on popular lake, it's rented all summer. There was a fan over the ceiling of lower front porch (under floor of top porch) and it broke off as people were carrying their stuff in the front door! No one hurt luckily. Turns out it was not mounted to any real support system at all. Lasted a couple years. Terrible that this was not inspected properly. Thanks for what you do sir. And being kind at the same time when you deliver the not so good news.
Educational. Nice job. Everything about the code makes perfect sense and there wasn’t anything that wasn’t reasonable nor costing much more if any money to do it right. Whomever this builder is either doesn’t know or doesn’t care or some combination of such.
Inspectors exist for a reason, they aren't the bad guy unless of course if you're the type of builder that habitually cuts corners. Nice video, well done!
Thank goodness for thorough, knowledgeable inspectors! I've lived in developing countries. I know what things look like when there are no building codes or inspectors. It's terrifying.
@@FlockinIcehole Texas has building codes and inspectors. Even if they're insufficient, it's far better than in places without building codes or any pretense of inspections.
@@FlockinIcehole I've owned a couple of houses in Texas. One had inspection tags on electrical work that should've failed. The other had code violations on the oven gas line that could easily have killed someone. Indeed, the wonders of no accountability. 🙄
It depends on what state you live in and what county. I live in Missouri, in a third class county. No building codes... period. Other counties, second and first class, have building codes. I have spent the last ten yeas, since moving into a 2000 year built house, discovering and trying to fix issues. Some can be fixed, but some just can not because obviously the time to do it right, is during the construction phase. A lot of water leakage type of issues because of incorrect, or non-existing flashing. Cheap, incorrectly applied house wrap. No moisture barrier applied to the exterior of the foundation walls makes for a very damp basement (how do you fix that without a very large expense), several wiring issues (inadequate kitchen circuits) etc.😞
@@icevariable9600 it’s not part of the NEC. It’s part of the IRC. The purpose is so you can nail baseboard trim and crown trim without hitting wires and/or plumbing.
Excellent instructional video. He shows how bad home construction is in 2024. Cover all this up with sheetrock and the house will look good and sell, but start falling apart, slowly.
However he stated that the gas furnace pulls combustion air from out of the bedroom. That's 100 percent false, those furnaces have two pipes going outside, one is intake for the COMBUSTION AIR and one is the exhaust. Why doesn't a qualified home inspector not know this?
Being a contractor this inspector is very thorough. One comment I do have is that all nails holes do not need to be filled in on joist hangers. On the box of joist hangers it will tell you how many nails or screws and the size of that nail and screw. Just had an inspector question on an inspection and I showed him the manufacturer’s literature and passed inspection. I had one joist hanger require nine nails and another one required ten nails.
I learned a lot. Never even heard of stud shoes but never new of anyone drilling a 2 1/2 inch hole through a stud either. The errors in this build make you wonder who they even let near it. The home owner might as well have built it themselves. Some brutal oversights to be sure
I definitely learned some things from the video. You seem very knowledgeable and observant. I especially appreciate the explanation of the violation as opposed to mere citation. Subscribed.
The framers aren’t looking out for the drywallers, I noticed several areas where nothing would support the ceiling drywall near walls. I’d ‘fur’ the entire ceiling 16 OC to help smooth it out and get a better ceiling.
Great Job Knowing Your Sh*t. Thats Impressive and Valuable I do remodels on all kinds of homes 10-100yrs old and I warn the homeowner something was done very wrong by the visual aspects prior to tearing walls open. This is rhe damn stuff I find. These houses have issues after 10+ yrs with faulty construction.
I understood very little of what he said, but I am grateful there are people like this to better guarantee the safety of all structures to be occupied.
Yup for sure !! And no general contractor on site is typical. And what do u want to bet the builder tries to back charge all the MEP contractors for repairing these deficiencies.
Great Job pointing out those items. Also don't forget that the CSST gas piping may need to be sleeved entirely in that scenario depending on the stud spacing and insulation. Protection for CCST piping is required in horizontal runs where less than or equal to 24", and the insulation should be installed behind the piping. In this scenario, the piping is in contact with the interior drywall and would require protection (Both a metal sleeve as well as extended butterfly -or proprietary strike plates)
Oh no the boogie man! As a project manager of million dollar homes in S.C. I have walked along side of many inspectors. Most contractors are terrified of them but I welcomed the learning experience. Good inspectors are respected as are good contractors, good project managers are often caught between.
Maybe a better idea would be to have every trade that works on a build be there when the inspector goes through the house. It would be a learning experience for them so they don't make the same mistakes in their future work. Of course, some would think it was a waste of their time, or be insulted. But if the project manager is there also, he/she would be able to see who they don't want on future builds. And in the long run build a better team that builds houses with less expensive fixes.
