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From YouTube: Bloomington Home Improvement Fair: Time of Sale Inspections - City of Bloomington (2014)
Description
Hear from a City of Bloomington inspector about common errors and updates that are required before your home can be sold.
A
A
I'm
Jon
Arryn
I
run
the
time
of
sale
program
for
the
city
of
Bloomington,
and
this
is
a
program
that
they
put
in
in
1995
to
maintain
housing,
stock
and
kind
of
address.
Other
issues
within
the
housing
stock
keep
it
from
going
into
a
dilapidated
state
where
they'd
have
to
condemn
or
take
down
homes,
and
it's
been
working
pretty
good.
You
know
it's
it's
a
program
that
a
lot
of
people
don't
really
know
what
it's
about
they.
A
Don't
they
don't
like
people
to
come
through
and
tell
them
what's
wrong
with
their
house,
but
they
appreciate
it
after
we
go
through
and
and
point
out
a
lot
of
things
that
do
need
to
be
corrected
and
things
that
are
not
really
right
with
the
house.
They
find
that
it's
very
beneficial
I've
proved
it
I've
prepared
a
slideshow
of
what
we
look
at.
It
doesn't
always
just
involve
the
our
department
as
far
as
building
an
inspection.
It
also
involves
utilities
at
some
point,
depending
on
the
situation.
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It
involves
our
environmental
health
also,
so
there's
there's
things
that
you'll
come
up
with
in
your
home
when
you're
filling
out
your
disclosure
statements
on
what?
What's
in
your
house,
your
wells,
sump
pumps,
water
damage
all
that
all
that
is
intertwined
with
the
time
of
sale,
so
some
of
the
slide
shows
I'll,
be
able
to
show
you
what
what
we
see,
what
we
find
within
the
home
and
I'll
explain
all
this
stuff
to
you
so,
first
off
until
your
waist,
so
you
can,
you
can
see
this.
This
is
a
this
is
one
of
our
handouts.
A
This
tells
you
everything
you
want
to
know
about.
Smoke
detectors
it's
available
down
at
our
community
development
counter.
It's
got
a
lot
of
information.
Carbon
monoxide
also,
another
handout
that
we've
got
downstairs
at
a
community
development
counter.
This
is
required
within
what
the
state
statute
requires
within
10
feet
of
any
bedrooms
or
you
can
put
them
within
each
bedroom.
We
don't
enforce
carbon
monoxide
yet
because
it
hasn't
been
introduced
into
building
code.
It's
not
a
mandatory
thing
for
us
when
it
does
become
mandatory.
A
That's
when
we'll
start
enforcing
carbon
dioxide,
but
it
is
a
good
idea
to
get
it
in
place.
Tighter
we
build
our
homes,
the
more
they
become
important
smoke
detectors.
There's
many
different
models:
there's
hardwired,
zehrs
battery-operated.
They
required
in
each
bedroom
and
one
on
each
level
of
the
home,
so
locations
of
them.
This
one
is
located
right
next
to
a
ceiling
fan.
If
there's
any
smoke
that
comes
up,
that
ceiling
fan
will
be
able
to
blow
that
smoke
away
and
never
set
off
the
detector.
So
placement
of
those
things
are
pretty
important
for
us.
A
This
tells
locations
fire
extinguishers.
You
know
this
is.
This
was
just
a
really
good
slide
for
us
to
kind
of
show
locations,
but
fire
extinguishers.
We
don't
we
don't
require
them,
but
it's
not
a
bad
thing.
If
you
want
to
put
them
in
your
house,
that's
fine
bedroom
bedroom
hall
living
room.
We
got
them
within
the
stairway.
A
CO
detector
downstairs
where
they
asked
for
them
to
one
of
the
basement,
also
a
smoke.
So
this
this
slide
really
does
portray
how
they
want
smoke
detectors
in
place.
B
A
B
A
A
Well,
that's
that's
what
we're
going
to
be
looking
for
now,
they're
going
to
be
in
each
bedroom,
so
you're,
going
to
still
get
required.
Hardwired
is
only
required
when
you
get
into
doing
maybe
a
remodel
or
rebuild,
and
you
have
access
to
the
framing
where
you
can
install
them.
If
it's
finished
battery
opera
is
plenty
sufficient,
so.
A
Electrical
issues-
this
is
one
of
our
handouts
for
a
jumper
ground
at
the
water
meter.
The
National
Electrical
Code
does
require
that
water
systems
be
grounded
because
they
are
a
source
of
conducting
electricity.
So
this
this
jumper
ground
goes
from
your
panel
box
to
either
a
copper
pipe,
and
then
you
jump
around
the
meter
where
the
rubber
o-rings
don't
allow
conductivity.
A
More
electrical,
this
whole
thing
is
electrical
pretty
much
on
this
section,
anything
open
junction
boxes.
We
get
them
closed
there
there,
one
of
those
items
that
everybody
overlooks,
but
it
is
dangerous.
You
know
you
start
opening
up
junction
boxes
or
people
start
pushing
things
around.
You
got
loose
wires,
loose
wire
nuts,
you
get
sparks
new
grounds,
it
causes
fires.
A
A
This
is
an
old
old
outlet.
They.
This
is
one
of
those
where
you
could
put
plugs
anywhere
on
it.
It's
just
not
one
receptacle
outlet,
it's
kind
of
a
slide
where
you
can
drop
some
end,
but
they
got
those
two
wire
nuts
out
there.
They
ran
why
out
there
to
hook
something
else
up
that
will
also
get
fixed
and
taken
up.
B
A
Probably
could
probably
could,
but
the
problem
with
those
things
are:
is
your
over
fusing?
