Notes from the field
Real findings from real inspections — what turned up, how I found it, and what it actually means for the buyer or seller standing in the room. No stock photos and no borrowed articles.
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The sink drained fine. The camera found grease.
A sewer scope a colleague ran last week, foot by foot from the kitchen connection to the city tap. What years of cooking leave inside a lateral, why a walkthrough drain test can’t catch it, and why buyers add a scope to their inspection.
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The board was fire-rated. The wall wasn’t.
An attached garage in Huntington Beach with living space above it: an open ceiling, unfinished patches and a hollow door that didn’t close on its own. What the garage “firewall” is supposed to be, and how to check your own door.
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The breakers still pushed in. That’s not the same as working.
A Pushmatic panel from one of my inspections — built in Los Angeles, never recalled, and still something I write up every time. What I look for, what this one showed, and what a buyer should do next.
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The ceiling looked fine. The camera disagreed.
A finished ceiling with nothing visibly wrong with it, and an infrared scan that found two bays where the insulation was never put back after the can lights went in. Why the shape of a thermal image matters more than the color.
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New articles go up most weeks. If there is something about the inspection process you would like explained — or a finding on your own report you do not understand — send me a note and I will write about it.
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