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Tennessee Home Inspection - What Is Wrong With This Picture? 4/16/10

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Home Inspector with HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC

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Now onto the blog!  What's Wrong With This Picture?  HINT:  I am taking the picture from inside the attic looking down at the attic stairs coming up into the attic.  The attic furnace is behind me.

Attic stairs

Answer:  Now imagine you are the HVAC tech coming to work on the furnace or a homeowner carrying personal items into the attic for storage.  How do you get to the furnace or landing area, shown in the foreground, without crossing over or near the attic entry opening?  Precariously at best.  And if you are carrying anything like tools or a box of Christmas decorations, all the more dangerous.  The stairs are installed backwards.  They should have been installed so that the top of the staircase terminates at the flooring in the foreground of the pic.  And guess what.  It's a brand new home!

Thank you,

Richard Acree

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Edward & Celia Maddox
The Celtic Connection Realty - Queen Creek, AZ
EXPERIENCE & INTEGRITY - WE TAKE THE HIGH ROAD

Thanks for posting. We learn a lot of new info from Active Rain blogs. Best Regards,

Apr 18, 2010 06:50 AM
Edward & Celia Maddox
The Celtic Connection Realty - Queen Creek, AZ
EXPERIENCE & INTEGRITY - WE TAKE THE HIGH ROAD

Thanks for posting. We learn a lot of new info from Active Rain blogs. Best Regards,

Apr 18, 2010 06:50 AM
John Mulkey
TheHousingGuru.com - Waleska, GA
Housing Guru

Richard - That wouldn't pass the local building inspectors here. Looks as if someone wasn't thinking.

Apr 18, 2010 06:51 AM
Robert Dirienzo
HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC - Franklin, TN
Home Inspections - Nashville TN

Hello Edward, Celia and John.  Thanks for your comments.  I agree, it is hard to imagine how this gets by code.  My first clue was when I tried to walk to the furnace and found myself doing a high-wire act to get to the landing area.  And both hands were empty!  Makes you wonder if the muni-inspector ever went up here.

Thank you,

Richard Acree

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Richard Acree is the author of the HABITEC Home and Building Inspections Blog and founder of the ActiveRain Group Tennessee Home and Building Inspectors.  All are welcome to join and see more blogs like this one. 

Apr 18, 2010 06:57 AM
Sharon Lord
Maracay Homes - Peoria, AZ
New Home Advisor

WOW!  I've seen some obvious errors in my years working for home builders, but that's a doozy!

THANKS for sharing!

Sharon Kotula
Argent Decor
Phoenix Vacation Home Furnishing Service
www.ArgentDecor.com

Apr 18, 2010 06:57 AM
Robert Dirienzo
HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC - Franklin, TN
Home Inspections - Nashville TN

Hello Sharon,

A doozy indeed!  Unfortunately this is not the first time we have seen this at HABITEC!

Thank you,

Richard Acree

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Richard Acree is the author of the HABITEC Home and Building Inspections Blog and founder of the ActiveRain Group Tennessee Home and Building Inspectors.  All are welcome to join and see more blogs like this one. 

Apr 18, 2010 07:46 AM