What's
on
that
outlet,
probably
going
to
take
that
wiring
and
make
it
very
hot
and
melt
casing
now,
wiring
that
hasn't
been
terminated
will
make
sure
that
that's
either
taken
out
of
there
or
put
in
a
junction
box
sealed
up
and
closed
up.
So
it's
safe.
A
A
Another
splicing.
This
is
a.
This
is
an
old
type
of
role
max
that
was
in
place
back
in
the
50s
and
60s.
They
just
taped
some
of
the
ends.
One
of
them
has
a
wire,
not
the
other.
One
is
a
piece
of
tape
on
it.
There's
tape
them
together
or
make
sure
that's
fixed,
put
in
a
junction
box,
so
it's
safe.
No
one
touches
it.
No
one
gets
electrocuted
from
it.
A
This
was
a
really
ingenious
way
of
doing
something
they
cut
off
the
end
of
a
hair,
dryer
cord
and
they
wired
in
a
garbage
disposal
to
it.
Court
is
only
rated
for
use
with
a
hair
dryer.
We
can't
use
it
as
a
plug
in
cord
for
running
other
appliances
that
gets
taken
out
of
there
wired
incorrectly.
That
would
also
require
an
electrical
permit
to
do
that.
So
this
is
one
of
those
things
that
it
looked
nice.
It
worked
fine,
but
it's
wrong
we're
going
to
get
it
fixed.
A
This
one
was
just
somebody
that
just
didn't
finish
the
job
they
kind
of
left
it,
as
is
they
didn't
put
cover
on.
They
left
the
wiring
hanging
out
of
the
box,
the
little
holes
on
the
bottom
of
the
box
or
where
the
wiring
feeds
through
this
was
just
somebody
that
tried
to
do
their
own
wiring,
but
really
didn't
know
what
they're
doing.
A
A
Electrical
Code
requires
the
problem
with
this
is
this
is
called
double
logging
right
here
they
put
two
wires
on
one
nut
that
usually
tells
us
that
someone's
done
their
own
wiring,
it's
probably
over
fused,
and
it's
it's
one
of
them,
things
that
we
would
make
electrician
come
in
call
out
for
certification
and
get
corrected
on
the
panel
box,
because
now
he's
got
to
go
through
he's
got
to
check
it
out
to
make
sure
that
the
fuse
can
handle
the
load.
That's
on
it.
So
it's
not
it's
not
just
an
easy
fix
all
the
time.
A
A
This
one
this
this
is
part
of
a
slide
that
was
a
major
major
deal
out
here.
We
found
this.
We
can
tell
what
size
circuit
this
was
by
looking
at
the
size
of
this
pipe
coming
up
here.
This
was
off
of
a
60
amp
service.
This
has
a
skinny
pipe
coming
in.
This
is
the
electrical
meter.
This
is
the
panel
box
that
it
fed
this
panel
box
is
still
a
60
amp
panel
box.
A
They
put
in
a
200
amp
fuse
off
of
this,
so
they're
trying
to
run
200
amps
off
of
a
60
amp
service.
A
60
amp
service
can
actually
feed
your
general
power,
your
general
lighting,
and
maybe
one
appliance,
including
your
furnace.
The
rest
of
the
house
is
powered
by
gas,
so
you
got
a
gas
water,
heater
gas,
dryer
gas
stove
and
a
gas
water
heater.
This
house
had
everything
electrical.
The
furnace
had
a
hot
tub
or
not
a
hot
tub,
yeah
there's
a
hot
tub
outside
they
had
electric
water,
heater,
electric
stove,
electric
dryer.
A
Everything
in
the
house
was
electric
and
it
also
had
three
different
type
of
breakers
that
go
to
three
different
types
of
service
boxes
in
it.
This
thing
was
so
Jimmy
rigged
that
our
electrician
was
scared
to
death
to
open
it
up
because
it
could
blow
up
on
him.
The
houses
are
actually
lucky
to
be
standing
that
it
didn't
burn
down.
They.
They
ended
up
taking
out
this
panel
box,
putting
in
a
new
service
upgrading
everything
within
the
house,
all
the
wiring
that
was
Jimmy
rigged
to
it
and
we
got
it
taken
care
of.
A
A
Extension
cords
any
permanent,
any
permanent
appliance.
That's
in
the
house,
washer/dryer
sump
pump
system
garage
door,
openers
anything
that
powers,
electricity-
that's
supposed
to
be
within
the
house-
is
going
to
have
an
outlet
that
goes
to
it.
We're
not
going
to
use
extension
cords
to
run
it
extension.
Cords
are
temporary
use.
They're
not
made
to
they're
not
made
to
be
used
as
permanent
wiring
casing
on
them
is
totally
different
than
that
of
a
romex
wire
or
a
Greenfield
wiring
it
breaks
down,
it
gets
brittle.
A
Leads
us
into
plumbing
there's
always
going
to
be
a
lot
of
questions
with
backflow
prevention
and
why
it's
required
it's
really
to
protect
the
water
system,
to
keep
you
from
getting
any
contamination
introduced
into
your
city
or
into
your
system
and
also
into
the
city's
water
system,
because
all
in
all
water
is
supplied
by
the
city.
You
know
through
the
utilities
division
they
have
to
maintain
it.
They
have
to
clean
it
and
make
sure
it
comes
to
you,
nice
and
clean,
so
you
can
drink
it.
These
things
protect
it.
A
So
this
one
is
for
a
handheld
shower,
which
a
lot
of
the
handheld
showers
nowadays
are
coming
with
built-in
backflow
prevention.
There
are
certain
ones
out
there
that
don't
have
it
the
other
one
there,
the
gold,
one
that
is
for
an
outside
spigot
or
spigot,
set
laundry
tubs.
