Sunday, May 31, 2015

Pre-drywall Inspection Report

The report from our inspector was sent to us and our PM via email this morning. It's an itemized list of all the issues that were found along with pictures to accompany just about each item. I'm going to list them all out so you can see what kind of things are picked up during this type of inspection so I apologize that this post is going to be huge.

Interior

1. Fire seal all areas where penetrations are present through the floors and ceilings.

2. Install a proper size and fitted 2 x 4 blocking under the garage beam, right hand side.

3. Flush up the 2 x 6 stud left of the garage steps. Then secure all studs where they do not twist at the base plate.
4. Add shims and blocks at the exterior door frames where larger gap is present and especially at the hinges.

5. There are larger holes drilled into the floor joist than needed. Special braces are needed on several areas to give back the proper support.

6. The exterior wall studs at the kitchen hood vent area are bowed inward. Have replaced as needed to be flush.

7. The exterior stud on right side 1st floor is broken at the top plate from 10 nails popping it off. Brace as needed.

8. Clean the mud off the ceiling joist seen in the living room.

9. The subflooring is not secure properly in the front left bedroom seen beside the metal poll.

10. The metal poll upstairs is improperly installed at the floor and base plate. The fabricated and design if for a different layout. Have corrected.

11. The wall is separated at the top for the metal pole to pass and the wall needs better support to each half.

12. The drywall nailer plates seen above the upper wall plate is not secured flush. This will cause the drywall to not be level. Secure all plates to be solidly flush.

13. Remove the wood block from the wall of the master closet.

14. Secure the master bath shower plumbing pipes where seen coming through he wall.

15. The roof sheathing is missing many of the required sheathing clips between the roof trusses.

16. Sink many nails around the walls that are sticking out more than 1/8”

Stairs

17. The middle landing is not level.

18. The middle level stair tread is damaged and dip in the middle.

19. The gaps in‐between the stringers and landing platforms need to be filled and secured better.

20. The middle landing tread is not level with the landing itself.

21. This is the time to add liquid nails and bracing to the stair system to assure minimal movement and squeaks.

22. Remove the excess nails and liquid nail seen at the stair landings.

Plumbing

23. The water pipe was cut apart under the laundry room, for the drain pipe to pass by. It was never re‐worked and open pipes exist.

24. The plumbing pipes in the area has been taken loose from there clamps. Re‐work.

25. Re‐work the dryer vent pipe to be round instead of oval.

26. Secure the laundry box on the left side as it is on the right side.
Exterior

27. Sink many of the nails that are sticking out of the braces.

28. Add blocking behind the soffit rake boards where butt joints are present.

29. Add blocking behind the fascia boards where they do not meet the roof joist. Having gaps creates movement and not keep it from staying straight.

30. Seal around all pipe penetrations where coming though the foundation.

31. The vent pipe on the right side is not a solid pipe as standard. Have solid pipe penetrating the exterior wall.

32. The window self‐flash edges are taped but the tap is not completely sealed properly. Seal tape down properly and add more between the windows that are close to one another.

33. Seal the horizontal cuts in the wrapping seen at the fireplace cap.

34. Seal the cuts in the wrapping around the house to not have openings where water can penetrate.

35. Install wrapping on all exposed wood sheathing around the bottom edges of the house where bare wood is seen.

So as you can see, he found a good deal of items he recommends be corrected, some more serious than others. In the end I'm not sure if these would have been picked up on by our PM or his inspector, but the piece of mind is well worth the few hundred dollars we spent on the inspection. If any of these things can save us time, money or heartache down the road it's definitely worth it. Our PM has a copy of this and I'll keep you posted as to when the changes are made and the outcome.







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