Kentucky Septic System Inspection? Is it really necessary?
I don't inspect septic systems. Don't want to. Don't have a pumper truck. Won't. If I'm doing a Kentucky Home Inspection at a home where there is supposed to be a septic system the client get's the below verbally and in the report.
======================= The house is reported to have a septic system. I don't know. Septic systems are excluded from the visual home inspection as the tank and drain field are buried and I don't possess the necessary equipment (pump truck) to properly empty the tank and inspect it. I recommend that you have the septic system fully inspected by a qualified septic system technician, to include emptying the tank.
I also recommend that you consult with the county health department to see what information they have on the septic system, as the health department regulates and oversees local septic systems. ========================
Yesterday a buyer's agent called asking if I knew any septic system installers in the local area. I do. Gave the agent the name and asked why.
Dare I say, "Oh Sh*t!
The agent said something along the lines of "Remember that property you inspected back in November for X & Y. I missed one little block on the seller's four page disclosure that said there wasn't a septic system. Today the buyer found the straight pipe (i.e., poop going down over the hill onto the ground). There was no septic system. I'll be turning this in to my Errors & Omissions (E & O) provider."
I looked at the listing detail from the local realtor association. (I keep a copy.) The listing agent had clearly stated that the sewer was a septic system. Guess the listing agent will be turning it in to their E & O provider also.
Talked with the buyer. He said the his agent had told him that because it seemed the septic system was working fine, he didn't really need to spend the $300.00 to follow my advice to get the septic system inspected.
Whose advice did the client follow? Yup, the one that meant he didn't have to spend any money, right now, anyway!
Lot's of blame to go around for this one.
A septic system can cost around $10,000, if not more, to install.
Glad to say: I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVICE GIVEN BUT NOT FOLLOWED!
A septic system inspection, B 4 U Close, would reveal the lack of a septic system!
B B 4 U Close Home Inspections serves Central, Northern & Eastern Kentucky real estate buyers & sellers
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Here's what a couple of B4 U Close clients say: (Clicki the line above to see others)
I think the current owners are a little angry about the thorough inspection you did. They didn't have one done and it cost them $18K. I, my loan officer and my agent think a home inspection is well worth what I paid.
Nathan, Morehead, KY Inspection (20101012B)
Thank You for the outstanding job you did on the inspection. We bought and sold 9 houses and this was the only inspection that was ever done properly. It was helpful and we will use it to do the repairs with a system, instead of the guess work we usually do. Thanks again
Mike & Barbara, Stamping Ground, KY Inspection (20050603
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Can your heating and cooling breath like it's supposed too? It will if you change your filters regularly. Do YOU?
When I'm doing a Frankfort, Kentucky Home Inspection, I can't always get to the coils to see them, but I can almost always get my camera into the blower fan compartment to see what conditions are inside the unit. The blades should be fairly clean. When I can see the coils they should also look clean, kind of like the fins on your car's radiator.
Obviously, someone wasn't changing their filters on this unit.
This system isn't breathing very well. Though a little heat leaked through.
Dirty blower fan
Coils mostly blocked with crud.
The blower fan blades are covered with crud, reducing the energy efficiency. The coil is mostly blocked with crud, mud, pet hair and whatever other components make up this crud.
It's possible to restore the systems energy efficiency by having an HVAC technician remove the fan and coils, clean them, and replace them. BUT, it's likely to cost $400.00 to $500.00 to have this done.
My usual diagnosis:
The main blower fan blades are dirty which impedes the operating efficiency of the unit. This has also usually allowed dust to come in contact with the wet air conditioning coils. Wet plus dust equals mud on the coils equals coils being partially blocked. I can't see the coils to verify this though. I recommend that you have the heating and cooling unit serviced and cleaned (to include removal and cleaning of both the fan and the coils) by a qualified heating and air conditioning contractor.
Changing your filters on a regular basis is much easier and less expensive from both repair cost and energy cost standpoints.