That's a great idea. . . I've often thought that designers and architects should spend one year in each of the major trades before designing buildings. Also, practical experience in ergonomics, so that doors swing the way that people actually use their homes.
Yep, otherwise you have guys just going standard. "Winging it" to get 💩 done. I've worked with many Architect at drawing stage (in Fenestration not plumbing) To head off these issues before they occur. Its the best way.
I've long held the belief that architects should have at least one year of field experience in all of the major construction trades. I've made a lot of money working around drawings that were unbuildable, or where the architect didn't realize that water flows down hill.
Absolutely. With the advent of email, when faced with such a situation, and the architect or owner declined to agree to 2x6 framing; I would send an email, outlining my concerns. This is called an aide-memoire. So, if there's blowback later on, I'm somewhat covered by that email. Additionally, I've never been so starving that I couldn't just decline to do the job, and move on to other work, where building principles were honored.
Wow! The biggest one was the expanding the space between the truss’s because of a missing truss. You can’t see if there’s shingles on the roof already but even so, that’s a major effort to move each truss to their correct spacing.
Ah it's good to see that the US has finally caught up with us in the UK. We've been banging out shoddily built new build homes for a good 20 years - it's taken you guys a while but you finally caught up with us and our race to the bottom!
Going through a reno now. Unfortunately, many of these seem common, especially (as I’ve been told), many MEP contractors don’t themselves keep very abreast of changing structural repairs as required by updated code when they make these deep cuts/notches/bores through studs and top/bottom plates. They often seem to think, “Well code requires me to run this large a pipe through this wall *somehow*, so this just must be allowed..”. So issues like these become rather common. Many of these are reparable. (Simpson Ties.. and reinforcement plates, stud shoes, straps, ties (CTS18s) have become my fast friends, and another section of the budget for post-MEP structural repairs.) The only one I don’t know what the project owner is gonna be able to do anything about easily is the cut I-joist. The plumbing contractor really seemed to be just handwaving it at that point..
There were cases, in Los Angeles, in the 70s where the water heater was in the conditioned space. This was at a time when people were beginning to seal up houses, in order to conserve on energy. And the water heater was getting its combustion air from the conditioned space. The local code was changed after a few elderly folks woke up dead from asphyxiation. You'd think that any builder, worth his salt, would think logically!
On our recent housebuild I did my own inspection and found many mistakes the contractor tried to blame on the engineer that designed the building but my review of the blueprints it was the contractor trying to cover his own mistakes. I had to fix the problems myself before the project could be completed.
My dad was a carpenter for 50 years before he passed away. He always told me never buy new construction most of it is junk. Have a reputable company build it and check on their work EVERY Day !!!
I've seen a GC make the Sub rip off all of the sheathing/decking, cut all of the nails and move the trusses to the proper position and re-install everything to proper specs, on their own dime. I had a sub make some really stupid, but simple mistakes on a rehab. So I pointed them all out to him and said he needs to rip/replace everything up to code, on his own dime and his own time. He walked over to his truck, honked his horn and told his crew to take care of everything and then he left. They didn't speak a lot of English, so they didn't understand what I needed to be performed. Then, one by one, they all seemed to disappear from the site. Only one stuck around to try and help. Unfortunately none of them were properly trained, and I later found out that they were mostly hired from Lowe's parking lot, even After I not only specified to all of my subs that all labor on any of my sites will be in the country legally, but also made them sign the contract that had this in writing, or they would instantly be removed from the site and all future sites. The worst part is that I am typically on site every day, but they built the two walls on a day when I was not there. This entire fiasco set my project back about two weeks, because I had to find another sub with a crew to fill in, and while I was looking, I had to perform all of the repairs myself. Luckily I had not paid the Sub for the portion of work he had messed up on, so I was only out of pocket for the cost of materials, and of course a few weeks longer getting the house on the market.
This is why we should demand all workers on site be able to read and fluently speak English. Unfortunately American labor is expensive and no one wants to pay for it
As the low voltage contractor, I always made certain that any of our cable runs were routed to prevent workers stepping on them in attics. This is important to plan for as once covered in blow-in insulation, you have no way to see where they are. Face it, some one will need to service something up there eventually. Took extra material, but well worth the effort. Once pointed out, customers understood and approved.
I'm building my own house and learned some things from this video. I've let go 2 contractors because of the workmanship and have been doing it myself. Since then Building inspector likes what he sees
House across the street after Katrina we removed the 1st 4ft of sheetrock since house had 2.5 ft of salt water in flooding. The dinner room wall we removed had the back of fireplace in the family room. The builder never mortared and of those bricks. They just did the firebrick and stacked regular bricks as the next layer. Then covered the wall with sheetrock to hide their cost cutting methods. Also the builder had hidden electrical boxes were they spiced wires when they got to the end of their 250ft rolls. Some spices went from 12 awg from the breaker box to the hidden box where they used 14 awg ti the wall plugs. Yet another scummy hack to create danger and save money. Also to save time and money they did not glue the pvc on sewer pipes so on one home the sewage had some going to the street and some under a sink hole since pipes came apart.
