At one of my inspections this past Saturday, I was alone at the property while my Clients were at their home in Houston, probably having some good Mexican food and a few margaritas, all the while laughing at me because I was working on a Saturday. And for them, no less!

After I finished the inspection, I called them and we discussed my findings, one of which is portrayed in the following three pictures.

Just your standard tilt-up garage door, right?

Nope. Someone had installed some vents in the garage door. Good! Probably as a response to a previous home inspection report by another home inspector.

But wait! What's that to the left of that vent?

If you guessed that the little doohickey there is the connection for the dryer exhaust flue, you'd be right. So what does this mean? Well, if you want to use the dryer, you should hook the exhaust flue up to that doohickey there. If you want to open the garage door to back the car out, you should disconnect the exhaust flue from that doohickey there. If you want to open the garage door at the same time you're drying clothes, it might be just a little bit tricky.

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