B B 4 U Close Home Inspections serves Central, Northern & Eastern Kentucky real estate buyers & sellers
with Kentucky Licensed Home Inspections & Certified Kentucky Radon Testing Appointments available 7 days a week - 7 AM to 9 PM. Phones answered during same period. Call NOW for your B4 U Close Home Inspection appointment!!
Here's what a couple of B4 U Close clients say: (Clicki the line above to see others)
I think the current owners are a little angry about the thorough inspection you did. They didn't have one done and it cost them $18K. I, my loan officer and my agent think a home inspection is well worth what I paid.
Nathan, Morehead, KY Inspection (20101012B)
Thank You for the outstanding job you did on the inspection. We bought and sold 9 houses and this was the only inspection that was ever done properly. It was helpful and we will use it to do the repairs with a system, instead of the guess work we usually do. Thanks again
Mike & Barbara, Stamping Ground, KY Inspection (20050603
See a B 4 U Close Home Inspection sample report by clicking the report picture below
B B 4 U Close Home Inspections serves Central, Northern & Eastern Kentucky real estate buyers & sellers
with Kentucky Licensed Home Inspections & Certified Kentucky Radon Testing Appointments available 7 days a week - 7 AM to 9 PM. Phones answered during same period. Call NOW for your B4 U Close Home Inspection appointment!!
Here's what a couple of B4 U Close clients say: (Clicki the line above to see others)
I think the current owners are a little angry about the thorough inspection you did. They didn't have one done and it cost them $18K. I, my loan officer and my agent think a home inspection is well worth what I paid.
Nathan, Morehead, KY Inspection (20101012B)
Thank You for the outstanding job you did on the inspection. We bought and sold 9 houses and this was the only inspection that was ever done properly. It was helpful and we will use it to do the repairs with a system, instead of the guess work we usually do. Thanks again
Mike & Barbara, Stamping Ground, KY Inspection (20050603
See a B 4 U Close Home Inspection sample report by clicking the report picture below
You wonder about chimney guys and roofers? Whose responsible for ensuring there's a saddle (aka cricket) behind wide chimnmeys to force the water running down the roof to go around the chimney instead of overrunning the chimney flashing and leaking into the house.
I can kind of understand it on old houses where they may not have "done it that way".
But the new technology and ideas for preventing roof leaks call for saddles behind wide chimneys.
Here's an example:
Does your wide chimney have a chimney saddle (aka chimney cricket) behind it?
If it doesn't, you might want to think about getting a roofer to install one to prevent future water damage.
B B 4 U Close Home Inspections serves Central, Northern & Eastern Kentucky real estate buyers & sellers
with Kentucky Licensed Home Inspections & Certified Kentucky Radon Testing Appointments available 7 days a week - 7 AM to 9 PM. Phones answered during same period. Call NOW for your B4 U Close Home Inspection appointment!!
Here's what a couple of B4 U Close clients say: (Clicki the line above to see others)
I think the current owners are a little angry about the thorough inspection you did. They didn't have one done and it cost them $18K. I, my loan officer and my agent think a home inspection is well worth what I paid.
Nathan, Morehead, KY Inspection (20101012B)
Thank You for the outstanding job you did on the inspection. We bought and sold 9 houses and this was the only inspection that was ever done properly. It was helpful and we will use it to do the repairs with a system, instead of the guess work we usually do. Thanks again
Mike & Barbara, Stamping Ground, KY Inspection (20050603
See a B 4 U Close Home Inspection sample report by clicking the report picture below
Kroger grocery store plastic bags & cloth duct tape are not generally consider an acceptable means of repairing duct work! Well, except by whoever repaired this leaky duct.
Of course, you couldn't prove that by looking at the duct work in the house I was doing a Lexington KY Home Inspection in this afternoon.
B B 4 U Close Home Inspections serves Central, Northern & Eastern Kentucky real estate buyers & sellers
with Kentucky Licensed Home Inspections & Certified Kentucky Radon Testing Appointments available 7 days a week - 7 AM to 9 PM. Phones answered during same period. Call NOW for your B4 U Close Home Inspection appointment!!