I wish they had an inspector like that when they built my house. The contractors got away with a lot, took me a lot to fix them all over the years, especially with the stucco it was over sanded and the scratche coat was to dry with the scratches because you could peel the brown coat from it and cracks every wherever and for my dryer vent was a gutter down spout I think people who worked on it were on cracks or something.
Makes me wonder how you can sadly build a home on a slab and have mechanical rooms washers dryer, simks tubs and toilets and all their trains and vents in the areas that people want them in? Or it means they built the plans with an engineer and then changed the location of everything and that means there were no plans to to safely move these locations to. A bit of a builder's nightmare sd well as for the owner.
My garage was pencil whipped by a retiring county building inspector. Now bear in mind this was an unfinished space at the first inspection. The roof was stick framed and was bowing and sagging. After a bunch of back and forth with the GC and him wanting to rig it, I hired a commercial structural engineering firm to inspect the entire building and contacted a lawyer specializing in construction cases. My roof was stick built allowing space for a lift. The lumber size used for my roof was undersized and had to be replaced. After one set of trusses did not work with the 1986 built trusses we had to run the new trusses 90 degrees from the house trusses. That engineering visit and subsequent report was $2,100!
There’s going to be some serious money spent to resolve some of these issues. If this is a custom build I would not want to be the homeowner. Builder should know this stuff and kudos to the inspector
I wish just one of the two inspectors of my house had any of this knowledge. Buyers Buyer beware, you're rolling the dice no matter how many precautions you take.
Well done inspection. I'm NOT a contractor, but certainly knew most of this. Somewhat shoddy construction, unfortunately. The missing truss seems to be able to be fixed easily enough, (with engineers assistance) but some of the other stuff is going to cost them time and money. Putting the gas heater and water heater in there is definitely going to be a problem, but they might get around that with by putting a door into that area from another place, maybe a hallway? And closing off the entrance from the bedroom. I can't imagine any decent framer not putting the hangers on that big beam!!!??? Maybe there were supposed to be trimmer studs under the beam?? Nice video
I would install a sealed door and add upper and lower combustion air vents in the exterior wall. Modern homes are usually sealed tight so exhaust fans create a negative pressure, not what you want for your gas appliances.
The gas appliances in a utility room off a bedroom isn’t a big deal, ton of exceptions for how that one is alright. Type of venting, type of appliance, sealed door with outside air intake, etc.
Given there was a missing truss and the ones installed were placed at increased spacing, it isn't so easy to fix. The builder didn't leave one big gap that could be fixed with a visit to Home Depot! Given the goal to seal houses more tightly, gas water and air heaters are available with 'sealed combustion'. The one I had installed in my house has the exhaust combustion fumes exiting in the center tubing that runs in the middle of the intake tubing. This heats the intake air so that less gas is needed to raise it to the desired temperature.
We build houses a lot different in the northern reagents of our country. I built a home in 2001. When the inspection was made before the sheet rock. 0 mistakes. That home could not take a 80 MOH wind
The general contractor and the sub trades have made some costly mistakes. This inspector is very thorough and he is definitely doing his job!! Very nice!
I'm glad all my wires are in conduit. No worry of nails splitting a wire or simple vibrations cutting a wire. Plus it's basically your grounding so no need for grounding wires.
Even steel conduit is no proof against nails. We had a subcontractor run a 3" drywall screw into an O² line in a wall during an equipment retrofit. Sphincter-puckering.
How did the city plan review miss the fact of the gas fired heating unit and water heater in the bedroom? The municipality is the authority having jurisdiction, did they possibly waive that code requirement? Are you an independent inspector for the buyer or are you hired by the municipality to do the inspection? I don't understand how that could have been overlooked in the planning stage, and at this stage of the construction would be a huge issue to resolve.
The issues should have been first been caught by the person supervising the construction of the house. Subs will be subs..it’s the project manager’s job to kick ass BEFORE the inspection…
@@cardboardboxification Bradford White does manufacture power direct vent tank water heaters that use outside air for combustion. For example the RG2PDV40S6N. The water heater in the video is a cheaper power vent model similar to the RG1PV40S6N. These use the air in the room for combustion, you can tell by the vents at the bottom of the unit. Both styles usually top out around 80%.
I'd like to hear about how the contractor resolved the missing truss . .. seems like a bonifide nightmare.
Well, it would be nice to see the engineering specs on that roofing system.
Probably had had to pay an engineer a lot of money to draw up a new set of drawings and approve them
It’s not too difficult to build a truss or truss equivalent in place.
