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This post deserves a re-blog. Originally submitted by Charles Buell, a home inspector in Seattle Washington. I'd highly recommend visiting his website at www.buellinspections.com Thanks Charles for another great post! Jay
Sometimes the construction trades just aren’t on the same page. I guess we should be grateful if we can get them in the same book.
At a recent inspection, it was apparent that the bathroom exhaust fan was not pulling any air. A simple test to see if a fan is pulling air is to see if it will eat a piece of tissue paper. In this case it would not----not even a little bite.
In the attic, the duct can clearly be seen terminating at the roof.
But, at the exterior, up on the roof----where is the cap?
Sometimes this stuff is not rocket science.
Charles Buell
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