Home Inspection Nightmares

Here is a link to a site that has some pretty funny, and not too funny, pictures of some things that homeowners do to their property.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/info/0,,20211283,00.html

These things would sure make Rube Goldberg proud. A couple of samples:

The lunch box was actually used as an electrical junction box.

Ya gotta love it!

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly A Bownas on October 26, 2008 at 9:23pm

that is just crazy and a nightmare for us in the fire service I would think

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Permalink Reply by Joe Stoltz on October 26, 2008 at 9:27pm

Yes; that's why I posted the link here. It's kind of like Ripley's Believe It or Not.

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly A Bownas on October 26, 2008 at 9:28pm

Crutches? you have got to be kidding me...

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Permalink Reply by PFC Harmon on October 26, 2008 at 9:36pm

Huh....makes you wonder what people are thinking

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Permalink Reply by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on October 26, 2008 at 9:51pm

We had a guy wire his entire garage with door bell wire and yet, couldn't understand why he had an electrical fire in his garage.
Obviously, he wasn't an electrical engineer.
He was a PLUMBER!
TCSS.
Art