@@jimkeith2335 Those were spaced wrong. That would be a big problem.
I was thinking about this, the spacing was enlarged so the whole roof section is some percentage weaker than designed. Say maybe 5-10%. So you make each truss that much stronger, idk with plywood webbing or something. Or the engineer calculates it still has a sufficient margin of safety. Just thoughts from a mechanical engineer.
Licensed contractor here. Those are some expensive mistakes that were made, and I’m happy you found them.
Not the expense.... SAFETY and dangerous possibilities. Its the knowledge lack and the common sense and lack of quality.
Same with the LVL missing hangers. How TF do you fix that. It's already load bearing lol
It looks like that LVL should have been resting on a wall
They ended up paying a significant amount in engineering to fix the issues.
Did they do Anything correct?
I think that is the mother-in-law’s bedroom with the gas appliances.
Yes and is should be exempt.
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I had a "belly laugh" moment on that one. 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@inspectorhomesinc.7610my first time watching, how come you don't know that particular gas furnace pulls its combustion air from outside. Why do you think they have two pipes going outside?
I keep reading how builders are cutting more corners than ever and this video is a good example of that !
Many more unskilled workers in the USA than ever.
@@robertellison4691 And greedy contractors using them to keep costs down.
They been doing it for a very long time.
Unskilled and cannot read English plan sets. It makes for a perfect storm of issues
@@inspectorhomesinc.7610 And that is what the ones in power want. The USA is quickly becoming a third world country. I am a licensed electrician with 40 years of experience and I have seen the steady decline first hand.
It’s nice to see an inspector who actually inspects.
Over-notched...that's a bit of an understatement...🤣
No kidding. That wall stud was reduced to a toothpick.
Right? Why even have a stud there? They could have just cut 3” right out of the stud and ended up with just as much support.
@@doubleslit9513I built 2 new homes, when it came to walls having a lot of mechanical running through them? I ran to the lumber yard and just used 2x6's as studs and the problem was solved?
Seems to me, all plumbing walls should be 2X6.
Getting a drain through a 2x4 just seems like a nightmare structurally
If it’s a non load bearing wall it doesn’t matter at all. But….. what you’re saying 100% makes very logical sense and would be a good idea.
Yeah . . . I'm not thinking about the load-carrying capacity. Even if you add stud shoes, I think the wall is weaker - front to back. Sheetrock isn't going to strengthen the wall. . . . All in all, I wouldn't use 2X4s for that wall.
@@wrdennig if it’s not load carrying it doesn’t matter, there’s not structural capacity.
Some areas call for that and others dont. Building regs vary greatly by where you live.
Never heard of a Stud Shoe before. Seems like a legit fix for many situations I've seen. Learn something new every day. This video was very informative. Framing was wrong, plumbing was wrong, electrical was wrong. HVAC was wrong. Was there a single trade that did their job correctly? Wow.
Great video, right to the point and very informative. I’d love to see an epilogue where we find out what was resolved on re-inspection
Great suggestion!
@@inspectorhomesinc.7610that would be great. I'd love to know how they fixed omitting a truss, cutting the lip of the engineered joist, etc. To me, as a non carpenter, it seems insurmountable. Great video! I'm going to subscribe so I get a notification when you release the follow up video. 😅
@@robjohnston5292you pay out the backside to have an engineer do the calculations and verify that it still meets structural requirements... then pay even more when they find out it doesn't.
Wow, there are a lot of things I learned today. Thank you, mister inspector. Thank you for sharing
It's great to see and hear from an inspector who calls it as he sees it.
That builder should have paid attention, but now it's too late.
The more I watch inspection videos, the less I could build a new home at this point. The builder would never finish or would end up walking away from the job, with all the things wrong that I would point out. 🤠👍
No, I think you could actually build your own home…but I mean literally build your own home.
If he front loaded the payment schedule, you are probably correct. He will disappear.
Based on what you point out here, some of these issues can not be corrected without some major deconstructing first.
This was amazing! Thanks for making it. I just got call from a friend yesterday. They had a new 2 story home built on popular lake, it's rented all summer. There was a fan over the ceiling of lower front porch (under floor of top porch) and it broke off as people were carrying their stuff in the front door! No one hurt luckily. Turns out it was not mounted to any real support system at all. Lasted a couple years. Terrible that this was not inspected properly. Thanks for what you do sir. And being kind at the same time when you deliver the not so good news.
Educational. Nice job. Everything about the code makes perfect sense and there wasn’t anything that wasn’t reasonable nor costing much more if any money to do it right. Whomever this builder is either doesn’t know or doesn’t care or some combination of such.
