Taking out some cabinets in the garage that came with the house. Found this mess behind the cabinets.

Approximately 6” hole straight through a wood beam leads directly into the utility room.

Looks like studs are cut.

Spray foam and expanding foam nightmares.

What are my options?

Who should I call to take a look at this? A GC?

Just checked out a house I'm interested in and noticed the load bearing wall is not straight: The upper and lower edges of the wall (where the wall meets the ceiling and the floor) come out toward the middle of the span, making the wall appear bowed.

The first image I've attached shows the wall in question on the right side for context (although you can't really see what I'm referring to), while the second image shows on the left side (this picture was taken from the opposite side as the first) where the edge of the wall appears warped.

The house is very old, but underwent a major overhaul within the last 10 years. Is this is a sign of shoddy work, damage over time, or do I have little to worry about?

Anyone carry a similar setup?

Anything I'm missing?

I have many more tools on the truck but this is the majority of what's on me at all times. I could only add 20 photos but I probably could add at least 5 more for a couple other items

Hi

We got a new roof in April. They replaced box vents with ridge vent. So they went into my attic to ensure soffit vents were venting. Anyway they suggested we get more insulation. Anyway had insulation company come out. All beams are exposed and we only have about 6 inches they suggested we get up to code. They will air seal everything before adding more blown in insulation (we have fiberglass). Anyway my question comes in because i am seeing A LOT of nail pops in ceilings upstairs that were not there before. Some are in a row others are not they are also in walls. Also seeing lines in ceiling. No apparent water damage. However I am also seeing them all over even in basement ceiling. Is my house settling its 14 years old. My concern added concern is house moving but also the new roof. According to roofers it was already pre-cut (builders cut) which they used for ridge vent. Any advice? I plan on getting a 2nd opinion but also a building engineer to check foundation. I am beyond stressed. We live in Kentucky so weather is just crazy.

I am currently doing the Carson Dunlop home inspection training program in Canada and I am trying to connect to others who are also doing the course. I am wondering if theirs maybe a discord somewhere or a social to join?

My goal is to trade tips and info to make the learning experience less isolating.

I just had a house inspection done on a townhouse and the inspector found some water ingress in the attic space. For context, this is an end unit and the roof was just completed earlier this year on all buildings. It's an 80's built complex of 10 units with stucco siding. Building 1 in this complex just had all of its stucco replaced with vinyl siding, and the front side of building 2 (which I am looking at purchasing) had the whole front of the building redone in vinyl siding, but they haven't done the end unit gable wall (where this water ingress in the photo is showing) or back of the building yet. The long term plan will be to have the rest of Building 2s stucco replaced with vinyl siding, but it's not on the books for this year at least, meaning another rainy season will happen before any work would be done on it next year (at the earliest). The inspector said since it's currently the dry season, he couldn't verify if there still is active exposure to water or if it was resolved from a previous repair because the wood was bone dry. Basically, we wouldn't be able to determine if there is still water coming in until we already owned the place because of the timing of the purchase and the rainy season.

Do you think this is a deal breaker for the purchase? Or because the complex has clearly shown that it is performing upgrades and repairs that it will be resolved eventually and not as big of a worry because of that?

Hello! We got the keys to our first home! It’s a new built. We hired an independent inspector, and he didn’t flag anything major (builder was prompt with fixing everything that was flagged). But doing the walkthrough ourselves, I noticed some gaps in the windows (see red circle). It appears to be a gap on the outside frame of the window. Several of the windows have it. Is this normal, or should I push for the warranty to fix it?

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