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?
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!
@@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.
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.
Lic electrical contractor here, thank you for doing an honest job. Those of us who strive to be code compliant thank you! I have never seen a stud shoe in 40 years of kitchen & bath renovations, I had to look up the term.
I also believe the NEC prohibits more than one Romex cable through a drilled hole. The wiring in general looked poor. Oh well, firemen need to work too!
@@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.
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.
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.😞
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. 🤠👍
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?
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.
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
Heat pumps just exchange heat so energy is not wasted. The moisture must still exit the heat pump. No holes in the walls or floor were shown for that so it is my guess the contractor had no idea what was needed.
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)
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.
On ceilings, if it's around 6 inches or less to the wall, no backing is needed. The rock will float that far and the wall sheet will support the end of it. More than 6-7 inches, yeah, you need to some backing.
I’ve done a few things in my older home that I know aren’t up to code. One of those is I added an electrical outlet under my Tv with wire straight to the electrical panel, because space heaters on high setting were throwing the circuit breaker. The wires for the old line weren’t long enough to run into a box on the room side of the wall, so I connected them inside a box inside the wall.
@@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.
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.
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!
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
I deliver trusses and its been numerous times i would deliver a replacement truss to a home that was either broken during delivery or on site and the roof be done when i arrive.
Good info!! Im curious since you said 1-1/4" to the hole (not to the romex or plumbing). Have not heard that before.. Is that NEC or IBC? Also the oversized top/bottom plates. Code reference please?
Nail plate spacing is NEC 300.4. 1¼" from face of stud to edge of hole, requires protection Oversized nail plate is not in the NEC. Its a different code and I've NEVER been called on it, or have even heard of it.
Worst thing about this is while drywall is attached with 1.25" screws, drywall itself is standard .5" thick. That means you need less than an inch, and not 1.25" . Of course, inspectors arent paid to think, they are paid to enforce bureaucratic rules, no matter how necessary or unnecessary
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What really needs to be done is the missing truss needs to be installed on the correct layout. He also didn’t mention that in the truss pack you get with the engineered trusses shows more 2x4 bracing that has to be installed in certain places within the trusses.
I see there are lots of recessed lighting mounting frames throughout. Are those REQUIRED for the canless LED lights or can the transformer just be mounted to the ceiling or truss joist for rough inspection?
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%.
Have you ever heard of a non vented dryer? Does code require a dryer vent? Even if it does can the homeowner opt out if they are using a heatpump dryer?
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.
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.
😂
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?
It’s nice to see an inspector who actually inspects.
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!
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.
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.
Lic electrical contractor here, thank you for doing an honest job. Those of us who strive to be code compliant thank you! I have never seen a stud shoe in 40 years of kitchen & bath renovations, I had to look up the term.
I also believe the NEC prohibits more than one Romex cable through a drilled hole. The wiring in general looked poor. Oh well, firemen need to work too!
Wow, there are a lot of things I learned today. Thank you, mister inspector. Thank you for sharing
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.
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.
Says everything you need to know about the architect, the general contractor and subs involved with this project! Good job inspector!
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.
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
I just watched about three dozen of your videos. Very enjoyable and great learning experience!
Thank you!!
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.
Learned a lot thank you
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.😞
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
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.
@@davidswanson5669I did all of my own electrical, HVAC, plumbing, radiant heat. I work in the automotive industry. All my work passed inspection.
Fun to watch and learned a few things. Great presentation
Wow, Thanks Bro, that really clears up a Lot of Questions I've had over the years when I was remodeling homes! 🤙🍻
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?
I learned quite a bit and therefore you earned my subscription. Look forward to watching more of your videos.
Great video. Learned quite a bit for such a short video. Thanks!
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.
Great inspection with common sense explanation.
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.
Excellent content. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
Wow you are impressive with knowledge. How do they fix all of this... crazy..
I enjoy videos like this. They help me avoid mistakes when working on my house. Thank you!
wow...learned quite a bit...getting ready for a dusty shoe inspection and now i have a few things to look out for...wished there was a check list.
Fantastically pedantic, love it!
Many thanks!
I always learn sometime from these videos...Thank You
This inspector is very detailed and also explains how to correct the issues good job 👍!
I like how you broke down the code violations it was helpful and informative
Wow that was great I'm going to subscribe very enjoyable!!
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.
35 year HVAC contractor and I learned something; granted not my line of work mostly, but very informative. I learned. Thanks
I didn’t know about needing oversized nail plates on top and bottom plates. Thanks!
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
Nice call outs… insightful, thank you for sharing.😊
Glad it was helpful!
I learned more than I expected. thank you!
