Miller Home Inspection, LLC

Copper is a great material to use for supply piping. Thieves also like to steal it. This house had all of the copper ripped out from under it!

Using the wrong material can sometimes cause a hazard. This thin plastic vent material is intended to be used for bath venting, not as dryer venting as it was installed.

Beams are suppose to support joists. This one is bad enough that I could pull it apart with my fingers. You can’t see these things from inside the home. Make sure you get a home inspection. You don’t know what you don’t know!

This water heater is a little crooked. There was evidence that the basement had several feet of water in the past. It appears that the tank floated off of its base and is now supported only by the plumbing.

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This potential buyer had no idea of the significant damage to the roof covering as it was difficult to see from the ground. Luckily, they chose to have an inspection performed and this significant defect was brought to their attention before they made the purchase.

Do you know who else may be living at your house? Some uninvited guests have made their way into the crawlspace and wreaked havoc on their insulation, not to mention the other unpleasant things these critters left behind. This damage would not have been noticed without a home inspection.

Combination AFCI/GFCI breakers are a great way to increase fire and shock hazard safety. However, these breakers only perform their safety functions when installed properly. This home owner was alerted to the fact that protection was not being provided even though the breaker had been recently up...

Has the toilet been leaking? Many times a toilet seal can fail and go undetected for a long time. There were no signs of leakage from above, but from below its easy to see that the seal has failed some time ago.