Nathan, Im on the US. However, the Canadian code is similar to our code. The NEC requires that if you a doing a major renovation, them you must bring the affected areas up to the current code level. Don
Here is a idea when you deside a house is the one you want " get two home inspections by different companys " ! That way one might catch a problem the other mist !
3K to do the shut off valve? That's crazy. A friend had a similar situation, we found a company that used a system that froze the line creating an "ice plug" in the pipe (the outside shut-off was buried somewhere in the front lawn by a previous owner and could not be located), and the plumber was able to do all the work in one day, including patching the portion of the concrete floor that had to be chipped up for access for the freezing machine. All told I think it was about $1K.
...Not in my neighborhood. Find out what your guys travel radius is....I have non stop work for him! But yeah that "master plumber" repair for 3k was a scam!
@@hepparade This was in Toronto. The plumber advertised as able to do hi-rise condo work, which often involves using the freezing method as many of the shut-off valves are questionable. Local rental companies also rent out the machine (made by Rigid, model SF2500) for about $150 per day.
But for that you get a master plumber who will do everything correctly. It's not as if he's going to miss a bunch of plumbing issues and then install a valve incorrectly. For 3K you can count on having the top guy on the job. A person has to consider what that kind of peace of mind is worth.
Love you video's. You show allot of information. problem I have, is that the quality of some of the videos are not clear to the eye. Keep up the good work. Another question, do you ever bring back the home inspectors back to show them what they missed so the next time they can do a better job.
They missed one thing - in the new stair railing inside the house, at 30:19 on the video, there is a gap that is wide enough for a kid's head to get stuck in.
I wish that we had a uk version of Mike Holmes here in the UK 🇬🇧 , Unfortunately we don’t, we do have lots of cowboy builders here that charge for work that they have NOT done!
For some reason this video was recorded at faster than normal playback speed. When I turned it down to 75% it sounded normal (but the music was off-key, so it was recorded at overly fast speed. Home Inspectors sure are hit ot miss!! That poor lady should not feel guilty!! This is not her fault.
I enjoy these videos with my only complaint being the peculiar speeding up of the video forcing conversations and movements of all to jump at a frenzy pace.
Maybe but they are hard to find ; just like any place else you go ! The problem is these so called pros that you hire in many cases know less and do crappyer work than many a handyman without formal schooling !
At the 30:20 mark on the balisters right below the ceiling light you will see a very large gap, that is a no no spacing must be no more than 4" apart so a child doesn't stick their head through . With that gap a child can for their whole body through and fall.
When my Dad did the breaker pannel in our new home, he placed it horizontally. I suppose that was because it was a large pannel and it put all the breakers at about eye level.
One question keeps running through my mind as I watch more and more of these videos...."Does Canada get it's home inspectors from the local clown schools?" NONE of them seem to have a clue as to what they are actually supposed to be doing!
Here in my house, in Brazil, all the electrical is enclosed within the panel and the junction boxes in the brick walls and ceiling. Basically we distribute the lines around the house in ducts inside the structure, the panel receive this ducts and encloses the wires. Looks nice and it’s safe. I think the only problem is because you need to project the electrical system properly so you have room for expansions and everything is ok. If you don’t, you will have to run lines in outside ducts and it won’t look nice.
@@rafaeltorres4728 every country has different codes for Electrical like every other trade, what works where you live may not work in Canada or here in Australia, or it may just be the difference in how the Electrical work is done there to else wheres,
Pretty sure it's against code to run lines through the duct work ( although I believe I heard Mike say they "can"? be run through the returns... I wouldn't want them run through ANY ductwork!)
Hello from Ohio I don't want to burst your bubble but Mike didn't fix the problems damien said the rest of the crew did and as usual Mike homes was pretty much the whole time until the work was done and what's funny is he gets the credit for it that is wrong
US where? I'm sure different states have different rules, and older houses may have copper lines. I don't think there is a particular problem with copper, except it needs to be soldered, and if there is any residual gas in the line it poses a risk. Too expensive these days.
Are you a fool? Do your homework before making ignorant comments. Mike Holmes is one of the most respected builders (and inspectors) in Canada. His skill and reputation can’t be questioned. This show is just one in a long list starting when he was just a builder helping people recover from terrible renovations. He is an inspector here but he was a builder first. He can.... and he does (. To refer back to your comment). Clearly you don’t have a clue.
