The Furnace and Uncle Bob, Home inspections in Carlsbad New Mexico.

The Furnace and Uncle Bob, Home inspections in Carlsbad New Mexico.

As the saga continues with the Uncle Bob home.

My heart was a little let down when I asked where the Furnace and water heater was located. He quickly showed me where the furnace was located. Sitting snugly in the living room.

I looked at the unit and asked if this was their only source of heat for the home.

He told me that "Yes it was and the little mighty mite do'es a good job in heating the home". O.K., taking a moment to collect my thought's I was not thrilled to find such a "Furnace" in the homes as the only source of heat.

If this would have been an energy audit, then I would call for the immediate removal of such a "Furnace".These unvented units are actually very popular with many of the older homes in the Southwest area.

Take a look at this 24,000 BTU "Furnace".

It was my duty as a home insoector to inform Uncle Bob of the dangers of sueing an unvented furnace for the only heat for the home.

Then the issues for the water heater located in a delapidated structure on the exterior of the home.

 There were a lot of issues with this install. The main issues was the unit was mounted on the exterior of the home and will freeze if the weather gets too cold.

Then the issues of the Temperature relief valve not being connected to a discharge tube. Plus several "other things".

Uncle Bob has a long ways to go to get this home to a proper state of sale.

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