The Home Detective Guy is here to show you a closer look at the place you call HOME, and to help you make smart decisions when purchasing a new home. Take the knowledge and experience of this Licensed Home Inspector/Real Estate Agent, and Home Remodeling Contractor, and use it to make smart decisions when it comes to the largest investment of your life, YOUR HOME.
@@lukecassady1802 being good at your job is only half the battle. You must remember that being a good salesman/person is equally important. Let Realtors and mortgage originators know who you are and what you offer, pay for advertising when you can, your skills will not sell it enough on their own.
35 years in construction and over a decade of that as a residential and commercial GC, I now understand why GC's and Home Inspectors don't get along. (kidding, I have a great relationship with 90% of the home inspectors from building almost 200 homes in coastal NC) I am now semi retiring from home building and about to either start or buy a home inspection business. I am in talks with an 80yr old home inspector who is also a structural engineer and had built an excellent reputation in our town to buy his business so he can retire. He told me his secret to success for over 30yrs as a home inspector was that he was very thorough, but without scaring the shit out of people by staying in his lane. Most of my home inspections were ok, some even caught things we missed (or one of the licensed trades missed that I wouldn't know because I don't carry the same license as a mechanical trades contractor has) or that the building/trade inspectors missed. The other 10% were horrible at their job and staying in their lane. Just one example of a home inspector helping to blow up the sale of over $500k new home: Hand rails on a brands new home going up on the exterior of the home to the main level front deck; one of the through bolts where the 4x4 hand rail post fastens to the band on the deck (it may have been on the stairs, so the stringer) had become loose or may have never been 100% tightened. Just one bolt, on one post on a set of steps that climbs 9' to a 20'x10' deck with MANY posts for the deck and the handrail. The HI didn't just point out the bolt and say it needed to be tightened, he worded it like it was life threatening and the entire set of steps needed to be rebuilt. Had he simply said something like: "Bolt for post at front steps to the handrails has become loose, have a qualified contractor inspect and repair as needed" with a picture.... I, being the GC and a qualified contractor, would have looked at it, pulled out a socket and a wrench from my truck, and fixed it in 30 seconds. Nope, the buyer insisted with tear down a brand new set of steps and rebuild them. I told them no, it didn't need that but we would gladly tighten it and let their inspector come back and look at it. They refused and walked from the purchase. In doing so, they also lost their $5k due diligence because it is non refundable here. That same HI pointed out a couple of paint runs.... Anyway, I am sure you are not that type of inspector LOL
Hmmmmm. Well, I believe that's called Megapress (Propress being the copper-for-water.) I have a job going and just had a tee put in and I don't recall seeing any mark and I didn't see the inspector look closely enough to be looking for any mark and I don't remember seeing any marks on there. Hmmmmmmm.
Thanks for the correction. Look up megepress installation instructions. Depth marks required. They also require installers to be certified by training to install their product.
Can anyone tell me about background checks to become a home inspector? When I was 19 I got a DUI and when I was 26 I got a paraphernalia charge but I'm 33 now... Is that going to destroy my chances? I think this job was meant for me and it would be tragic if I couldn't pursue it.
Keep in mind that rafter ties are also required. So if we are talking about a roof that sits over a room with full wall heights you can't forget the ceiling joist/ rafter tie requirements
What’s the maximum length going up the rafters can a rafter tie be nailed? I need to raise the rafters in my garage about 3 feet to allow clearance for a 4 post car lift.
The 2018 IRC for example, indicates that rafter ties must be within the lower 3rd if the rafter span. Anything more than that and a structural ridge would be needed, or an engineered design. Keep in mind that prescriptive codes require that if you lift the rafter tie off of the bottom of the rafter (at the top of the wall plate) then the rafter needs to also get larger. There is a multiplyer chart in the IRC for this.
Great video, do you mind telling us what inferred camera you use? Also I noticed you had a camera on a pole, what setup is that as well? Thanks in advance.