Hey I watched your whole video and enjoyed it.. I'm a licensed plumber and I learned some things from you.. thanks
I’m also a code inspector. I’ve been doing this for 24 years and I learn new things every week. Thanks for watching
Inspectors exist for a reason, they aren't the bad guy unless of course if you're the type of builder that habitually cuts corners. Nice video, well done!
Thank goodness for thorough, knowledgeable inspectors!
I've lived in developing countries. I know what things look like when there are no building codes or inspectors. It's terrifying.
You mean like Texas?
@@FlockinIcehole Texas has building codes and inspectors. Even if they're insufficient, it's far better than in places without building codes or any pretense of inspections.
@@ncooty file for a permit and build a house. No inspections required! Texas
@@FlockinIcehole I've owned a couple of houses in Texas. One had inspection tags on electrical work that should've failed. The other had code violations on the oven gas line that could easily have killed someone. Indeed, the wonders of no accountability. 🙄
It depends on what state you live in and what county. I live in Missouri, in a third class county. No building codes... period. Other counties, second and first class, have building codes. I have spent the last ten yeas, since moving into a 2000 year built house, discovering and trying to fix issues. Some can be fixed, but some just can not because obviously the time to do it right, is during the construction phase. A lot of water leakage type of issues because of incorrect, or non-existing flashing. Cheap, incorrectly applied house wrap. No moisture barrier applied to the exterior of the foundation walls makes for a very damp basement (how do you fix that without a very large expense), several wiring issues (inadequate kitchen circuits) etc.😞
I just watched about three dozen of your videos. Very enjoyable and great learning experience!
Thank you!!
Sparky here. I was not aware of that larger nail plate when cables were going through floors. Thanks.
Has been code for some time now
@@inspectorhomesinc.7610
Yeah? I checked the NEC. Can’t find it. So What is the code for a larger nail plate for romex penetrating floors?
@@icevariable9600 it’s not part of the NEC. It’s part of the IRC. The purpose is so you can nail baseboard trim and crown trim without hitting wires and/or plumbing.
@@icevariable9600 regardless, I’m sure you electrical work looks much better than this house!!
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Welp. I only worry about the NEC. There’s enough to learn in there for me to not worry about some other code.
I hope and pray this is first house this contractor has ever built…😮
Actually this builder has been in business over 15 years.
And the last one
all the big ones are like this
I like it.
When you state an abbreviation, say what it stands for, at least the first time you use it - for us amateurs.
Yes, that irks the hell outta me as well.
This inspector is very detailed and also explains how to correct the issues good job 👍!
Outstanding. Doing it right the first time is always a good idea.
Thanks for bringing theses shortcuts to light.
never time to do it right, but always time to do it over
35 year HVAC contractor and I learned something; granted not my line of work mostly, but very informative. I learned. Thanks
Excellent instructional video. He shows how bad home construction is in 2024. Cover all this up with sheetrock and the house will look good and sell, but start falling apart, slowly.
I like that this guy is not arrogant like the other inspectors I see.
However he stated that the gas furnace pulls combustion air from out of the bedroom. That's 100 percent false, those furnaces have two pipes going outside, one is intake for the COMBUSTION AIR and one is the exhaust. Why doesn't a qualified home inspector not know this?
Being a contractor this inspector is very thorough. One comment I do have is that all nails holes do not need to be filled in on joist hangers. On the box of joist hangers it will tell you how many nails or screws and the size of that nail and screw. Just had an inspector question on an inspection and I showed him the manufacturer’s literature and passed inspection. I had one joist hanger require nine nails and another one required ten nails.
Regardless of the manufacturer's recommendation, in our area it's a local code that all holes need fasteners.
I enjoy videos like this. They help me avoid mistakes when working on my house. Thank you!
I learned a lot. Never even heard of stud shoes but never new of anyone drilling a 2 1/2 inch hole through a stud either. The errors in this build make you wonder who they even let near it. The home owner might as well have built it themselves. Some brutal oversights to be sure
Wow... serious issues. Somebody's gonna have to pay up. Glad you found all them!
Fascinating! Dryer may be heat pump based which has no vent.
I learned quite a bit and therefore you earned my subscription. Look forward to watching more of your videos.
I definitely learned some things from the video. You seem very knowledgeable and observant. I especially appreciate the explanation of the violation as opposed to mere citation. Subscribed.
The framers aren’t looking out for the drywallers, I noticed several areas where nothing would support the ceiling drywall near walls. I’d ‘fur’ the entire ceiling 16 OC to help smooth it out and get a better ceiling.
I'd Fir it too. ;)
Great video. Learned quite a bit for such a short video. Thanks!
Great Job Knowing Your Sh*t.
Thats Impressive and Valuable
I do remodels on all kinds of homes 10-100yrs old and I warn the homeowner something was done very wrong by the visual aspects prior to tearing walls open. This is rhe damn stuff I find. These houses have issues after 10+ yrs with faulty construction.