That
is
a
it's
a
pretty
easy
device
that
screws
on
the
set
note
at
the
side
keeps
it
from
being
screwed
off
when
you're
on
a
tech
when
you're
taking
the
hose
off
of
it
outside
spigot.
A
A
Other
items
which
we're
not
going
to
call
out
as
hazards
or
Corrections
but
I
want
you
guys
to
be
aware
of,
because
when
you
get
your
home
inspector
coming
in
and
you
come
back
with
questions
to
us,
why
why
do
we
not
have
to
fix
this?
Now
our
home
inspector
said
we
had
to
fix
us,
we're
going
to
look
at
it
and
tell
you
it's
really,
not
a
hazard
issue
to
us.
It's
not
something
that
we
see
as
detrimental
to
your
health
life
safety,
but
it's
not
going
to
work
right.
It's
totally
wrong.
A
This
is
a
kitchen
sink
which
for
life
of
me,
I,
don't
know
how
the
heck
it
even
drains.
It's
got
so
many
things
wrong.
It
doesn't
have
a
vent.
They
glued
abs
and
BN
PVC,
two
dissimilar
materials
together,
which
you
can't
do
you
can
use
mechanical
fittings
on
them,
but
you
can't
glue
them
flex
piping
down
here.
This
is
all
slope
differently.
A
It's
it's
just
got
so
much
wrong
with
it
that
I
don't
know
how
it
works,
but
it
managed
to
work,
but
this
would
be
labeled
as
what
what
are
our
time
of
sale
calls
below
minimum
requirements.
So
it's
just
a
heads
up
for
you
that
this
is
stuff
that
will
come
out.
It
will
be
found.
Would
you
address
it,
but
we
don't
make
you
corrected
another
one
s
traps.
A
A
This
was
a
beauty.
I
have
no
idea
how
this
person
made
this
work,
but
yeah
Ryan
a
vacuum
cleaner
hose
to
it
and
just
stuffed
it
into
the
wall
into
the
pipe
again
it
was.
You
could
tell
it
was
leaking
on
the
backside
there
against
the
wall.
There
is
no
P
trap
on
there.
It
just
ran
out
and
siphoned
out.
It's
an
open
waist.
A
A
No
shut
offs
are
not
required
by
our
plumbing
code.
You
got
a
main
shut
off
at
your
service
entry
that
shuts
it
off
so
that
you
can
get
to
your
fixtures.
It's
not
a
bad
idea
to
so
you
don't
have
to
sit
there
and
shut
everything
down
drain
out
your
whole
system.
It's
not
a
bad
idea
to
have
shut
offs,
but
it's
not
required.
So
we
don't
enforce
those.
A
This
one
I
have
no
idea
what
they
were
thinking,
but
they
turned
everything
sideways.
He
does
have
a
p-trap
right
there.
This
tail
piece
is
supposed
to
be
in
the
upright
position.
This
is
supposed
to
be
in
the
upright
position.
They
just
did
it
along
that
way,
and
I
have
no
idea
how
it
even
managed
to
work,
but
it's
it's
now
an
open
waist,
so
I
assume
they
were
trying
to
make
more
room
underneath
the
cabinet,
so
they
can
store
things,
but
this
is
what
we
see
one
of
our
handouts.
A
This
is
a
this
tells
us
about
the
toilet
tank.
This
here
is
actually
a
backflow
preventer
right
up
in
there
that
protects
you
from
getting
any
water
into
your
drinking
water
system,
because
when
it's
under
water
it
can
siphon
that
water
out
of
your
tank
and
bring
back
into
your
drinking
water
system.
A
This
is
a
great
example,
though
it's
not
a
pretty
picture,
but
that
valve,
underneath
there
is
underwater.
That
pipe
is
up
in
the
air
that
basically,
what
they'd
have
to
do
is
they
get
to
depending
on
the
style.
Some
of
them
are
adjustable,
some
aren't.
They
would
either
have
to
replace
it
put
a
different
valve
in
there
or
raise
it
up
if
they
can.
A
What
happens
is
one
of
the
two
valves
usually
goes
bad
in
the
toilet
and
people
go
out
and
they
just
buy
whatever
is
available
at
the
store
they
get
the
wrong
one,
that's
for
or
the
product
they
have.
So
if
you
buy
one,
that's
for
kohler
toilet
and
you
have
an
american
standard
toilet,
they
have
different
sizes
for
different
toilets,
so
they
just
get
the
wrong
ones.
A
This
this
was
a.
This
was
a
homeowner
that
decided
he
didn't
want
to
put
in
plumbing
system
for
his
bathroom.
He
actually
brought
out
on
this
pipe.
It
all
runs
across
the
floor
and
I've
got
another
slide.
That
goes
with
this.
That
brings
it
all
together,
but
he
brought
a
sink
out
from
the
back
side
here,
tied
into
this
pipe.
That
white
pipe.
A
Is
your
your
condensate
line
from
the
furnace
that
goes
into
that
pipe
and
on
this
slide
it's
kind
of
a
little
hard
to
see,
but
this
is
the
pipe
coming
in
and
it
picks
up
and
jumps
into
the
floor
drain.
So
it's
all
running
across
the
floor
and
everything
that
goes
in
there
dumps
into
the
floor
drain.
This
also
is
the
floor
drain,
which
they
took.
The
one
is
that
it's
just
full
check
the
clean-out
plug
out.
Actually,
no,
it's
as
well.
That's
a
cleanup
plug
for
it.
A
Without
that
cleanup
plug
in
there
it's
straight
shot
right
into
the
sewer
system,
so
you
can
get
sewer
gas
coming
in.