Fascinating! Dryer may be heat pump based which has no vent.
Heat pumps just exchange heat so energy is not wasted. The moisture must still exit the heat pump. No holes in the walls or floor were shown for that so it is my guess the contractor had no idea what was needed.
@@normferguson2769 My understanding is that the moisture from the clothing is collected in a tray/reservoir that requires periodic emptying.
Excellent job!
And I learned a lot.
Thanks for the informative inspection.
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
Thanks for letting us tag along.
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.
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)
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. ;)
Lol, okay dope
On ceilings, if it's around 6 inches or less to the wall, no backing is needed. The rock will float that far and the wall sheet will support the end of it. More than 6-7 inches, yeah, you need to some backing.
Iam a drywaller/taper,I learned a lot,thank you.
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?
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?
I’ve done a few things in my older home that I know aren’t up to code. One of those is I added an electrical outlet under my Tv with wire straight to the electrical panel, because space heaters on high setting were throwing the circuit breaker. The wires for the old line weren’t long enough to run into a box on the room side of the wall, so I connected them inside a box inside the wall.
Damn homie, this video just took off!
Great video. Very helpful
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!!
@@inspectorhomesinc.7610
Welp. I only worry about the NEC. There’s enough to learn in there for me to not worry about some other code.
Wow... serious issues. Somebody's gonna have to pay up. Glad you found all them!
Why did the LV need a hanger if it was bird mouthed to the two upper sills?
Excellent job.
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.
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!
What IS an acceptable fix for the notched joist flange under the tub?
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
Well done, really informative
Thanks for the tips I learned something new
Please keep these inspections vids coming!
Love this kind of stuff. Knowledge is power.
I need that guy to inspect my new home!!!!!
I’m guessing the dryer is a ventless dryer which is becoming more common out west.
Now an after tonsee how to repair the notched truss. Curious how to resolve the issues.
Great job. Thanks for sharing 👍
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!
I deliver trusses and its been numerous times i would deliver a replacement truss to a home that was either broken during delivery or on site and the roof be done when i arrive.
Learned... Pick your homebuilder wisely....😊
Thankyou. Very informative.
Diyr here. Any modifications I do to my home I consult with city codes.
Good info!! Im curious since you said 1-1/4" to the hole (not to the romex or plumbing). Have not heard that before.. Is that NEC or IBC? Also the oversized top/bottom plates. Code reference please?
Nail plate spacing is NEC 300.4. 1¼" from face of stud to edge of hole, requires protection
Oversized nail plate is not in the NEC. Its a different code and I've NEVER been called on it, or have even heard of it.
Worst thing about this is while drywall is attached with 1.25" screws, drywall itself is standard .5" thick. That means you need less than an inch, and not 1.25" .
Of course, inspectors arent paid to think, they are paid to enforce bureaucratic rules, no matter how necessary or unnecessary
@@calvinhobbes6118what makes you think the only screws will be drywall screws? Other things will be attached to those studs in the future.
Is it even code to run a sch 40 pipe through load bearing studs, even with a shoe? Or is there a trick to minimizing the hole diameter, etc...?
" Or is there a trick to minimizing the hole diameter,"
Yes, use a smaller diameter hole saw!
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.
Nice to see a pro at work 😅😅😅😅
WOW. They are missing a truss so they just spaced them all out more...that's a new one to me!
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.
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.
good stuff, thanks for sharing and explaining
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.
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.
What really needs to be done is the missing truss needs to be installed on the correct layout. He also didn’t mention that in the truss pack you get with the engineered trusses shows more 2x4 bracing that has to be installed in certain places within the trusses.
Thanks! I've learned a lot, but how is it on just this one house the foreman for the job thought it was okay?
I see there are lots of recessed lighting mounting frames throughout. Are those REQUIRED for the canless LED lights or can the transformer just be mounted to the ceiling or truss joist for rough inspection?
You have a new follower here.
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.
Thank you!!!
I learned a lot today
Some rough mistakes. Are dryer vents required now that heat pump dryers are a thing?
How are they going to fix a missing truss? Hope the engineer says it's all good?
What’s the solution for the plumbing going through the 2x4” (over 40%).. 2x6” ? Or a metal plate on the 2x4 side ?
How do the costs associated with fixing these issues usually line up? Is it entirely on the primary contractor? Home owner? Mix of the two?
Is there anything they did right?
Have you ever heard of a non vented dryer? Does code require a dryer vent? Even if it does can the homeowner opt out if they are using a heatpump dryer?
You have to provide for the future. What if the owner decides to NOT use a heatpump dryer or the next owner?
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.