Nice call outs… insightful, thank you for sharing.😊
Glad it was helpful!
I didn’t know about needing oversized nail plates on top and bottom plates. Thanks!
I understood very little of what he said, but I am grateful there are people like this to better guarantee the safety of all structures to be occupied.
This always makes me wonder if the contractor followed the approved drawings.
That’s a lot of expensive repair work due to the lack of one good foreman.
Just subscribed!
Yup for sure !! And no general contractor on site is typical. And what do u want to bet the builder tries to back charge all the MEP contractors for repairing these deficiencies.
Just found this by accident, loved it. I know nothing about what's going on but it sure seems like someone should be fired.
Great Job pointing out those items. Also don't forget that the CSST gas piping may need to be sleeved entirely in that scenario depending on the stud spacing and insulation. Protection for CCST piping is required in horizontal runs where less than or equal to 24", and the insulation should be installed behind the piping. In this scenario, the piping is in contact with the interior drywall and would require protection (Both a metal sleeve as well as extended butterfly -or proprietary strike plates)
Learned a lot thank you
I like how you broke down the code violations it was helpful and informative
Great info! I can’t believe the contractor and subs don’t know what’s required! These issues will surely cost the contractor some big dollars!
Oh no the boogie man! As a project manager of million dollar homes in S.C. I have walked along side of many inspectors. Most contractors are terrified of them but I welcomed the learning experience. Good inspectors are respected as are good contractors, good project managers are often caught between.
Maybe a better idea would be to have every trade that works on a build be there when the inspector goes through the house. It would be a learning experience for them so they don't make the same mistakes in their future work. Of course, some would think it was a waste of their time, or be insulted. But if the project manager is there also, he/she would be able to see who they don't want on future builds. And in the long run build a better team that builds houses with less expensive fixes.
That's a great idea. . . I've often thought that designers and architects should spend one year in each of the major trades before designing buildings. Also, practical experience in ergonomics, so that doors swing the way that people actually use their homes.
The architect should design plumbing walls so that they don't have this problem.
Yep, otherwise you have guys just going standard. "Winging it" to get 💩 done.
I've worked with many Architect at drawing stage (in Fenestration not plumbing) To head off these issues before they occur. Its the best way.
I've long held the belief that architects should have at least one year of field experience in all of the major construction trades. I've made a lot of money working around drawings that were unbuildable, or where the architect didn't realize that water flows down hill.
They ignore that. Whatever the owner wants, they layout; then they leave the responsibility of any necessities to the next discipline.
Wet walls should be 2x6 framing. A decent builder will do that after reviewing the mechanical drawings.
Absolutely. With the advent of email, when faced with such a situation, and the architect or owner declined to agree to 2x6 framing; I would send an email, outlining my concerns. This is called an aide-memoire. So, if there's blowback later on, I'm somewhat covered by that email. Additionally, I've never been so starving that I couldn't just decline to do the job, and move on to other work, where building principles were honored.
Wow! The biggest one was the expanding the space between the truss’s because of a missing truss. You can’t see if there’s shingles on the roof already but even so, that’s a major effort to move each truss to their correct spacing.
Ah it's good to see that the US has finally caught up with us in the UK. We've been banging out shoddily built new build homes for a good 20 years - it's taken you guys a while but you finally caught up with us and our race to the bottom!
Going through a reno now. Unfortunately, many of these seem common, especially (as I’ve been told), many MEP contractors don’t themselves keep very abreast of changing structural repairs as required by updated code when they make these deep cuts/notches/bores through studs and top/bottom plates. They often seem to think, “Well code requires me to run this large a pipe through this wall *somehow*, so this just must be allowed..”. So issues like these become rather common.
Many of these are reparable. (Simpson Ties.. and reinforcement plates, stud shoes, straps, ties (CTS18s) have become my fast friends, and another section of the budget for post-MEP structural repairs.) The only one I don’t know what the project owner is gonna be able to do anything about easily is the cut I-joist. The plumbing contractor really seemed to be just handwaving it at that point..
Fantastically pedantic, love it!
Many thanks!
There were cases, in Los Angeles, in the 70s where the water heater was in the conditioned space. This was at a time when people were beginning to seal up houses, in order to conserve on energy. And the water heater was getting its combustion air from the conditioned space. The local code was changed after a few elderly folks woke up dead from asphyxiation. You'd think that any builder, worth his salt, would think logically!
OK, so they didn't wake up . . . they were found dead.
@@wrdennig Nice remark ¡
Holy Shit Batman! That Builder SUCKS
The builder obviously does not employ a project manager who would pick up all these errors BEFORE calling for a pre drywall.
I learned more than I expected. thank you!