You
can
get
any
rodents
that
make
their
way
through.
You
see
you,
you
can
go
outside
and
watch
a
raccoons
go
down
into
the
sewer
system.
There's
mice
in
the
sewer
system,
they're
snakes
in
the
sewer
system.
They
have
open
access
into
your
house
without
the
cleanup
plug
their
chances,
are
they're
not
going
to
come
in
there
but
they're
there.
So
it's
one
of
those
things
you
still
got
to
get
in
place
water.
A
This
is
a
water
heater.
The
temperature
pressure
relief
valve
on
a
water
heater
is
very
important.
If
a
water
heater
does
malfunction,
it
can
become
a
rocket
and
take
off
and
blow
your
house
right
off
the
foundation.
The
temperature
pressure
relief
valve
is
there
too,
if
to
protect
that
water
heater,
if
it
if
it
does
malfunction
and
it
produces
too
much
hot
water
and
gets
the
point
where
it
wants
to
take
off
that
Valve
will
usually
dump
the
water
onto
the
floor,
so
it
doesn't
become
a
combustible
rocket.
A
This
is
installed
wrong
because
on
these
it's
got
to
be
within
six
inches
of
the
top
of
this
tank
right
here,
either
on
the
top
or
on
the
side
to
go
inside
that
water.
That's
in
the
tank.
It
senses
the
water
temperature
at
210
degrees,
so
that
it
knows
that
if
it
reaches
210
degrees,
it
dumps
that
valve
out
there
and
dumps
it
to
the
floor.
So
your
your
water
heater
does
not
become
a
rocket.
This
is
outside
the
water
heater,
so
the
outside
air
is
cooling
that
water
off
really
fast.
A
This
is
a
hand
pump
to
a
well.
This
was
in
a
garage.
This
here
has
a
spigot
on
it.
So
even
wells
do
require
backflow
prevention,
we're
going
to
install
a
little
backflow
preventer
on
it
again
with
wells.
It's
also
an
environmental
issue.
We
have.
We
have
people
out
there
that
want
to
use
their
wells
for
irrigation,
so
we
make
sure
that
they're
separated
from
city
water.
So
with
this,
it's
really
not
an
issue
of
separating
this
type
of
a
well.
A
A
Another
well
inside
of
a
house
this
here
is
the
pressure
tank.
Your
pump,
this
well
hasn't
been
in
service
for
many
many
years.
It's
probably
a
15
year
old.
Well,
that's
just
been
sitting
there.
It's
I
guarantee
it
seized
up.
It's
not
even
functional
our
environmental
Department,
usually
I'll.
Take
this
on
they'll
make
sure
that
these
things
get
sealed.
All
the
equipment
gets
abandoned.
They
fill
the
casing
with
fine,
grouch
or
bentonite,
make
sure
it's
sealed
for
that.
So
you
can't
keep
contaminated
water
or
contaminated
products
going
into
the
aquifer
system
down
below.
A
Gas
lines,
one
of
our
handouts
for
gas
lines.
We
are
we
require
now,
because
our
gas
code
requires
that
any
appliance
connector
that
you
use
for
gas
has
to
be
stainless
steel.
All
other
products
have
been
eliminated
from
it,
with
the
exception
of
copper,
black
iron
piping,
galvanized
piping
csst,
which
is
also
a
stainless
steel.
It's
got
a
plastic
casing
on
it.
Tho
those
products
are
okay.
A
A
This
is
a
stainless
steel,
gas
connector.
This
is
what
is
out
there
for
use
with
appliances.
You
can
you
can
take
these
things
and
hook
them
up.
That
allows
you
to
pull
your
stove
or
whatever
appliance
is
movable
in
and
out,
though
they
do
still
recommend
that
you
want
to
hook
them
before
you
pull
them
in
and
out,
but
you
can
pull
them
in
and
out.
They
have
the
flexibility
without
breakage.
A
This
is
one
of
the
old
ones.
This
is
a
brass
one,
so
this
brass
one
here
would
get
taken
out.
They
didn't
cap
it
at
the
end.
There
we're
going
to
get
all
that
fixed.
So
none
of
that's
going
to
even
be
there
if
they
want
to
use
gas
they're
going
to
take
off
with
a
new
connector
stainless
steel
and
they
can
hook
up
the
appliance
at
that
time.
If
they're
not
going
to
use
gas
appliance
at
that
point,
we'll
make
sure
it
gets
capped.
A
We
don't
want
to
trust
shutoff
valves
to
be
the
only
source
of
shutting
off
gas
open
gas
line
here.
This
also
is
an
older
shutoff
valve.
It's
called
a
spindle
delft,
those
as
long
as
they're
still
working
they're,
still
usable.
They
can
remain
in
place.
They
are
type
of
valve
that
does
require
maintenance,
so
so
they
have
to
be
oiled
maintained,
make
sure
that
they
turn
on
and
off
and
they're
working
properly.
We
don't
make
anybody
take
those
things
out
until
they're,
not
usable
at
that
point,
then
they
have
to
be
replaced.
A
Another
another
beautiful
slide
here
that
for
life
of
me,
I,
don't
know
what
these
people
were
thinking,
but
your
plastic
grey
piping
that
comes
up
with
the
black
90
120
degree
fittings.
Those
are
for
your
plumbing
venting
it's
supposed
to
go
through
the
roof,
but
these
people
obviously
didn't
want
to
put
another
hole
in
the
roof,
so
they
decided
to
snake
on
some
some
flexible
vent
connectors.
They
tied
in
a
bath,
fan
to
it
and
they
ran
it
up
to
this
year,
piece
of
hard
pipe
in
coming
up
and
it
goes
into
the
roof.
