A few significant findings on an otherwise (thankfully) unremarkable pre-drywall inspection
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
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A few highlights during the inspection shortcutted for your viewing convenience -
Shearwall needs nails: 2:57
Taking a fun trip: 3:30
Trusjoist I joist dilemmas: 3:43
What I like about the stairs: 6:21
Such a negative drain: 8:12
Washing machine drain gonna drain REAL well: 9:58
Reading the writing on the walls: 11:12
Without an inspection the builder is just like an undertaker. If there is is mistake just cover it up with sheetrock or bury it. I appreciate the education value of these videos, Thanks!
jesus is this how you look at contractors or humans in all
Not editing out the tripping over the sheetrock makes your videos more real. I look forward to watching them.
It’s so disappointing that most, not all, but most new construction homes are filled with hacks and mistakes.
That washer drain, I see them installing siding and "I don't care to make a hole for it, let's kick it in". If I were the one fixing it, I'd kick the siding out :-)
Nothing gets by a good inspector, they have amazing attention to detail
Ditch the cardboard sheathing. It’s garbage!
“At least it’s not pen*ses” is the funniest comment I’ve heard today. 😂
So glad I live in a 75 year old home with great construction ( per inspector)
7:56
Did you not notice all the load studs that no longer carry a load?
The plumber just cut out 2 and cut the rest in in half.
Dry 16 gage drywall plates aren’t load bearing.
Ugly, I know. I called that out in another location in the report. Good eye.
That popped out to me as well, crazy...
That ther I play equivalent to 3/8 inch osb???😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hole in the Tji=electrician should lose his license…
I love that you kept in the fall lmao
That's what happens when I am using my phone while walking. Not the first time. You better believe I never use my phone while driving! Hell, I can't even chew gum and walk, much less drive.
this is real home inspections not that made for TV drama with brick layers throwing bricks at the inspector or locking him in the porta can and knocking it over or electricians leaving exposed wires to shock him knocking him through the wall.....this is the raw gritty stuff in the real streets of under construction
I guess the best way to protect yourself is to write it in the Contract that ALL Inspection defects are fixed BEFORE the $$ is released to the Builder
Very good video, you made some very good calls that could cause problems down the road. I learned some good stuff about the I-joists and bearing. Keep up the good videos. I love you are very much to the point and not a bunch of fluff talking to talk. Keep up the good work. Your clients are getting a good inspector.
In our area/township, you put up siding before inspection, guarantee to you it will coming off to inspect!!!
OH MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brutal! As a remodeler/builder, I would be FURIOUS at my subs for screwing the pooch, like those sturdi I joist penetrations...But, ultimately; it's the GC's responsibility to make sure everyone is on the same page ...Make them rip them out...They need to be taught a hard lesson... Here in the philly/jersey area; laundry drains must be 2 Inch.
The only way they learn is when the subs have to replace joists on their dime
I would love to see a follow up on the cutting of the webs on the TJI. I am always curious as to what happens after you show us these inspections.
PS, the link to your book is a no go... 😞
Oh nuts! Ok fixed the link.
It really depends on the builder. Some builders fix nearly everything while other say hey, thanks for that great report, we aren't fixing anything.
That's when a client should pat themselves on the back for getting a 3rd party inspection done because if something fails in the future, they can pull that report out and give it to a lawyer.
@Middle Man Miner Then you picked the wrong builder in the first place...See, it all works out!
Wow that hvac duct system is absolutely horrible 😢.
HVAC the attic as well… not sure why we are still building in 2023 with R8 wrapped ducts OUTSIDE.
If this place will get insulation at underside of the roof then I stand corrected.
shabby looking work, all of it!
Excellent work man, thanks for what you're doing!
It was always my understanding that drilling holes through the I-joists, were to get as close to the middle as possible, because the top section in under compression and the bottom is under expansion?
As a finish carpenter I love watching these videos! I'm always bitching about framers when I'm sighting down a wall that looks like a roller coaster. I'm confused about the absence of OSB. What is preventing the entire house from racking?
the cardboard provides shear supposedly however i think they add diagonal 2x4 bracing as well.... that said in no way would i want a cardboard house
Not only marginal strength wise, but the house will air leak like a sieve with all the gaps. Any water leak, which will certainly occur, will result in the sheathing rotting over months. Oddly, according to Matt Risinger this sheathing is only ~5-10% cheaper than OSB, savings mostly labor and not having to add and tape the house wrap over the OSB.
I have never seen thermoply in my region. I shocked again that they use it under bricks.
No earthquakes in this area but I'd want strong sheathing for the tornado risk.
@@BenKlassen1 Yeah, it looks so silly to me being in California. A whole different game out here as far as sheathing to prevent racking.
Another great video ! Enjoyed this one aswell man , thanks for sharing your work with us.
Thank you for these!