THEY WERE’NT EXPECTING SOMEONE AS THOROUGH AS YOU 👍🏾GREAT JOB
On our recent housebuild I did my own inspection and found many mistakes the contractor tried to blame on the engineer that designed the building but my review of the blueprints it was the contractor trying to cover his own mistakes. I had to fix the problems myself before the project could be completed.
Love this kind of stuff. Knowledge is power.
Wow that was great I'm going to subscribe very enjoyable!!
I need that guy to inspect my new home!!!!!
Man the contractors on this job screwed up.
My dad was a carpenter for 50 years before he passed away. He always told me never buy new construction most of it is junk. Have a reputable company build it and check on their work EVERY Day !!!
How does a contractor address these issues?
I understand the small things but what about the big things (missing truss) ?
Agreed
I've seen a GC make the Sub rip off all of the sheathing/decking, cut all of the nails and move the trusses to the proper position and re-install everything to proper specs, on their own dime. I had a sub make some really stupid, but simple mistakes on a rehab. So I pointed them all out to him and said he needs to rip/replace everything up to code, on his own dime and his own time. He walked over to his truck, honked his horn and told his crew to take care of everything and then he left. They didn't speak a lot of English, so they didn't understand what I needed to be performed. Then, one by one, they all seemed to disappear from the site. Only one stuck around to try and help.
Unfortunately none of them were properly trained, and I later found out that they were mostly hired from Lowe's parking lot, even After I not only specified to all of my subs that all labor on any of my sites will be in the country legally, but also made them sign the contract that had this in writing, or they would instantly be removed from the site and all future sites. The worst part is that I am typically on site every day, but they built the two walls on a day when I was not there. This entire fiasco set my project back about two weeks, because I had to find another sub with a crew to fill in, and while I was looking, I had to perform all of the repairs myself. Luckily I had not paid the Sub for the portion of work he had messed up on, so I was only out of pocket for the cost of materials, and of course a few weeks longer getting the house on the market.
This is why we should demand all workers on site be able to read and fluently speak English. Unfortunately American labor is expensive and no one wants to pay for it
The contractor was not fast...he is halffast!😂
On the dryer vent... If they plan on putting in a ventless, heat pump, type dryer (or all-in-one unit) is the vent still required?
Iam a drywaller/taper,I learned a lot,thank you.
As the low voltage contractor, I always made certain that any of our cable runs were routed to prevent workers stepping on them in attics. This is important to plan for as once covered in blow-in insulation, you have no way to see where they are. Face it, some one will need to service something up there eventually. Took extra material, but well worth the effort. Once pointed out, customers understood and approved.
I'm building my own house and learned some things from this video. I've let go 2 contractors because of the workmanship and have been doing it myself. Since then Building inspector likes what he sees
Thanks for letting us tag along.
Heat pump dryers don't vent to the outside. Do you still need a dryer vent?
Not every one opts for a heat pump, now what are they supposed to do?
House across the street after Katrina we removed the 1st 4ft of sheetrock since house had 2.5 ft of salt water in flooding.
The dinner room wall we removed had the back of fireplace in the family room.
The builder never mortared and of those bricks. They just did the firebrick and stacked regular bricks as the next layer. Then covered the wall with sheetrock to hide their cost cutting methods.
Also the builder had hidden electrical boxes were they spiced wires when they got to the end of their 250ft rolls.
Some spices went from 12 awg from the breaker box to the hidden box where they used 14 awg ti the wall plugs. Yet another scummy hack to create danger and save money.
Also to save time and money they did not glue the pvc on sewer pipes so on one home the sewage had some going to the street and some under a sink hole since pipes came apart.
Excellent job!
And I learned a lot.
Please keep these inspections vids coming!
Damn homie, this video just took off!
I wish they had an inspector like that when they built my house. The contractors got away with a lot, took me a lot to fix them all over the years, especially with the stucco it was over sanded and the scratche coat was to dry with the scratches because you could peel the brown coat from it and cracks every wherever and for my dryer vent was a gutter down spout I think people who worked on it were on cracks or something.
Makes me wonder how you can sadly build a home on a slab and have mechanical rooms washers dryer, simks tubs and toilets and all their trains and vents in the areas that people want them in? Or it means they built the plans with an engineer and then changed the location of everything and that means there were no plans to to safely move these locations to. A bit of a builder's nightmare sd well as for the owner.
My garage was pencil whipped by a retiring county building inspector.
Now bear in mind this was an unfinished space at the first inspection.
The roof was stick framed and was bowing and sagging. After a bunch of back and forth with the GC and him wanting to rig it, I hired a commercial structural engineering firm to inspect the entire building and contacted a lawyer specializing in construction cases. My roof was stick built allowing space for a lift. The lumber size used for my roof was undersized and had to be replaced. After one set of trusses did not work with the 1986 built trusses we had to run the new trusses 90 degrees from the house trusses.