Here's what a couple of B4 U Close clients say: (Clicki the line above to see others)
I think the current owners are a little angry about the thorough inspection you did. They didn't have one done and it cost them $18K. I, my loan officer and my agent think a home inspection is well worth what I paid.
Nathan, Morehead, KY Inspection (20101012B)
Thank You for the outstanding job you did on the inspection. We bought and sold 9 houses and this was the only inspection that was ever done properly. It was helpful and we will use it to do the repairs with a system, instead of the guess work we usually do. Thanks again
Mike & Barbara, Stamping Ground, KY Inspection (20050603
See a B 4 U Close Home Inspection sample report by clicking the report picture below
B B 4 U Close Home Inspections serves Central, Northern & Eastern Kentucky real estate buyers & sellers
with Kentucky Licensed Home Inspections & Certified Kentucky Radon Testing Appointments available 7 days a week - 7 AM to 9 PM. Phones answered during same period. Call NOW for your B4 U Close Home Inspection appointment!!
Here's what a couple of B4 U Close clients say: (Clicki the line above to see others)
I think the current owners are a little angry about the thorough inspection you did. They didn't have one done and it cost them $18K. I, my loan officer and my agent think a home inspection is well worth what I paid.
Nathan, Morehead, KY Inspection (20101012B)
Thank You for the outstanding job you did on the inspection. We bought and sold 9 houses and this was the only inspection that was ever done properly. It was helpful and we will use it to do the repairs with a system, instead of the guess work we usually do. Thanks again
Mike & Barbara, Stamping Ground, KY Inspection (20050603
See a B 4 U Close Home Inspection sample report by clicking the report picture below
Okay, we've all had the odd ball inspection companions. You know, the cat that darts from room to room but never sticks around long enough to say hello; the dog that follows you way too close; that dog that wants to tear you a new one; even the pet bunny hopping around the house.
Today's companion was WAY different!
I walked around the corner of the detached garage to see:
AND, she wasn't alone. Her cousin was right behind her.
After a couple of minutes of them looking at us and us looking at them, they turned around and walked off. Guess we were just to boring!
My afternoon inspection companion was much more amenable. A very friendly black labrador retriever.
B B 4 U Close Home Inspections serves Central, Northern & Eastern Kentucky real estate buyers & sellers
with Kentucky Licensed Home Inspections & Certified Kentucky Radon Testing Appointments available 7 days a week - 7 AM to 9 PM. Phones answered during same period. Call NOW for your B4 U Close Home Inspection appointment!!
Here's what a couple of B4 U Close clients say: (Clicki the line above to see others)
I think the current owners are a little angry about the thorough inspection you did. They didn't have one done and it cost them $18K. I, my loan officer and my agent think a home inspection is well worth what I paid.
Nathan, Morehead, KY Inspection (20101012B)
Thank You for the outstanding job you did on the inspection. We bought and sold 9 houses and this was the only inspection that was ever done properly. It was helpful and we will use it to do the repairs with a system, instead of the guess work we usually do. Thanks again
Mike & Barbara, Stamping Ground, KY Inspection (20050603
See a B 4 U Close Home Inspection sample report by clicking the report picture below
Two lawyers are standing in line at a bank when armed robbers burst in.
While a few of the robbers take the money from the tellers, the others line the customers up against a wall and proceed to take their wallets, jewelry, and any other valuables they may have.
While this is all taking place, one lawyer presses something into his colleague's hand. Without looking down, the second lawyers whispers, "What is that?"
"It's the $100 I owe you," replies the first lawyer.
B B 4 U Close Home Inspections serves Central, Northern & Eastern Kentucky real estate buyers & sellers
with Kentucky Licensed Home Inspections & Certified Kentucky Radon Testing Appointments available 7 days a week - 7 AM to 9 PM. Phones answered during same period. Call NOW for your B4 U Close Home Inspection appointment!!
