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Home Inspector with Complete Home Inspections, Inc. TN Lic#050

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I know that I was going to make an attempt to wean myself from doing the photo of the day, but I just could not pass this one up. While doing the outside inspection of a property in the Nashville area, I saw this power vent opening on one side of the attic. No! No one could be dumb enough to put a power vent next to a gable vent now could they? Wanting to give the home owner the benefit of the doubt, I waited to reserve judgment until I could get in and inspect the attic. I was really hoping that they would have had the common sense to block off the gable vent on this side.

 

 

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Boy was I wrong! Home owners, 50 - Home inspectors, 0.

This posting and the contents written here are the intellectual property of Michael Thornton an ASHI Certified inspector with Complete Home Inspections, Inc. providing Nashville home inspections for Davidson county and Brentwood home inspections for Williamson County and other areas of Middle Tennessee. The views and opinions expressed are just that - views and opinions of Michael Thornton and those who comment.  This post is part of the ActiveRain Real Estate Network, which is a social network highlighting the best of Web 2.0.  Information and is provided with the intent of educating and assisting home owners, home sellers, home buyers and real estate investors with information they can use to make better real estate decisions. 

 

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Comments(10)

Dennis Swartz
Full Circle Property Management - Columbus, OH
MBA, GRI...experience counts!
Humor me. What is wrong with that?
Jan 31, 2008 10:12 PM
Sean Allen
International Financing Solutions - Fort Myers, FL
International Financing Solutions

hhhhmmm, Interesting photos,but ike Denis ask .... Educate us please on this item.

Sean Allen

Jan 31, 2008 10:21 PM
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029
Dennis and Sean - The fan will suck the air in from the gable vent and keep the attic under-ventilated and burn the roof covering up. Air will follow the path of least resistance.  Michael
Jan 31, 2008 10:26 PM
Sean Allen
International Financing Solutions - Fort Myers, FL
International Financing Solutions

Ahhhhhh ....... Now I see the light. Thanks for educating us Michael. Sometimes you (me) can see the forest because of the trees. What you say makes sense.

Sean Allen

Jan 31, 2008 10:44 PM
Sharon Harris
Keller Williams Keystone Realty - Hanover, PA
Realtor
Ok Here is the Harry homeowner at work all right. You never know what  you will see next do you..Sharon Harris AllQuest Real Estate hanover PA
Jan 31, 2008 10:44 PM
Melissa Grant
A Serendipity World - Greenbackville, VA
The Law of Attraction In Life & Business
Okay, for those of us who simply sell houses and have no blessed idea why this would be correct or incorrect, care to enlighten us ? lol
Jan 31, 2008 10:50 PM
Larry Brewer - Benchmark Realty llc
Benchmark Realty LLc - Nashville, TN
 I would just like to know what you say to the buyers when you see something like this.
Jan 31, 2008 11:35 PM
Vanessa Stalets
RE/MAX Elite - Brentwood, TN
REALTOR, Brentwood TN Homes, Real Estate
Michael thanks for the education, I would not have known why this was an iddue eaither...
Feb 01, 2008 12:01 AM
Charles Buell
Charles Buell Inspections Inc. - Seattle, WA
Seattle Home Inspector
Michael, another frequent way that ventilation gets "short circuited" is when the new roof gets installed and they change to ridge type vents and leave the gable vents in place (oh great---another blog idea:)
Feb 01, 2008 03:15 AM
Joseph Ellman
Realty Executives- Williams-Sykes Realty - Poughkeepsie, NY
Michael - Another interesting one!  Thanks for explaining what happens with this combination.
Feb 01, 2008 08:54 PM