CRAZY CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS – 07.30.2022

In this video, Troy Galloway shows off some of the craziest pictures he has taken during construction inspections and explains just how badly the contractors and owners messed up.

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WHAT’S INSIDE

1:17 CRAZY PLUMBING

1:30 fixed a radiator leak by tying a rag around it

2:12 fix washing machine leak with a rag

2:40 crawl space drains onto dirt floor

3:35 concrete block holding up the basement

4:02 tailpipe extension made of corrugated pipe

5:00 pee right into the tub

5:35 Lead shield clogging the vent

7:22 Pepsi can be used as a brace

8:02 poor solder job

8:43 plumbing tied together with bailing wire will rust

9:50 electrical wire securing the plumbing

10:48 CRAZY DECKS, PATIOS, AND PORCHES

11:00 concrete pier sitting on the ground and it’s not 3 feet deep

13:35 deck post on curb

14:00 air supports

14:35 6×6 post without anything securing it and it’s not plum

15:43 cinder block stack

16:40 birds are making nests and the support beam is strapped to porch beam

17:55 concrete patio poured right on the ground

19:56 patio is slipping away from the house thanks to a downspout not going into the underground drain

22:56 ROOF CRAZIES

23:20 clogged chimneys will cause carbon monoxide poisoning 

24:35 shopping center had goose eggs and a garden growing on the roof

26:05 how many shingles does it take to cap a roof?

26:55 wind and water blowing up under the roof

28:10 water in the attic

29:48 invisible duct work from chimney pipe leaking carbon monoxide in attic

31:10 ceiling attic fan supported by the wire

32:14 sagging roof supported by boards

35:26 ELECTRIC CRAZIES

36:00 bare wire in a tight spot

36:52 electric furnace cover plate

38:55 gfci hanging above bathroom sink

40:57 securing electrical boxes

41:36 red fireproof caulking used to glue connections

43:00 black electrical tape

44:30 attic junction box and mouse poison

45:48 no wire nuts

47:30 loose drywall

48:57 didn’t need the light so they replaced it with an extension chord

50:18 a chord not made for the outdoors is running out to the shed

52:32 a resort had underground power connected to the rooms with unsecured conduit on the ground

54:21 outdoor outlet has no gfci or cover plate

55:48 screw missing from box

56:40 extension chord with no wire tape or nuts

57:00 one too many hot wires laying on the ground

58:09 power line coming down into the house

59:18 the motion-light wire is taped up

59:58 siding contractors are scared of wiring

101:15 deck missing power box

102:23 ran out of cover plates

103:33 AIR SUPPORT CRAZIES

103:50 deck without nails

104:30 cutting out floor joists and leaving only ⅛ of an inch

105:24 floor joist dangling

105:45 new construction with bad foundation had to add jack studs

106:35 foundation issues 

108:35 not enough nails used on gutters

109:09 gutter used to hold tree branches

109:40 restaurant doesn’t have enough gutters

110:35 WINDOW CRAZIES

111:00 expanding foam used on outside window

111:50 finger pushing through rotting wood

113:18 CRAZY WEATHERPROOFING

113:20 rags and underwear in the basement

114:23 aluminum foil

115:49 washcloth

116:19 rag

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