On a home inspection we found this completely clogged dryer vent exhausting into the crawl space.  Later, on the inside of the home, I turned on the dryer and smelled a burning odor.  This is an extremely dangerous situation.  I left a note for the renter and told them not to use the dryer again or until this exhaust is cleaned out by a professional.  What a fire hazard.  We feel like Sunshine Home Inspection saved a life.

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Did you ever see our home inspection company on TV?  Watch this link and see what our owner has to say about Hurricane Issac prior to landfall.  Keep in mind, Thomas has a Master's Degree in Meteorology and was a former adjunct professor.  He has also been established as and expert witness in several court cases involving the weather.

Sunshine Home Inspection found this very large termite tunnel.  You don't see them this big very often.  Our home inspection revealed this 5 inch wide tunnel going up the pier to this raised home.  It's the muddy vertical area going up the brick pier in the middle of the picture.  These little critters caused extensive damage to the structure under the home and in the attic.  We also saw several studs that were eaten away.  We estimated around 30,000 to 40,000 dollars worth of work to repair this home.  Maybe more after you start digging into things.  Home inspections are certainly worth the $400 that we charge.

While conducting a home inspection, we hate to see these.  This is a dryer vent that has a 14 foot rise on it.  Can you imagine a normal dryer having enough pressure to adequately blow lint through the roof?  I have seen much worse but this one is not very safe and should be checked and blown out by an expert at least once if not twice a year.  This one even had a way to take it through a wall cavity and to the exterior, which would have been much more logical.  Home inspectors should get paid more.  We save lives.

Termites

For those of you who may not know what a subterranean termite looks like, here it is.  I found these on a home inspection a couple weeks ago.  I count 9 termites here within a tube that is about half and inch wide.  Notice the cream color with some of them having a light shade of brown on the head.  You can even see the small straight antennae in front.  The tubes are made out of dirt, saliva, and excrement.  Termites build the tubes to keep themselves in a very humid environment.  Without the tubes they would dry out and die.  We are termite certified here at our home inspection company.