A
Your
plumbing
venting
is
required
to
go
through
the
roof.
It
is
something
we
will
make
you
correct
and
make
you
fix.
It
keeps
your
where,
where
you
don't
have
venting
you're
going
to
find
that
you're
going
to
have
a
lot
of
clogs
in
your
plumbing
system,
your
water
is
going
to
drain
very
slowly.
It's
it's
more
of
a
sanitary
issue.
At
this
point,
mechanical
venting
it'll
also
get
corrected.
Dolph
draw
they'll,
throw
a
vent
termination
on
the
roof.
There
they'll
hook
the
piping
up
correctly.
That
way,
all
of
that
will
get
fixed.
A
This
was
a
I
have
no
idea
why
they
did
this,
but
this
is
a
garage
they
put
a
furnace
in
the
garage.
They
stack.
Three
masonry
blocks
up
there
and
set
it
on
top
and
the
car
pulled
in
and
used
to
bump
the
furnace.
It
wasn't
that
big
of
a
garage
so
when
he
hit
the
furnace
he
knew
he
was
already
into
the
garage
I
I
kind
of
had
to
chuckle
on
that,
because
I
am
surprised.
Nothing
ever
happened
with
that.
A
The
guy
was
very
careful
with
it,
but
that
is
also
something
that
by
code,
this
is
a
improper
installation.
First
of
all,
this
has
to
be
properly
supported.
Make
sure
that
it's
it
can
be
standing
in
place
without
it
coming
down,
because
now
he's
compromising
the
gas
line
he's
compromising
the
venting
on
it
and
also
the
electrical
that
close
to
it.
So
if
he
hits
it
a
little
too
hard
with
the
car,
it's
going
down.
A
Basically,
this
is
a
slide
of
a
deck
and
I.
The
other
pictures
that
win
with
it
weren't
good
enough
to
put
on
the
slide
so
I'm
going
to
explain
what
I
got
here.
Basically,
these
plinth
blocks.
They
sit
on
top
of
a
retaining
wall.
Now
the
retaining
wall
does
not
have
footings,
it's
just
holding
back
dirt.
That's
all
it's
doing
you
can
see
by
the
crack
here.
A
It's
already
failed
pretty
much
now,
when
you
get
a
winter
like
this
and
frost
knows
no
limits,
it
pushes
that
wall
out
there
goes
your
footing
whatever
footing
there
early
was.
This
was
all
the
way
around
on
the
deck
supporting
the
whole
dick
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
they
get
footings
in
there,
we're
going
to
make
sure
they
get
support
posts
in
there
or
they
can
take
the
deck
off
and
block
off
the
door
one
of
the
two,
but
we
don't
want
to
have
decks
falling
down
people
on
them.
A
A
This
is
a
foundation
wall,
that's
also
a
structural
foundation.
Wall
I
can
see
daylight
through
all
these
craps.
They
tried
to
it
up,
but
this
is.
This
is
caused
by
hydrostatic
pressure.
This
is
caused
because
the
soils
cannot
withstand
the
water
that
goes
into
them,
and
it
eventually
has
to
push
the
wall
in
and
if
the
wall
isn't
reinforced
properly.
Nowadays
we
use
rebar
inside
of
walls
so
that
it
can
hold
that
pressure.
These
walls
don't
have
them
a
lot
of
the
homes
out
here.
Don't
have
rebar
in
the
walls,
because
they're
1950s
homes.
A
It's
one
of
those
things
here
that
this
this
pressure
pushed
the
wall.
In
now
it's
compromising
the
structure
itself.
So
at
this
point,
they're
fixes
to
either
bring
a
contractor
in
he's
going
to
come
with
us
figure
out
some
type
of
solution
as
to
how
to
fix
this
wall.
Maybe
he's
going
to
open
up
the
cores
and
drop
some
rebar
and
cemented
in
maybe
it's
going
to
involve
some
outside
products,
where
they've
got
a
mat
system
that
can
go
on
the
wall
and
withstand
the
pressure.
A
B
A
It's
a
very
good
question:
we,
you
have
a
very
wet
spring
you're
on
clay
soil.
Your
clays
can
only
hold
so
much
water
and
then
it
starts
to
expand
and
expand
and
expand.
It
expands
until
it
finds
a
weak
point
in
it
and
that
weak
point
just
happens
to
be
the
wall
and
it
pushes
that
wall
and
then
pops
the
block
and
as
it
as
it
gets
more
and
more
water.
This
is
what
it
does.
It
keeps
pushing
and
pushing
and
pushing
until
sometimes
it
fails.
A
Mostly
clays
sandy
soils
are
a
very
well
draining
soil.
They
do
not
require
any
kind
of
sump
pump
system
to
go
with
them,
but
putting
a
min
is
also
a
safeguard
for
you,
but
in
clay
soils,
that's
where
sump
pump
system
comes
in.
It
takes
the
water
out
and
kind
of
reduces
the
pressure
coming
back
on
this,
so
it's
recycling,
water
in
and
out
as
it
comes
in,
it
pulls
it
out
and
it
lets
so.
A
The
soils
drain
out
as
a
counter
it
splits,
mostly
plain
water
freecycle
that
will
do
even
more
damage
to
this
ice
knows
no
boundaries.
This
winter
is
probably
one
of
our
I'd
say
our
worst
winters
and
I
don't
know
30
years
ice
is
it's
kind
of
like
a
strong
man,
pushing
it
pushing
on
something
that
you
can't
control.
It
doesn't
have
a
limit
to
the
amount
of
pressure
can
put
on
there.