New electrical tied into old electrical is incorrect? WRONG. Not in this dimension. I can tie in a new line to an old line inside a junction box done to code. Yeah, you can do that and if it's to code it's fine. That was a really stupid thing to say. He should have expanded that statement. Exactly what was done and exactly why was it wrong.
He keeps talking about what's not to code - but nearly every older home is not up to code because code is constantly changing and evolving. Only new builds are required to be up to code. A home inspectors job is not to tell a buyer what is up to code or not, but rather to point out defects which substantially could affect the homes value, be a safety issue, or require additional costs for the home owner to bring up to a proper working and safe standard. Holmes makes lots of good points, but also misinforms the public that a home inspection is the same as a code inspection. They are two different things, and they are two separate specialties in the inspection trade.
Thank you Mike is full of it blowing it up for TV and drama. You're smart enough to save money for a house but too dumb to walk around and take a good look at things and ask questions.
Having renovated many homes over 100 years old.... nothing is code, you are correct. I have seen more issues in newer homes than some historical homes still standing with minor issues. No building codes back then but they were built like tanks. This is what we did building our log home. It's over built, above and beyond.
Yeah, it's stupid. Trying to steal content, and goofball nick Gardner making excuses for stealing... also, changing the speed sounds bad as it elongates the audio recording.
RECAP of the first 3 minutes of this story: 1) They wanted an old house, in an old neighborhood, when they know they aren't handy. 2) They want to opt for more land in lieu of a more cared for house. 3) The home inspection raised some red flags but they pursued the purchase of the home. FACT of the matter: 1) Home inspectors do not operate main shut off valves due to their high rate of failure, as listed in the SOP's which are mandated to be in a contract signed by the home buyers. 2) Home inspectors are NOT code inspectors, the height of the ceiling above the stairs is not something an inspector is expected to call out; although he MAY choose to do so if he wants to accept the liability of going above and beyond and out of scope of a standard inspection. QUESTION: 1) HOW is this the inspectors fault?????? This is why I have stopped watching this STUPID show.
These things are true - i appreciate your point that a home inspection is NOT a code inspection. Mike has no problem throwing others under the bus sometimes, but doesn't acknowledge or seem to be aware of typical home inspection practices as laid out by Home Inspection Organizations like InterNACHI.
Top of the list of things that impress me is Mike takes his boots of in the house. Tells alot about a person who is respectful.
Even though these people got screwed.....they were able to get Mike Holmes to fix it. Most folks do not get the privilege. They are lucky.
The picture of the dog o m g so cute!
Nathan, Im on the US. However, the Canadian code is similar to our code. The NEC requires that if you a doing a major renovation, them you must bring the affected areas up to the current code level. Don
Here is a idea when you deside a house is the one you want " get two home inspections by different companys " ! That way one might catch a problem the other mist !
Except a home inspection is $500-$600 so we're looking at up to $1,200 to do that. A lot of people don't want to do that.
3K to do the shut off valve? That's crazy. A friend had a similar situation, we found a company that used a system that froze the line creating an "ice plug" in the pipe (the outside shut-off was buried somewhere in the front lawn by a previous owner and could not be located), and the plumber was able to do all the work in one day, including patching the portion of the concrete floor that had to be chipped up for access for the freezing machine. All told I think it was about $1K.
...Not in my neighborhood.
Find out what your guys travel radius is....I have non stop work for him!
But yeah that "master plumber" repair for 3k was a scam!
@@hepparade This was in Toronto. The plumber advertised as able to do hi-rise condo work, which often involves using the freezing method as many of the shut-off valves are questionable. Local rental companies also rent out the machine (made by Rigid, model SF2500) for about $150 per day.
@@VC-Toronto sounds right!
Multi dwelling units can get involved in a creative way.
Those are Canadian Pesos we're talking about here.
But for that you get a master plumber who will do everything correctly. It's not as if he's going to miss a bunch of plumbing issues and then install a valve incorrectly. For 3K you can count on having the top guy on the job. A person has to consider what that kind of peace of mind is worth.
Buen vídeo ,Dog❤
Love you video's. You show allot of information. problem I have, is that the quality of some of the videos are not clear to the eye. Keep up the good work. Another question, do you ever bring back the home inspectors back to show them what they missed so the next time they can do a better job.
