$20 part causes $20,000 in damage!
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- On this home inspection illl show you how a $20 missing part can cause $20,000 in damage.
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I've been in residential construction for almost 40 years , now...... and this is the best , most straightforward, honest assessment of a problem that exists in almost every town in the states. This guy is not pointing fingers at anyone in particular, he's just pointing out what all of us should be aware of, and it's the truth. Good on you, brother, ... and thanks for doing what should be obvious to every professional building contractor, but , sadly, .. isn't.
If you’re not going to route downspouts away from structures then don’t bother putting up rain gutters. Without gutters the water isn’t pinpoint concentrated.
I watch a YT concrete channel, VictoryOutdoor, and the guy is always so worried about grade. Now I totally see the effects not being worried about it can have.
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Ive lost track of how many customers have cut the downspouts or sump pump discharge pipes at the house. Because they got tired of water puddling in the yard. O e even put the downspout pipe in the sump pit.
Six months later after a heave rain, their basement flooded 6 feet deep..
Was this inspection for the buyer done before he bought the house? - I would not buy a house like this, as there a too many unknowns that might cost far beyond the estimates once you start digging around and fixing the foundations.
I could imagine a flipper buying the house though and hiding all the structural damage. At least in this case the seller did not try to hide everything behind pretty basement drywall.
Flashbacks of my last home…right down to the horizontal cracks in the foundation! I hope your clients ran out the back door on this nightmare
Huh. These essentially futile 'repairs' and mitigation gestures are like Physicians, who always want to treat the symptoms but seldom, if ever, address the underlying causes.
It sucks that the goal is likely to profitably pass the problem on to someone else as soon as possible 😞
Kudos to you for sharing this information.
what are the % of real estate agents that would disclose their thoughts to the buyer?
I had my realtor tell me some major foundational cracks was "oh its just settling, totally normal and fine" as well as continuously try to talk me into waving inspection to have a better chance at getting the house... yeah shes fired.
exactly like ex residence. DIY additions: old foundation + addition = water leaking into where they met.
New bathroom had 2 doors. there was a bedroom added BEHIND bathroom. tub was held up with piece of wood, no insulation.. had to run heater against walls to stop freezing. even worse stuff .. but it was a cheap rental in a great school system, so we sucked it up & fixed many things ourselves.
You see the slope of the grade toward the home in the USA on 50% of houses . Go to other countries and it’s rare to non existent. Other countries know they need to get water to call away from the homes .
‘Water always wins’
I laughed at what I hope was a Meme, and not an actual headline, the other day:
"Architect arrested for practicing engineering without a license, by suggesting that water might flow downhill."
I live in Skedaddle, Warshington,have been in one form of construction or another most all my life, and laugh every time I see a house going up with a flat roof.
But then, who doesn't love a good Above Ground Swimming Pool?
I also look at the overflow scuppers for the roofs of Big Box Stores and supermarkets. It's disgusting how many times they are the only source of drainage for 5 plus Acres of roof.
I am very used to dealing with water at all levels.
Yup. I’m a roofing/siding/insulation specialist.
I’ll do gutters but it’s not what I love. But I of course understand the importance of them, just don’t particularly like installing them.
But yes how many times peolle don’t want something that works.
“Oh the downspout is in the way” on well now it’s going to cause damage.
“Don’t want to spend extra on a complex gutter route just put it 3 ft off the wall” on but a couple hundred $ saved now is a problem later.
“Don’t want a roof vent on my lower rear or from roof cause ot doesn’t look good, even if it’s in an occupied heated area” ok but you’ll have mould, ice dams, and a hot room with suns rays beating in attic not vented.
People are just nuts. I’ve literally politely argued the roof vents with people a couple times and ultimately not vented the area. Kills me but it’s their home.
Home owner: you can "just" use some of that waterproofing paint on it. Me: the water is coming in from the outside, you need to divert the water away from the foundation. The owner is thinking to themselves: this guy doesn't know what he's talking about, I've seen the commercials. And then you have these water abatement contractors selling you snake oil "systems" $$$$ that work from the inside out. Hello, open your eyes and run.
🤔 so putting that drain all the way around the back of the house and out to the front, was a graat idea. All the rain water on the roof ends up in the street gutter. 👍🤠
Have a sump with automatic pump then a hose running to the neighbor's yard
You make great videos!
I live 750 feet above Sea level and some of the homes in my neighborhood the water table is only two feet down.
sounds like New Orleans
@@nofurtherwest3474 New Orleans is below sea level we on a high up swamp.
Pacific Northwest, by chance?
i am loving your content
One of the houses I looked at had a black substance on a basement wall. I joked with the agent that it reminded me of the seal product that used to be advertised in infomercials. The house I wound up getting has a long corrugated plastic pipe connected to a downspout. I think water leaks at the joint allowing rainwater to pool in that vicinity. I need to get a metal downspout extension to see if that will help.
That displacement is caused because that water in the ground freezes, expanding the ground. Making room for more water to clooect and freeze.
Watched a house basement move in 16 inches over the winter with the daily freeze thaw cycle on the sunny side. That spring 6 courses of block, dropped in the basement.
4:30 you can when there is 8 inches of space between buildings and you cannot dig up the dirt to expose the basement wall to seal it so you have to do it inside.
slightly different topic, but wondering the cost of that house.
Oh yeah? Try that pool ball trick on my 1930s farmhouse. (I have rugs)
I have lasers for that 😊
@@Inspector_preston love it!
I enjoy your videos.
You wouldn’t believe the problem with my basement. Black mold, bare cinder block wall with soggy Sheetrock nailed to it and wallpaper over that. I put a French drain under the slab, water shot out onto my hammer drill plugged into the wall. What about the wall sealed on the inside and out with French drain?
*I drylocked the wall then put rigid mat under the slab going 3 feet up the wall. Was thinking about doing the outside. Basement is only about 4 ft. At deepest part.
6:42 Why cut out the part where you smelled your finger? 0_o
Good video, Thanks stinkfinger
Preston, please use a banana for scale, that is the internet standard!
Interested in general info on what the fixes are
To start, On the exterior all around the house has to be dug up and a French drain installed . BUT IMO with all that damage to the foundation and the tilt of the floors, better/cheaper to restart. Local building ordinances must be known if the budget is a problem.
Drywall and mold was removed probably by a home owner
I wouldn’t just blame a downspout extension, side of the house walkway driveways always settles towards the foundation,
How would you go about fixing this? Is this even fixable?
Yes, it's fixable, but expensive.
@@Inspector_preston would you recommend rebuilding that cracked foundation wall?
Foundation jacks and put in place to level the structure. Then piles are driven to support it so the wall can be rebuild. Proper EXTERNAL water sealing and drainage installed and the slope is redone which might require removal of the garage or other features. 20-50 thousand easy depending on costs in the area.
Sidewalks that close to house always seem to be a problem. They eventually act like gutters dumping it towards rather than a protective skirt. Add in yard height growth due to decomposition of yard clippings & the slope towards the house builds itself.
@@nofurtherwest3474fix the grade so the water goes away from the house...
Oh lucky 13
Yellow?
Probably a basement flood in the past. Doesn't take much time for mold if warm and humid out. Basement is still damp/humid to have that mold there. That tar on the inside was likely done decades ago for a damp proofing moisture barrier(not necessarily water leaking in). Not surprised about the sloping floors. Know a guy whose house was built in the 1920's. It had TWO INCHES of slope in the kitchen floor. Cabinet people had a fun time during the kitchen remodel.
wait so i got a stone foundation don't use dryloc