"Nothing major"? If they have to change the sheathing on the front of the garage that sounds at least a significant annoyance. I'm from CA and 3/8 inch sheathing on what looks like is supposed to be a shear wall sounds thin to me. Also fixing all the holes in the I beams looks like a pretty big deal to me. Plus fixing the access so the furnace filter can be changed might require some redesign of the structure in that area.
I know at least on stuff like the I beams, they have "no go have to be replaced" type issues, and then they have "Don't do this, but we have a fix" type of things. Usually the structural engineers that made the design of the product will have a list of "If you had to cut a hole in the middle, then to make it acceptable to structural soundness, do XYZ" Whether thats replacing it, adding cross joints, boxing it in, whatever, they'll usually have some things you can do to bring it up to load bearing again, and up to code.
I don't understand how glorified cardboard is qualified to be structural sheathing. Not even mentioning it's attached with staples.
7/16 osb 10 dollars a sheet
Thermoply 12 dollars a sheet.
I'll take a house covered in osb then tyvek over cardboard anyday
@John Dontrump zip is just 7/16 osb with a waterproofing and foam on the back 😂
Anything but that crap. Hell I would take osb with or without tar paper over it.
Looks like they used roofing nails on this but yeah, it's trash. It's more expensive than OSB but they are too lazy to use a saw so they use carboard instead! Absolute garbage.
That’s what you get with a tract house, thrown up with all kind of short cuts !
We need to outlaw cardboard sheathing...
Blocking is equivalent to hangers AND does not cause uneven drywall when framing lumber dries out after six months.
I would be furious if I was the money backing this project - this is why I carry my ICC IRC Code Book with me at all times. When I see this on one of my sites from a sub. Luckily, my subs are great, you would never see these mistakes, especially the sheathing on the garage or the iBeams being cut/drilled in that way.
My book is also in the truck or on the plan table. Amazing how many guys don't have them. I don't understand why, it'll save you a lot of money
I'm curious if those nails that are overdriven compromise the structural integrity of the sheet goods. Seems like a common thing when installers are putting up sheets of OSB.
Subbed... looking forward to more!
I've lived in several houses where the kitchen sink drain had negative slope. I wonder if they do that on purpose to create future business for the roto rooter man?
I don’t get it. How can the heating company and the contractor be this Stupid? Cutting holes in TJI. I guarantee where I build WI we would be replacing all those TGI’s
Yeah those are some big ass holes, I wonder how they end up fixing it.
Astonishing just astonishing cardboard siding
Thanks Casey! Learning everyday!
Yah, that cardboard needs more nails, let’s just use it for the subfloor sheathing as well. Who needs shingles, it’s sunny out, get more cardboard!
Hurry, we’ve got two more houses to build before quitting time. Staircase guys too expensive, when the brick truck unloads, see if he has any old
pallets. Don’t slam the door when you leave, I don’t want any windows falling out. I’ll be out in the driveway if you have any questions.
"Who put that stack of rock behind me?"....
"This wine has an oaky afterbirth" is a Micheal Scott quote from The Office.
How can that thin Thermoply do anything to prevent racking in a sheer wall? Or any other wall for that matter? Complete crap used for sheathing
What is up with the green coating on the lower studs is that because are they in a flood zone?
5:40 I have same issue in my basement ceiling joists. When you say engineer fixes, what are those? any link or directions would help me great~! thank you~!
You couldn't give me a house that poorly constructed and with such sketchy materials! WoW!
The access to that air exchanger is just pure laziness and cheapness from a builder that doesnt care about the end user. If it's something that needs regular maintenance it should have a fold down ladder and a platform to work on. Not a hatch and surrounded by insulation. Personally I'd never accept that if it were my home.
Oh. They have different thicknesses of cardboard sheathing?
Holy cow! There are soooooooooo many issues with the new constructions.
Inspector video after inspector video the same sort of new home slop errors. $250k or $1m price tag, same garbage. I had a new home in the mid 1980's in an average development with an actual foremen that did his job. I stopped by one day and asked why they were making changes in framing and he said because the crew did it wrong so he was making them do things right. He said I was welcome to walk through when crews weren't working and to let him know if I had questions. Are foreman that incompetent or do they just get rewarded on faster/cheaper?
I don't know, the whole place looks like a hack job to me. Wiring runs look awful. Plumbing is a mess as well. Good thing it wasn't me looking that house over.
So what happens when all these errors are reported? Do they actually get fixed or does the builder give the "It meets code" response and nothing gets fixed? If you're hiring someone to do this type of inspection on a house you're having built how often should they inspect the progress of the work? Last question, how much does this kind of inspection cost?
Where I'm from, the building inspector will prepare a "deficiency report" which is presented to and must be addressed by the general contractor before moving on to the next stage of construction.