Here's what a couple of B4 U Close clients say: (Clicki the line above to see others)
I think the current owners are a little angry about the thorough inspection you did. They didn't have one done and it cost them $18K. I, my loan officer and my agent think a home inspection is well worth what I paid.
Nathan, Morehead, KY Inspection (20101012B)
Thank You for the outstanding job you did on the inspection. We bought and sold 9 houses and this was the only inspection that was ever done properly. It was helpful and we will use it to do the repairs with a system, instead of the guess work we usually do. Thanks again
Mike & Barbara, Stamping Ground, KY Inspection (20050603
See a B 4 U Close Home Inspection sample report by clicking the report picture below
The other day, during a Kentucky Home Inspection, I found this painted over water stain on the ceiling of the wall behind the toilet (visible in the ceiling of the closet on the other side of the wall from the toilet).
On the roof, the plumbing vent boot flashing looks like this.
While I'm in the crawl space, the seller sternly informed the buyer (yes, the seller was present to let us in and hung around during the inspection), Them things ain't leaking. That inspector is wrong!
B B 4 U Close Home Inspections serves Central, Northern & Eastern Kentucky real estate buyers & sellers
with Kentucky Licensed Home Inspections & Certified Kentucky Radon Testing Appointments available 7 days a week - 7 AM to 9 PM. Phones answered during same period. Call NOW for your B4 U Close Home Inspection appointment!!
Here's what a couple of B4 U Close clients say: (Clicki the line above to see others)
I think the current owners are a little angry about the thorough inspection you did. They didn't have one done and it cost them $18K. I, my loan officer and my agent think a home inspection is well worth what I paid.
Nathan, Morehead, KY Inspection (20101012B)
Thank You for the outstanding job you did on the inspection. We bought and sold 9 houses and this was the only inspection that was ever done properly. It was helpful and we will use it to do the repairs with a system, instead of the guess work we usually do. Thanks again
Mike & Barbara, Stamping Ground, KY Inspection (20050603
See a B 4 U Close Home Inspection sample report by clicking the report picture below
The other day, I'm doing a Kentucky Home Inspection in Georgetown, KY on a 13 year old house. The seller was home. I asked her if there were any problems she was aware of before I got started. She said, "the heating bills are a bit high but that's all".
Lot's of tall walls (vaulted ceiling) in the house: living room, entry way, kitchen, master bedroom, second bedroom.
13 years later, as she's looking at spending a couple of thousand dollars to have the tall walls insulated (and wondering how much lower her heating and cooling bills would have been over the last 13 years), she's thinking, "BUT IT WAS NEW, I DIDN"T NEED AN INSPECTION!"
The builder is long gone.
She had a choice.
a. $300 or so for a new construction inspection.
b. $2,000 for insulation and unknown extra heating and cooling costs.
I wonder if she still thinks new construction doesn't need an inspection!
B B 4 U Close Home Inspections serves Central, Northern & Eastern Kentucky real estate buyers & sellers
with Kentucky Licensed Home Inspections & Certified Kentucky Radon Testing Appointments available 7 days a week - 7 AM to 9 PM. Phones answered during same period. Call NOW for your B4 U Close Home Inspection appointment!!
Here's what a couple of B4 U Close clients say: (Clicki the line above to see others)
I think the current owners are a little angry about the thorough inspection you did. They didn't have one done and it cost them $18K. I, my loan officer and my agent think a home inspection is well worth what I paid.
Nathan, Morehead, KY Inspection (20101012B)
Thank You for the outstanding job you did on the inspection. We bought and sold 9 houses and this was the only inspection that was ever done properly. It was helpful and we will use it to do the repairs with a system, instead of the guess work we usually do. Thanks again
Mike & Barbara, Stamping Ground, KY Inspection (20050603
See a B 4 U Close Home Inspection sample report by clicking the report picture below
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