LOW END BEARING ON BEAM

The more visible part of this sill/beam looked fine from the easy side of viewing it. But when I crawled under the front porch, I could see about 1 inch of wood resting on the pier. That is termed low end bearing and was written up in my inspection report. Old New Orleans houses have…

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Missing Turn Off Valve

We have to be very careful to catch everything on a home inspection. Notice the white PEX water supply line coming up from the dirt. There was not turn off valve in front of the home so I checked for one here. It’s nowhere to be found so I wrote it up. As a kicker,…

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