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They missed one thing - in the new stair railing inside the house, at 30:19 on the video, there is a gap that is wide enough for a kid's head to get stuck in.
Maybe not get head stuck but to go through.
That's where the baluster was moved in to miss the upper landing. I don't think it's as wide as it looks. Camera lenses can distort that.
I wish that we had a uk version of Mike Holmes here in the UK 🇬🇧 , Unfortunately we don’t, we do have lots of cowboy builders here that charge for work that they have NOT done!
Great show.
WTF IS WITH THAT SINK PIPES?
LOOKS LIKE 2 TOILETS GOING INTO ONE DRAIN 3.00
STUPID
Now I know what the issue is with the Gutters we had down 2 y ago...
For some reason this video was recorded at faster than normal playback speed. When I turned it down to 75% it sounded normal (but the music was off-key, so it was recorded at overly fast speed.
Home Inspectors sure are hit ot miss!!
That poor lady should not feel guilty!! This is not her fault.
That some reason will be copyright. If recorded at 'normal' speed and played at same the YT algorythim will recognise it and issue a strike.
I enjoy these videos with my only complaint being the peculiar speeding up of the video forcing conversations and movements of all to jump at a frenzy pace.
You know you can set the speed...
@@lijpowww Yes, on the iPhone but not for streaming to a smart TV, unfortunately.
Yep. Online it's easy to adjust but other media sources not so much.
30:26 How come you're allowed a gap that big between spindles just there but not on the rest of the rail? A kid will easily climb through that gap.
Never underestimate the damage do it yourselfers can do to a home
Thanks
Is there a honest home inspector or home remodel contractor in Canada ?
Maybe but they are hard to find ; just like any place else you go ! The problem is these so called pros that you hire in many cases know less and do crappyer work than many a handyman without formal schooling !
Where does the $$ come from to fix these homes?
All the work and materials are donated by those people who do the work, it then advertises the company to get work by other people..
At the 30:20 mark on the balisters right below the ceiling light you will see a very large gap, that is a no no spacing must be no more than 4" apart so a child doesn't stick their head through . With that gap a child can for their whole body through and fall.
the home owners need to stop blamming themselves... its not there fault
It is they mainly talked about the backyard and wanting the old house what who buys old house not knowing you're going to have problems
Does anyone know what happens to the sellers of the houses and the contractors the buyers use to do remedial work that is not up to code ?
Absolutely nothing.
I just dont agree with the load on that basement window, code or not
Who ends up paying for all of this work?
read online home owner pays 10-20% the rest is from sponsors & Donated work.
What is it with horizontal power panels in Canada? Code requirement?
When my Dad did the breaker pannel in our new home, he placed it horizontally. I suppose that was because it was a large pannel and it put all the breakers at about eye level.
One question keeps running through my mind as I watch more and more of these videos...."Does Canada get it's home inspectors from the local clown schools?" NONE of them seem to have a clue as to what they are actually supposed to be doing!
One thing i notice about these vids , the speech is all fast talking and if you dont speak the dialect , its easy to miss what is said
It’s done because of copyright just reduce the play speed
@@lindadority1056 thank you , I didnt know i could do that .
is there a reason that everybody thinks they have to talk so fast, like they were briefed to speak fast for saving time????/
I don’t understand why wires hanging out of the panel... The look of it makes me feel unsafe.
Here in my house, in Brazil, all the electrical is enclosed within the panel and the junction boxes in the brick walls and ceiling. Basically we distribute the lines around the house in ducts inside the structure, the panel receive this ducts and encloses the wires. Looks nice and it’s safe. I think the only problem is because you need to project the electrical system properly so you have room for expansions and everything is ok. If you don’t, you will have to run lines in outside ducts and it won’t look nice.
@@rafaeltorres4728 every country has different codes for Electrical like every other trade, what works where you live may not work in Canada or here in Australia, or it may just be the difference in how the Electrical work is done there to else wheres,
Scott Foon you are totally right. Thanks for your input. Have a nice Sunday.
Pretty sure it's against code to run lines through the duct work ( although I believe I heard Mike say they "can"? be run through the returns... I wouldn't want them run through ANY ductwork!)
Just a cover, probably not always required.
Brit here, yet ANOTHER "Inspector" problem!! Christ what use are they?
damian aka mike holmes puppet lol
21:59 oh yeah, twist it.