They
can't
really
design
anything
for
ice
because,
as
it
expands,
it
can
go.
This
way
can
go.
A
A
It
was
some
fiberglass
sheets
kind
of
like
kind
of
like
strips
that
they
pox
it
onto
the
wall.
It
had
the
same
thing
going.
The
wall
had
a
bow
in
it,
probably
three
inches,
and
it
was
just
coming
in,
like
a
nice
bow
and
arrow
arc
what
they
had
going
on
with
that
it
was
a
bearing
wall
and
also
the
driver
was
there
so
getting
back
to
the
ice
thing
as
you
drive
on
your
driveway,
it
drives
frost
down
and
it
gets
it
deeper
and
deeper
and
deeper
so
with
no
snow
cover.
A
A
Hope
you
can
see
this
one,
but
this
is
also
something
that
this
is
a
our
utilities
gets
involved
in
this.
This
part
of
it
some
pumps,
some
pumps
do
take
out
the
water
from
the
foundation.
They
make
sure
it
gets
drained
out.
So
you
don't
have
failing
walls,
but
you
can't
dump
them
into
City
water
system
into
your
city,
drainage
system.
It
has
to
go
to
the
exterior
the
slide
on
the
end.
A
There
shows
that
pipe
going
up
it's
coming
down
here
and
dumped
in
it's
a
laundry
tub,
though
the
other
jumping
into
a
laundry
tub
the
floor
drain.
Whatnot
we're
going
to
make
sure
our
our
utilities
divisional
make
sure
that
it
gets
taken
and
puts
the
outside
and
they
can
drain
outside
onto
the
free
soil.
A
That's
out
there
already,
and
it's
got
space
where
it
takes
care
of
it
on
its
own
right
now,
our
city,
our
city,
sewers,
are
not
sized
to
capacity
basically
to
handle
the
discharge
of
sump
pumps
being
dumped
into
them
along
with
the
usage
of
the
home.
So
it
creates
more
of
a
problem
for
our
utilities.
Division
on
that
side,
because
they're
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
unclog
all
these
all
these
sewers
that
have
all
this
stuff
coming
into
them.
So.
A
A
You
don't
have
to
have
a
double
shut
off
on
it.
It's
it's
got
two
coming
in.
One
is
the
street
side,
which
is
your
first
shutoff
valve
down
little.
Your
second
is
the
house
side.
So,
if
you
are,
if
you're
trying
to
say
say
you
don't
have
any
shut
off
valves
on
any
of
your
appliances
and
you're
changing
out
a
water
heater,
you
for
safety,
you're
gonna
shut
both
shut
off
valves
off,
but
you
you
don't
have
to
shut
off
the
city
side.
B
A
We
we
did
go
/
electrical
quite
a
bit
and
to
elaborate
on
that
too
anything
with
electrical
as
far
as
you're
going
to
have
your
jumper
for
your
panel
box
ground,
and
that's
also
going
to
be
a
two-part
system,
we're
going
to
make
sure
there's
a
ground
wire
coming
out
of
your
panel
box,
we're
going
to
make
sure
there's
a
jumper
going
across
the
meter
so
that
that
is
your
ground
for
your
panel
box
as
far
as
any
copper
piping.
That
goes
in
place
with
that
jumper.
A
It
groans
the
water
piping
system
in
your
house,
so
it
doesn't
have
energizing
power
to
it.
Missing,
cover
plates,
open
junction
boxes
stuff
like
that,
where
people
can
stick
their
fingers
in
you
know
it's
kind
of
like
touching.
What
paint
you
put
your
hand
up
there?
Is
this
wet?
Well,
a
lot
of
people
do
the
same
thing
with
electrical.
What's
that
hole
for
and
they
stick
their
finger
in
there
and
they
wonder
why
they
get
shocked.
We're
going
to
make
sure
you
got
knockout
plugs
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
junction
boxes
are
covered
up.
A
If
you
got
any
openings
at
the
panel
box,
those
openings
are
going
to
get
closed
up
to
you
get
knockout
plugs.
Maybe
the
breaker
can
go
back
in
place.
Maybe
it's
not
a
knot
up
an
opening
that
is
being
used.
They
could
put
a
breaker
in
place,
it's
a
dead
breaker
basically,
but
it
closes
up
the
opening.
That's
allowed
other
questions.
A
Yes,
well,
no,
you
don't
have
to
sell
the
house
within
one
year
of
inspection.
I
can't
say
that
you
have
to
do
that,
but
the
inspection
is
only
good
for
one
year.
So
what
what
I've
found
is
a
lot
of
people
will
list
their
house
they'll
get
the
inspection
the
house
doesn't
sell.
Maybe
it
takes
two
years
in
the
meantime.
What
they've
done
is
because
a
lot
of
people
told
them
all
you
got
to
upgrade
this.
You
got
to
do
this.
You
got
to
do
this,
so
they
start
doing
certain
things
in
the
house.
A
They
create
more
problems
because
they
try
to
do
it
themselves
and
they
don't
know
what
they're
doing
they
create
more
problems.
Where
we
already
signed
off
that
yes
items
were
corrected.
Now
they
have
a
new
inspection
and
some
other
things
were
found.
What
just
happens
that
it's
things
that
they
did,
but
they
didn't
do
them
right
again.
You
know
they
created
more
hazardous
situations
within
the
house.
The
reporter
is
only
good
for
one
year,
so
we
require
that
you'd
have
to
get
another
time
of
sale
report.
We
do
allow
one
month
grace
period
on
it.
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
Depends
on
the
time
of
year,
I
mean,
as
far
as
you
know,
you
watch
the
real
estate
market
goal
and
usually
it's
a
spring
previews
that
really
start
the
market
going
again.
