I inspect LOTS of showers in homes–no big deal–and this is not the first time I have found this particular defect. When I find this particular installation at a home, one would generally assume it was a homeowner remodel. I can imagine the remodeler finding a tub at “Second Use” or on E-bay that was super cheap and they thought that it would be “perfect” for the new bathroom.
This particular installation however was in a high-end remodel where all the work was done very well with the exception of getting this one thing wrong.
So where do the sponges come in?
I will get around to that.
I can just imagine the scenario where the happy home owners spend the whole day unpacking and moving into the house the day they get the keys. The moving company’s truck driver assumed the happy homeowners would unload the truck while the driver napped in the cab.
Eventually after much effort the truck was unloaded.
The happy homeowners were ready to order pizza and call it a night.
Sweetie #1 went in the bathroom to take a shower and before anyone could say “Pizza is here,” Sweetie #2 was yelling something about water in the hallway.
Sweetie #1 started yelling something about “dang home inspectors!”
Sweetie #2 asked frantically, “Which box are the sponges in?”
By Charles Buell, Real Estate Inspections in Seattle
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They didn’t sweat the riser?
What do you mean Reuben?
I saw this post on my phone and didn’t get a good look at the lower photo, so I was unclear on what the problem was. My guess was that someone forgot to sweat one or more of the fittings on the riser for the shower, causing water to leak out like crazy into the wall cavity when you tested the shower.
Now that I read your comments and I’m looking at the photos on my desktop, I see that wasn’t the issue at all 🙂
Reuben, I am finding more and more that smart phones have some serious limitations when it comes to being smart. 🙂
I don’t get it. What’s the defect?
Doug this is a tub designed for a deck mount only—not for a shower.
Ahhh, I see. Got it!