That engineering visit and subsequent report was $2,100!
I wish you had inspected my home in 1985 when it was built.
Good to see the builders where you are as sloppy as the ones here in Victoria Australia.
There’s going to be some serious money spent to resolve some of these issues. If this is a custom build I would not want to be the homeowner. Builder should know this stuff and kudos to the inspector
Serious oversights. No corners can be cut to fix these major issues. Especially the gas HVAC, Hot Water Heater, missing/compromised truss/joists.
I’m guessing the dryer is a ventless dryer which is becoming more common out west.
Thanks for the tips I learned something new
Great job. Thanks for sharing 👍
All they have to do for the mechanical room is bring in fresh air for the appliances, pretty common thing instead of moving major appliances.
I wish just one of the two inspectors of my house had any of this knowledge.
Buyers
Buyer beware, you're rolling the dice no matter how many precautions you take.
I put all of my electrical wires in conduit in the walls in the attic everywhere I just like the look
Dude - use an app to get rid of the shakiness of your beginning and end shots. The info you are providing is too precious!
Man, a bunch of hackers worked on this place. Be thankful if you have a good inspector!
Well done inspection. I'm NOT a contractor, but certainly knew most of this. Somewhat shoddy construction, unfortunately. The missing truss seems to be able to be fixed easily enough, (with engineers assistance) but some of the other stuff is going to cost them time and money. Putting the gas heater and water heater in there is definitely going to be a problem, but they might get around that with by putting a door into that area from another place, maybe a hallway? And closing off the entrance from the bedroom. I can't imagine any decent framer not putting the hangers on that big beam!!!??? Maybe there were supposed to be trimmer studs under the beam?? Nice video
I would install a sealed door and add upper and lower combustion air vents in the exterior wall. Modern homes are usually sealed tight so exhaust fans create a negative pressure, not what you want for your gas appliances.
The gas appliances in a utility room off a bedroom isn’t a big deal, ton of exceptions for how that one is alright. Type of venting, type of appliance, sealed door with outside air intake, etc.
Given there was a missing truss and the ones installed were placed at increased spacing, it isn't so easy to fix. The builder didn't leave one big gap that could be fixed with a visit to Home Depot!
Given the goal to seal houses more tightly, gas water and air heaters are available with 'sealed combustion'. The one I had installed in my house has the exhaust combustion fumes exiting in the center tubing that runs in the middle of the intake tubing. This heats the intake air so that less gas is needed to raise it to the desired temperature.
@@Set-it-to-11 You don’t have to fix it, you just need the engineer to sign off that the increased spacing is fine. Which it will be.
As a builder 38 years this is why I only do kitchen and bath jobs now
I sure wish someone inspected my track home.
What IS an acceptable fix for the notched joist flange under the tub?
Why did the LV need a hanger if it was bird mouthed to the two upper sills?
We build houses a lot different in the northern reagents of our country. I built a home in 2001. When the inspection was made before the sheet rock. 0 mistakes. That home could not take a 80 MOH wind
The general contractor and the sub trades have made some costly mistakes. This inspector is very thorough and he is definitely doing his job!! Very nice!
I'm glad all my wires are in conduit. No worry of nails splitting a wire or simple vibrations cutting a wire. Plus it's basically your grounding so no need for grounding wires.
Is that the BX wire type?
Even steel conduit is no proof against nails. We had a subcontractor run a 3" drywall screw into an O² line in a wall during an equipment retrofit. Sphincter-puckering.
Maybe planning on a heat pump dryer that does not have a vent.
Then it will fail and the next homeowner will buy a conventional unit. Hey where is this hose supposed to go?
Condensing dryers don’t need a vent either. Haven’t seen vented dryers in ages. Must be an American thing.
How did the city plan review miss the fact of the gas fired heating unit and water heater in the bedroom? The municipality is the authority having jurisdiction, did they possibly waive that code requirement? Are you an independent inspector for the buyer or are you hired by the municipality to do the inspection? I don't understand how that could have been overlooked in the planning stage, and at this stage of the construction would be a huge issue to resolve.
90% furnace , I'm sure the hot water heater is 90% also , they are sealed and get combustion air from outside
@daven...Suppose they just decide to NOT use it as a bedroom but a utility room instead. 🙏❤😊
The issues should have been first been caught by the person supervising the construction of the house. Subs will be subs..it’s the project manager’s job to kick ass BEFORE the inspection…
@@cardboardboxification Bradford White does manufacture power direct vent tank water heaters that use outside air for combustion. For example the RG2PDV40S6N. The water heater in the video is a cheaper power vent model similar to the RG1PV40S6N. These use the air in the room for combustion, you can tell by the vents at the bottom of the unit. Both styles usually top out around 80%.
@@cardboardboxificationstill not allowed to be in bedrooms.