So
you
kind
of
gotta
weigh
your
time
period
out,
make
sure
that
year
you
call
in
and
it
you
can
probably
get
it
next
day.
You
could
probably
get
it
where
yeah
we're
booked
out
for
a
couple
of
days.
It
might
be
a
week
later
so,
sir.
Another.
B
B
B
A
Also,
it's
a
tough
one
for
us
too,
because
even
some
of
the
good
contractors
out
there,
sometimes
they
like
to
cheat
the
system
a
little
bit
and
they
see
that
see
a
job.
As
you
know,
this
is
a
quick
in
and
out
and
maybe
they
they
miss
something
that
they
should
have
done
wherever
they
come
in.
They
should
always
check
to
make
sure.
Is
this
something
that
needed
a
permit
to
do?
A
You
know
you
have
a
contractor
come
in
and
say
he
wanted
to
throw
in
some
or
you
guys
wanted
to
put
your
house
up
for
sale
and
he
decided
you
decided
you
wanted
to
throw
in
some
ground
fault,
interrupter
outlets
at
your
your
kitchens
and
bathrooms,
and
you
wanted
to
change
out
some
lighting
and
stuff
those
would
require
permits.
So
whenever
you
get
a
contractor
that
says,
yeah
I'll
do
it
and
he
just
comes
in,
doesn't
call
for
inspection,
doesn't
get
a
permit.
You
kind
of
got
away
your
odds
there.
A
That's
your
insurance
yeah
inspections
are
your
insurance
on
whether
it's
done
right
or
not?
It's
your
paper
trail
to
you,
making
sure
that
things
within
the
house
and
work
that
you
have
done
are
done
to
building
codes.
National,
Electrical,
Code,
plumbing
codes,
gasps
mechanical.
All
that
now
we
do
check
out
furnaces.
We
make
sure
furnaces
are
functional
and
they
they
don't.
They
don't
have
any
of
what
we
call
little
telltale
signs
of
problems
within
it.
A
We
have
a
list
in
our
guidelines
that
kind
of
tell
us
which
way
to
go
on
that
certifications
would
be
required
if
we
find
something
on
that
list,
and
usually
the
tell-tale
sign
to
that
is
when
you
get
a
furnace,
that's
burning
with
a
really
wild
flame.
You
know
a
nice
blue
flame
is
a
perfect
tune
furnace
when
it's
orangish
red
and
it's
just
very
wild
and
rapid.
That's
a
telltale
sign
that
the
furnace
is
either
out
of
tune.
A
It's
got
a
cracked
exchanger
or
it's
not
properly
getting
the
amount
of
air
that's
needed
to
get
that
blue
flame,
which
goes
back
to
tuning
so
I
mean
there's,
there's
telltale
signs
for
it.
We
ask
for
certifications
on
furnace
if
we
see
signs
of
something
wrong
with
the
furnace.
We
ask
for
certifications
on
electrical
when
we
see
one
of
those
pictures,
I
showed
you
where
we
see
double
logging
on
the
on
the
service.
A
When
we
see
other
things
that
are
improperly
wired
and
put
together,
maybe
maybe
someones
decided
that
they're
going
to
do
their
basement
and
finish
it
off
themselves,
and
you
start
seeing
all
these
just
little
signs
that
this
wasn't
done
by
a
professional.
But
it's
not
right.
You
can
ask
for
certification
on
that.
They'll
make
sure
that
electrician
comes
in.
There
gets
it
taken
care
of
corrected,
and
then
we
can
move
on
from
there,
so
structural
certifications
to
like
that
failing
wall,
that's
kind
of
our
insurance
policy
that
the
wall
gets
fixed.
A
A
Wow,
tough
one
radon
is
in
our
code.
It
made
it
into
our
building
code,
the
last
code
cycle.
It
is
something
that
it
is
required
within
the
state.
Now,
though,
we
don't
enforce
raid
on
the
only
time
it's
enforced
is
when
we
have
a
new
home
going
up
or
maybe
maybe
they've
taken
a
home-
and
you
know
they've
put
an
addition
on
it.
That's
only
make
sure
that
maybe
at
some
point
we
have
radon
system
installed,
it
can
be
either
passive
or
active.
A
A
It
depends
on
who
you
talk
to.
It
depends
on
who
you
talk
to.
The
state
does
have
some
little
mock-ups
on
it
on
how
radon
works,
they've,
they've
kind
of
dissected
it
to
a
point
where
they
kind
of
figured
it
out,
but
a
lot
of
people
coming
from
out
state
that
it's
very
important
out
there
where
they
require
read
on
inspections.
What
radon
is
is
decay
is
decay
underground
and
it's
off
gassing
into
the
house,
so
any
cracks
in
your
floor.
A
It
can
even
come
through
foundation
walls
because
the
block
is
porous,
it
can
come
through
there.
That's
that's
where
radon
gas
really
becomes
more
of
an
issue.
We
don't
really
address
right
on.
We
don't
address
lead.
We
don't
address
asbestos,
so
that's
one
of
the
things
that
eventually
it
does
get
taken
care
of.
But
if
you
don't
touch
it,
it's
not
really
a
problem.
A
As
far
as
radon
goes,
when
you
have
tests
done
on
radon,
there's
a
limit
on
the
amount
of
radon
that
comes
into
a
home.
They
do
make
you
not
open
any
windows,
not
open
any
doors
other
than
what
you're
doing.
Normally
they
have
a
little
machine
down
there
that
tests
the
amount
of
radon
that's
in
there
I
it's
a
four
Pascal
I
believe
is
what
the
number
is
on
there.
