This is funny.  To keep out roaches, this home owner stuffed the metal from a brilloo pad between the cabinet opening.  So it's like a roach barbwire.  The white and yellow powder is boric acid, which does a good job on roaches.  THEY WILL NOT PENETRATE THIS FORTRESS!

Active knob and tube wiring found on this home inspection in New Orleans.  I have seen many not report this in their inspection reports.  Can you believe that?  Sunshine Home Inspection will always report active knob and tube when we see it!  These wires were sitting on the paper side of the insulation.  I say several burn marks going all the way down the run.  Yes, it is a fire hazard in this arrangement.

Very dangerous and very common.  Corrugated pipe as a dryer vent tends to hold lint and when heated up it can catch fire and burn down your house.  This is a no no. Should always be made out of a solid metal pipe.

This is a good one. Make a pier out of wood. Sunshine Home Inspection found this one in the Garden District.  Talk about a path for termites.  Just lead them right into your floor boards.

This is a very old drum trap that we found on an inspection in Uptown, New Orleans.  It should be replaced with a P-trap.  It's silly to still see these around.  Notice this one has duct tape wrapped around it and connects to an old cast iron drainage pipe.  Funny.  Sunshine Home Inspection sees it all.

Not the right way to make a pier.  We found this in a crawl while inspecting a home in Uptown.  This CMU or concrete masonry unit is turned the wrong way.  It does not have a proper footing underneath and that is why it is sinking in the dirt.  It should should be turned with the holes up and down and filled with concrete.  So there is actually three things wrong with this pier.  Sunshine Home Inspection had to write it up in the report.

We inspected this commercial property.  Of course the most of the structure was made out of concrete and metal but the termites got in anyway.  We found a little wood that helped frame the parapet wall on the roof line and it was loaded with termites in two spots where there was exposed wood.  They get into just about any building.  Termites may eventually take over the world.