@@Rob-to4mu If the building inspector is not a county/town paid inspector, but is someone hired by the house buyer who just wants a third party to inspect the progress to make sure everything is being done properly what happens when the list of deficiencies is presented to the builder.
@@Bill-yy3ck In this case you would need to ensure that the requirement for the GC to comply with 3rd party inspection reports is included in the construction contract. If this is the case, and the GC is presented with a deficiency report, the GC must rectify the noted deficiencies. If not, you would have the contractual right to have the deficiencies corrected by a second contractor, and the cost of which could be billed back to the original contractor. If you are currently dealing with this situation I would recommend talking to a lawyer.
@@Rob-to4mu Thanks for the info. I'm not having a house built at this time, but was wondering about this. Next question is, how do builders react when you want to put in the contract that you're going to have a third party inspector watch over the project? Do they just walk away or do they in general say it's ok. I understand that it would have to be written into the contract exactly what must be done when presented with a list of errors/deficiencies.
"Thermo-ply" = cardboard. Unbelievable what people will buy.
At 5:53 when you are looking at the truss joist, is there enough bearing surface for that truss joist? It looks like it could be less than 3 inches. With it bearing the load of that other truss joist does it need a larger bearing surface?
I the uk we have site inspectors attached to every building site and they are employed by the site developer talk about a conflict of interest. I have seen bad things on sites that the inspectors know about getting passed and when i mention it i get the same answer which is well by the time any problems arise i will be somewhere eles so not my problem the others answer i get told well im not going to live here so not my problem. Its 1 of the reason tell people never buy new build. Have a nice day y all.
It’s cardboard, what’s the purpose of nails ?
It’s not like OSB/plywood that is providing shear strength.
"Nothing major on this job" Really? You think they are going to fix those joists or the cardboard on the garage?
haha, probably not. But you should see some of the other jobs I do!
@@constructivainspections I can imagine. Especially with the "dumbing down" of a lot of the trades.
Did you notice, in the same clip about the top plate splice connector missing, that there was no jack stud holding up the door way header? Is that allowed in your area?
That is indeed allowed for doors in non-load bearing walls, out here at least. Good eye tho.
@@constructivainspections Thanks for the reply! Great content. Next time you do a video please explain all of those gray brackets/strapping over cut out studs. They look too small and have no holes for nailing. I am used to seeing simpson strong tie for all my strapping. Brackets or plating that has to happen over notches in studs.
Looks like a lennar home with all that tply
How can an HVAC guy not know the building codes for the work he does???
that hvac truck is a complete disaster
Let me guess, these “houses “ are in hurricane alley right?
I will never understand why one would use Hardie siding but choose to use cardboard sheathing. ZIP sheathing, currently (4/6/23), is right around $23 bucks a sheath. It’s a no brainer. Do they get this cardboard for free?
Haha, $5 a sheet cheaper for Tply is still money saved!
@@constructivainspections And it's even cheaper to use 7/16th OSB which is less than $10/ sheet right now! They are doing cardboard because they are too lazy to cut osb with a saw!
@@bobbygetsbanned6049 osb makes good fires, that's it
@@freebird7284 OSB make better in sheathing in every imaginable way than cardboard.
@@constructivainspections If cost was the concern, they wouldn’t use Hardie!!!
The sheathing itself is shit golly. That garbage shouldn't be code, but unfortunately it still is
Junk house, only last a few decades at best.
I HATE that cardboard crap instead of REAL sheathing. Good God almighty WHY would someone think that stuff is okay to use??!! Call me old-fashioned but that's the way I roll.
Not a municipal inspector, who is he inspecting for?
Somebody is going to go broke
they don't need a joist hanger, it might better if they had one, but what they did is called "pressure blocking". When they have the correct amount of nails installed it meets code (last I checked).
Just curious, do you have a code reference for this "pressure blocking"? My area would require hangers or ledger boards.
@@denali9449It is not directly called out in the IRC. However some sates will modify there local bulling codes to allow it. this first link is a pdf put out by a local county. It is noted on page 16 under joist framing. greenecountymo.gov/files/PDF/file.pdf?id=1495
This second link is a UA-cam video of someone installing them. skip to the 9 minute mark of the video ua-cam.com/video/0Y6n6kf7vdY/v-deo.html
@@Roy-vn8wh Thanks. After reading the text I do recall similar wording in the old CABO code in the '80's. None of the areas where we work would allow it today without some serious and lengthy discussions and engineering.
Casey, we've got a BIG INVESTMENT IN YOU: You've got to watch more carefully while carrying Tacos and Inspecting! Romans 1:18-20
Terrible job on the plumbing and whole house actually. To think that’s a $250/$300,000.00 home.
That’s cardboard, not sheathing. Did they just use all the leftover scraps to do the garage? Must be a Horton house. Lol
Who do you work for?
