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Originally Posted by CFrance
This question is actually for Frank DeAngelo and the like, because I really don't know the answer... Why don't the home inspectors who people hire (before the one-year mark of buying a new house) catch this problem? Surely they go up in the attic... can they see there's not enough support there for the garage ceilings?
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Before Frank DeAngelo responds to this... He was my 1 year home inspector. It was he who also saw and turned in the cracking problems to home warranty for repair. A few days later the cracks were all repaired. Weeks or months later, they were all back. -After warranty expiration. That is the problem.
I'd like to fix them again, but why, if they'll just be back?
If the house was built to code, then there must be something wrong with the code. This should not be happening to all these new homes.
He was in the attic over the garage but you can't see much of it from above because of low and angled trusses making it inaccessible. Also builder installed plywood on the floor.
Regarding the lanai, there is no way to see up there without cutting a big hole from below or flattening the attic insulation while crawling through. He could see from down below that the ceilings were cracked.
As to insulation, which is being suggested in the POA Bulletin. Sure, it should reduce expansion and contraction. I agree with that. Frank and I talked quite a bit about that. He could not justify my spending money to insulate a non-conditioned space. I didn't, but might have to consider that.
So the home inspector did find the problems and turned them in along with a full report to me. I think he did his job in reporting problems.