Hello from Ohio I don't want to burst your bubble but Mike didn't fix the problems damien said the rest of the crew did and as usual Mike homes was pretty much the whole time until the work was done and what's funny is he gets the credit for it that is wrong
that house would not pass US inspection.
gas in copper lines?
I have copper lines on my hot water heater in US.
US where? I'm sure different states have different rules, and older houses may have copper lines.
I don't think there is a particular problem with copper, except it needs to be soldered, and if there is any residual gas in the line it poses a risk.
Too expensive these days.
Gacy had young kids working for him also.
So you put ads on stolen content swell!
The home inspector's own need to be fired. And get some in their desert job, right
3k to change a shut off valve... oh my god. I would rather sell the house kkkkkkkk.
I would sell the house and move into a tent
another case of those who can, do......those who cant become home inspectors
Are you a fool? Do your homework before making ignorant comments. Mike Holmes is one of the most respected builders (and inspectors) in Canada. His skill and reputation can’t be questioned. This show is just one in a long list starting when he was just a builder helping people recover from terrible renovations. He is an inspector here but he was a builder first. He can.... and he does (. To refer back to your comment). Clearly you don’t have a clue.
@madge Stella why do u speed the vids up all the time can u plz stop doing that
New electrical tied into old electrical is incorrect? WRONG. Not in this dimension. I can tie in a new line to an old line inside a junction box done to code. Yeah, you can do that and if it's to code it's fine. That was a really stupid thing to say. He should have expanded that statement. Exactly what was done and exactly why was it wrong.
Slow it down
He keeps talking about what's not to code - but nearly every older home is not up to code because code is constantly changing and evolving. Only new builds are required to be up to code. A home inspectors job is not to tell a buyer what is up to code or not, but rather to point out defects which substantially could affect the homes value, be a safety issue, or require additional costs for the home owner to bring up to a proper working and safe standard. Holmes makes lots of good points, but also misinforms the public that a home inspection is the same as a code inspection. They are two different things, and they are two separate specialties in the inspection trade.
Thank you Mike is full of it blowing it up for TV and drama. You're smart enough to save money for a house but too dumb to walk around and take a good look at things and ask questions.
Having renovated many homes over 100 years old.... nothing is code, you are correct. I have seen more issues in newer homes than some historical homes still standing with minor issues. No building codes back then but they were built like tanks. This is what we did building our log home. It's over built, above and beyond.
I think he talking about the more recent work.
Pretty obviously talking about recent renovations.
Roofers put no underlayment
Too bad it's sped up
This is sped up. I HATE THAT!!! Stop doing it!
i hate sped up videos. basically unwatchable
Nicholas Wise all you have to do is put the video speed on 0.75. The reason it's sped up is so the copyright police don't get all fired up
I was womdering if it was just me
Sadly Roku still hasn't figured out adding the speed thing
Easy fix by changing the playback speed
Yeah, it's stupid. Trying to steal content, and goofball nick Gardner making excuses for stealing... also, changing the speed sounds bad as it elongates the audio recording.
RECAP of the first 3 minutes of this story:
1) They wanted an old house, in an old neighborhood, when they know they aren't handy.
2) They want to opt for more land in lieu of a more cared for house.
3) The home inspection raised some red flags but they pursued the purchase of the home.
FACT of the matter:
1) Home inspectors do not operate main shut off valves due to their high rate of failure, as listed in the SOP's which are mandated to be in a contract signed by the home buyers.
2) Home inspectors are NOT code inspectors, the height of the ceiling above the stairs is not something an inspector is expected to call out; although he MAY choose to do so if he wants to accept the liability of going above and beyond and out of scope of a standard inspection.
QUESTION:
1) HOW is this the inspectors fault??????
This is why I have stopped watching this STUPID show.
As always clearly stated, a HOLMES inspection is not a home inspection; it's goes above and beyond...sigh....
These things are true - i appreciate your point that a home inspection is NOT a code inspection. Mike has no problem throwing others under the bus sometimes, but doesn't acknowledge or seem to be aware of typical home inspection practices as laid out by Home Inspection Organizations like InterNACHI.
Then what's the point of the inspector?
He calls them out for things they should have seen.
You sound like you have a vested interest here.
that guy has.a hot girlfriend damn