I work for myself. My clients are buyers having homes built, mostly by production home builders but some custom home builders as well. A lot of clients also hire me for resale homes.
Stairs is hard to do write!
@1:10 as much as I replayed it I still don't understand. I guess I got to Sia finished product to understand
I believe it’s best practice for flashing to extend thru brick and connect to rain screen drainage plane.
Well, you have to have some way for rain to run down the brick wall and over onto the roof. That's done with the flashing. Usually it is installed onto the roof first and then bricked up to it.
@@constructivainspections You’re talking about through wall flashing? Isn’t that installed several inches above the porch and turned down over the head wall flashing? This looks like a tough task to brick up between porch roof framing and wall.
I have a hard time believing that stuff is equal to OSB??? I can put my fist through that stuff where I cannot put my fist through OSB….
Nigga board was much better, but wreaked havoc on knife blades.
Structural cardboard 🤔
Shoddy work
Gotta stop calling that sheathing.... That's like rugged card board... I don't see how that passes .. and the licensed people should know better
sheathingsheathingsheathing! Not only that, but STRUCTURAL sheathing!
correct me is I am wrong, but I think codes only allows pictures of penises in the porta can and if the picture is over 6 square inches in area it has to have at least 3 hairs drawn on each testicle......that sink drain just made me laugh how lazy do you have to be as a plumber to allow that to not slope to the drain.....and the broken washing machine drain.....you wonder "how" (but then you know carelessness) and wonder if it would have been caught without you......overall that house seemed to be a better build those stairs were impressive
That must be a local code amendment by your municipality...I have the 2021 IRC code + commentary books and it doesn't state anything about the minimum number of hairs per testicle based on the size of the penile drawing. It does state that they are required in porta cans older than one year, you are right about that.
Equivalent to 3/8" OSB in what??? It's freaking cardboard.
This guy is completely wrong with holes in IJoists. He should look up the drilling schedule
RE:Ronald Nurse. Yeah, I always thought the middle part of the joist span was the weakest part where they didn't want holes.
@@munsters2i joists are different from conventional framing. The further you are from the ends the more of the webb you can remove
@@ptech88 Okay. That seems illogical, but I'll take your word for it.
if u were a city inspector no houses would get built lool, some small nice catches i can agree with though
How is that funny? That’s pretty horrible.
@@chris.5434 he's way too picky and clearly doesn't have much on site experience, everything was fine besides two things
@@adamm9642 Please enlighten us as to which of these minimum code provisions are 'too picky'. In our area a builder would fix every deficiency shown and obtain a clean re-inspection or his license would be suspended. Continued code violations would also be grounds for suspending a license.
@@denali9449 lol good luck replacing all those joists for no reason
@@adamm9642 I said nothing about replacing any joists. If you really know anything about TJI's, you would know that they have engineered repairs for almost any butcher job done on their product. I did say that deficiencies needed to be corrected. No correction, no CO - in my area. We have seen houses sit at the rough-in stage for months while the local building department held up construction.
A lot of very weak language in this video. An inspector is supposed to say "This is required...Fix it!" Code is a MINIMUM, not a best practice. Language like "ideally you should..." is not appropriate. Hopefully, when you are talking with the builder you are more of a hard ass. The taxpayers are paying you to protect us not make the builder happy.
He's privately hired by the client. Taxpayers are not paying him anything.
Stop walking on the drywall. I don't understand how someone can inspect a home and not check the stamped plans. That exterior garage wall is likely a shear wall and you need to look what the architect of record specifies for sheathing and nail spacing.
Yeah.....almost none of that professional knit-picking would ever have any negative impact on the home owner. Maybe if fascist marionettes didn't insist on absolute perfection and obedience to their Code Bible - a bloated book of lies written by greedy corporations - then millions more Americans would be able to afford a 95% perfect house. You people double or triple the cost of homes with your bloated code: regulation and government overreach run amuck. OMFG! That sheeting is missing a nail! How on earth is it supposed to not collapse with just 87 nails in it and not preordained, Code-approved 88, written into the Code Bible by the companies that sell nails? It's going to kill the home owner.....on day 1....110% of the time!
OSB is not plywood!
True. CDX has a higher strength rating than OSB. Also costs more which is why I rarely, RARELY see it.
But it is self composting when it gets moisture in it. Very environmentally friendly 😂
wow they make giant holes in the TJI joists for ducts so they don't have a bulkhead. Very not clever.
Thats builder logic. Used to make me absolutely freaking insane when I was running a reno crew. Just put a bulkhead!! It's not a big deal. But they never wanted to, just cut it out or hack whatever you're installing to make it not visible
BS cardboard house. Dumpster fodder.
That is awful , horrible construction. Not one trade in this video takes a lick of pride in anything they do. This is extremely sad construction.
“Advanced” framing is a joke. Traditional framing uses much more lumber. This redundancy makes all of the difference