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Brian,house does mot have ac. Moody is actually part of Wells. I leaning to Mike's door theory. will find out Monday. thanks for the help John

Thanks guys for the advice,I'll be using my flashlight on the walls and checking the tops of those doors. I have never came across expansive soil issues before-but you never know.One other thing when I walked the perimeter I noticed that a couple of areas in the back at the foundation felt "spongy" and we have not had any recent rain. If it is expansive soil problems can it get worse{whats the cure} Don't you just love pre-inspections peeks! Thanks Again! John

I have this inspection scheduled Sept.12 for a 1988 colonial. I was there this morning doing a water test and as the house is unoccupied I thought I would look around and get a head start. There is also an addition a 3- car garage with an apartment over it that was build in 1997. The garage floor has a moderate amount{too much in my opinion} of cracks in the slab and slopes more than it should toward the doors.{cracks have caused this}Went out to my car and checked different areas with my level nothing unusual,except sloping and cracks in slab. When I went in the house I found that none of the interior doors will close{They all hit door jam} upstairs a couple of doors don't close properly but nowhere near as bad as downstairs. I put a level on the door frames and they were not perfect but no worse than most I have come across including my own. Doors to the front exterior works fine as well as siding glass doors{did not check windows yet}door leading do the garage closes a little hard but not as bad as interior doors. No excessive cracks in walls and basement foundation looks find,just a couple of very small hairline cracks.I have come across a couple of doors out of wack in the past and once a house similar to this with interior doors out of alignment but that house had major foundation issues. Any ideas of what i should be looking for Monday. I would like to give my clients some idea of whats going on. Thanks for any advice, John Callan

Thanks Mike I'll try again this is my new inspection vehicle hope it last as long as my last one! John Callan Download Attachment: Inspectioncar.JPG 70.33 KB

I just parted ways with my 1992 Ford Explorer,so since I had good luck with that one.{250,000 miles plus}I just got another one John Callan Download Attachment: P5170038 (Medium).JPG 70.33 KB

Mike, The homeowner didn't mind you opening up the wall? I bet no realtor was there to give you grief ! The picture # 5 is the best inspection photo you ever shared with us! John Callan

I agree with Kurt tell them its just common sense. GFCI trip's plan on going to the grocery store and re-stocking your refrigerator. John