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Buried Exhaust Fan & Dryer Vent Discharge Points – El Paso New Construction Inspectors
Buried Exhaust Fan & Dryer Vent Discharge Points - El Paso New Construction Inspectors
5 Examples by El Paso ACE Inspectors
Four Common Buried Vents:
1. Exhaust Fans (laundry areas & bathrooms)
2. Dryer Vents
3. Combustion Air Vents (utility closets outside air inputs)
4. Hood Exhausts (ranges & cooktops)
Inspectors should count the number of vents (all of the above) residing inside the home and then verify every one of the vents has a connecting termination (or input) point outside.
El Paso ACE Inspectors is a 5 Star rated new build specialist producing the best new home and code compliance inspections in the El Paso Texas metropolitan area. Further, ACE Inspectors offers a “Mid-Build” Inspection that checks the 2015 ICC, 2014 NEC El Paso City/County Codes and “Best Practices” midway through the home construction process, once approval from the home-builder is attained.
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El Paso New Home Construction - "Mid-Build” Inspection
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El Paso New Home Construction “Mid-Build” Inspection Typically, the house under construction is the property of the homebuilder. Therefore, the homebuilder must provide an email (copied to ACE Inspectors) agreeing to a private “Mid-Build” Inspection. ACE Inspectors does offer a “Mid-Build” Inspection (as defined below) once approval from the homebuilder is attained. The governing codes are the ...
El Paso New Home Inspection Report
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El Paso New Home Inspection Report ACE Inspectors specializes in New Build Home Inspections in the El Paso Texas metropolitan area. For the New Build Home Inspections, the reports are a combination of the TREC (Texas Real Estate Commissions) “Standards of Practice” overlaid with a “Code Compliance” inspection. These special reports from ACE Inspectors feature detailed pictures of the found “Def...
El Paso Home Inspectors "What Were They Thinking?" Part #2 - Ace Inspectors
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It’s time for "What Were They Thinking?" Part #2 This video captures 7 items found while Ace Inspectors was conducting a typical home inspection where you can’t help asking “What Were They Thinking?” However, the video closes with a clever solution where you can’t help saying “Great Thinking!” I hope you get a few laughs and enjoy video. Be sure to call El Paso’s Ace Inspectors for your new hom...
“Inspector’s Tools” - Carried within the “Tool Belt” during a typical “Home Inspection”
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This El Paso Ace Inspectors video shows the various tools carried within the “Tool Belt” and kept at the fingertips of the inspector during a typical house inspection. Although other instruments like a “Carbon Monoxide Detector”, “Combustible Gas Leak Detector”, a “Step Stool” and “Ladders” are also used during the home inspection, this Ace Inspectors video concentrates on the inspector’s tools...
New House Inspectors - Issues #4
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Three new houses in the El Paso area were inspected and found to have deficiencies in their attic accesses and the roof spaces around those attic accesses. All three new houses have cables within 6 feet of the attic accesses that are not protected and two of the new homes have attic accesses that are blocked from entry. The third new house has a HVAC unit installed in the attic and its attic ac...
Drainage .... El Paso's Good, The Bad and The Ugly
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Drainage - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly This video is about four residential houses and their Grading around the houses and the subsequent Drainage of rainwater runoff ........ These four houses are "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" of "Grading and Drainage". All four houses in this video reside in the same neighborhood that have characteristics typically found in upper and lower valley; 1. Th...
El Paso Home Inspector finds "What were they thinking?" moments - Ace Inspectors
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El Paso Home Inspector finds "What were they thinking?" moments - Ace Inspectors In the course of inspecting new and existing homes in the El Paso area, periodically Ace Inspectors will come across a "What were they thinking" sort of thing. This video shows [4] recent examples of "What were they thinking". Hope you enjoy them. For your next home inspection in the El Paso Texas metropolitan area...
El Paso Home Inspectors - Safety & Dyer Vent Covers
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According to the Texas (TREC) "Standards of Practice" 535.232 J, "The inspector shall report as "Deficient" per five defined deficiencies (#3 being "Improper Termination"). Please see the video highlighting [4] "Dyer Vent Covers" reported as "Deficient" and posing a Safety concern. Each of the "Dyer Vent Cover" deficiencies were different but all posed the same potential Safety concern of lint ...
El Paso New Home Issues #1 - Incomplete Roofs - Ace Inspectors
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Ace Inspectors inspects many new houses across the El Paso, Texas metropolitan area and often finds major issues. This video highlights two new homes, one on the west side of town and one on the east side of town. Both of these new homes had incomplete roofs and other various roof issues. Finding issues with new homes is very common which is why even new home buyers should hire a Home Inspector...
New Home Inspection - Buried Rock Wall - El Paso ACE Inspectors
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This video is of a New Home built recently in the El Paso Texas area where dirt and sand was piled up onto the backside of the rear rock wall. None of the other houses along this gully has this concern. The concern is that the drain pipes exiting out the backside of the rock wall are covered up by the dirt pile and will not drain away the water properly. Furthermore, the dirt pile is lying up a...
El Paso Home Inspections - Heated Air & Carbon Monoxide - Ace Inspectors
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The Texas Home Inspection "Standards of Practice" does not specifically require that "Carbon Monoxide" presence be determined during the home inspection. Ace Inspectors, using a "Single Gas Analyzer", checks the air around and in the gas furnace for "Carbon Monoxide" presence while the unit is being inspected and operated. Further, Ace Inspectors checks outlet registers for "Carbon Monoxide" pr...
El Paso Home Inspections - Deadbolts & Emergency Exiting - Ace Inspectors
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El Paso Home Inspectors, Ace Inspectors, makes "Inspect for Safety" the #1 Priority for Home Inspections. This video looks at a "Deadbolt" installed in an exterior door that uses a key from inside the house to exit (egress) the house. This is a considerable "Safety Risk" for the family. During an emergency, looking for a key could cost time and maybe lives. Ace Inspectors writes this as a "Defi...