If
it's
over
that,
you
need
a
radon
system,
but
we
don't
in
it.
We
don't
get
into
that
for
time
of
sale.
A
No,
not
unless
it's
a
new
construction,
then
it's
required
and
we
check
for
it.
At
that
point,
you
know
it's
not
your
home
inspector.
When
they
come
in
there
for
the
buyer,
they
will
probably
and
most
likely,
have
there
radon
check
at
that
time.
Yes,
sir,
oh
yeah,
yeah,
there's
there's
quite
a
few
of
them.
You
know,
and
usually
when
you
find
these
homes
there
in
areas
where
the
soil
conditions
are
more
of
clay,
a
silt
a
little
bit
of
a
muck
not
in
a
sand
location.
So
there's
pockets
of
that.
B
A
There's
a
lot
of
homes
that
still
have
some
pumps,
I
I,
think
that's
a
that's
one
of
the
things
that
people
are
very
aware
of.
Nowadays
they
want
sump
pump
systems
in
their
homes.
There's
a
lot
of
homes
out
there
that
you
know
grading
is
an
issue
with
with
water,
and
it's
always
going
to
when
you
don't
have
the
proper
grading.
You
know,
and
it
comes
back
against
the
home.
That's
when
you
get
water
in
your
basement.
A
A
lot
of
people
have
fixed
that
problem
by
either
installing
a
sump
pump
along
the
area
that
you
know
a
drainage
system,
sump
pump
system
along
the
area
where
the
water
is
coming
in
or
they've
taken
that
grading
and
they've
drained
it.
So
it
goes
out
into
the
yard
so
that
it
can
carry
that
water
out.
A
Sure,
there's
you
know
that
that
goes
back
to
your
reality.
Transaction.
You
can
sell
a
home,
as
is
now
with
time
of
sale,
we're
going
to
come
in
and
tell
you
the
corrections
that
are
there.
Okay,
if
you
can't
afford
to
do
them
or
you
decide,
you
don't
want
to
do
them.
Maybe
this
is
a
house,
that's
been
in
trust
for
the
family.
The
people
have
passed
away
and
this
family
is
just
looking
to
get
rid
of
the
house.
They
don't
want
to
fix
anything.
People
can
come
in
by
the
house.
The
way
it
is.
A
They
can
fill
out
a
form
with
us
at
the
city
that
these
items
of
Correction
are
still
out
there
and
have
to
be
addressed.
They'll
take
the
responsibility
for
filling
that
out
and
for
correcting
that
those
items.
What
we'll
do
is
we'll
make
sure
that
you
know
we
have
inspection
set
up
so
that
we
can
come
in
there
and
view
those
items
have
been
corrected.
So
we
don't,
we
don't
make
it
impossible
for
you
to
sell
your
home.
We
just
try
to
make
it
so
that
you
can
sell
your
home
in
a
you
know.
B
B
A
How
expensive,
okay,
it
is,
and
we
noted
there's
you
know
on
the
report,
there's
always
going
to
be
notations
of
you
know
water
damage
or
maybe
mold
stuff
like
that
on
there.
Those
are
signs
of
water
damage,
we
noted,
but
you
know
most
of
it
can
be
taken
care
of
by
proper
grading.
So
with
that,
we
don't
we
don't
require
correction
on
that.
We
do
note
it
so
that
the
next
person
has
that
in
front
of
them.
That
says:
hey,
you
know
what
there's
been
some
water
damage
here.
A
Their
home
inspector
can
dig
into
it
a
little
deeper
and
take
moisture
tests
and
see
if
there
is
actually
water
getting
into
the
walls
they
can
see.
What's
going
on
there
also,
we
do
check
sanitation
as
part
of
it.
Our
sanitation
does
involve
infestation
by
vermin
by
rats
by
mice,
cockroaches
the
whole
darn
thing
so
I
mean
I've,
seen
it
out
here.
It's
not
immune
to
this
community
at
all.
A
A
We
had
a
slide
on
there
for
some
of
the
flexible
tubing.
In
that
slide
it
did
show
some
of
that
bright,
shiny
piping.
That
is
still
allowed.
That
is
there's
actually
three
products
out
there
that
are
for
dryer
venting
one
is
the
rigid
piping
just
like
the
same
ducting
that
you
have
on
your
water
heater?
Usually,
the
other
is
a
flexible
aluminum,
it's
kind
of
like
a
hard
slinky.
It's
it's
flexible.
You
can
kind
of
rotate
it
around
and
get
the
bends
in
it.
You
need
that
one
is
allowed.
A
There's
also
one
that's
gone
through
underwriter
laboratory
listing,
they've
tested
it
for
dryers,
and
it's
an
aluminum
foil
style.
It's
a
heavy
gauge,
aluminum
foil
style.
That
is
allowed
a
lot
of
the
stuff
that
you'll
see
out
there.
They
sell
it,
but
you
can't
use
it.
So
you
can
go
in
and
find
this
little
box.
That
says
dryer
venting
for
your
dryer.
You
can't
use
plastic.
You
can't
use
the
thin
aluminum
foil
style.
You
can't
use
them,
you
can
buy
them.
You
can't
use
them.
A
It's
the
same
thing
with
a
lot
of
piping
when
you
replace
your
water
heater
you'll
see
that
they
sell
these
pre-made
temperature
pressure
relief
valve
drain
pipes
that
come
down
there
white.
You
can't
use
them,
but
they
can
sell
them
see.
We
have
what
we
call
here:
free
trade
in
the
United
States
everybody
you
can
bring
in
products
that
they
want
to
sell.
We
have
to
allow
it,
but
we
can't
always
use
it.
So
you
got
to
be
careful.