Friday Funny 1705: Top Home Inspection Photos from 2019

It's my favorite time of the year: time to enjoy last year's "top 20 home inspection photos." I started following Structure Tech on Facebook a few years ago, so I've seen most of these over the course of 2019. Here's Reuben's top 20 home inspection photos of 2019 as posted in his yearly wrap-up for Star Tribune. (The captions are his too.)


Work harder, not smarter. This might be the most labor-intensive method of insulating a bathroom exhaust duct that we've ever seen. Not that there's anything wrong with this.

Even gutter guards can fail. [Side note: this lead to a big discussion on "there's no such thing as NO MAINTENANCE GUTTERS" on their Facebook page.]

Extension cord extenders? No, those two-to-three prong adapters are not handy extension cord extenders.

Say it ain't so. It had to take a lot of effort, but someone managed to install their furnace filter over the upper burner portion of the furnace. Oops.

I'm sure you do. Now put your hand down, I'm talking.

Odd arrangement. We weren't expecting to find the underside of the bathroom sink drain when we opened this kitchen cabinet door.

Ground control to Major Tom.

Putting green included with home.

That's not how it's done. While PVC vents are commonly used for powervent water heaters, they're never supposed to be used for natural draft water heaters. The PVC is visibly scorched at the elbow fitting.

We try not to say that something is "shot"... but this roof is shot.

E is for effort.

Cactopus. Ductwork in the attic.

Salamanders in a sump basket.

Soapish. We're assuming that green goo was laundry soap that was spilled on the outlet, but we can't rule out the possibility of something evil trying to escape from the outlet. It's just good science.

At least the stairway has enough headroom now.

"I'm not talking to you either." Doesn't it look like a couple who just had a fight? Also, note the dryer duct with pantyhose on the end.

"I HAVE THE POWER!"

Finally, a pool for all of us.

Magic deck beams. Seriously, what holds up the beam?

Huh.

This home obviously has a rodent problem.

If you liked those, here the links to the last few years of their "Top 20" from each year: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

Lots more funny things on SportsAndLaughs.tumblr.com.

And speaking of 2019... I'll be back with my "year in review" post on Monday. Happy weekend!!