It’s so disappointing that most, not all, but most new construction homes are filled with hacks and mistakes.

Without an inspection the builder is just like an undertaker. If there is is mistake just cover it up with sheetrock or bury it. I appreciate the education value of these videos, Thanks!

Nothing gets by a good inspector, they have amazing attention to detail

Not editing out the tripping over the sheetrock makes your videos more real. I look forward to watching them.

That washer drain, I see them installing siding and "I don't care to make a hole for it, let's kick it in". If I were the one fixing it, I'd kick the siding out :-)

Ditch the cardboard sheathing. It’s garbage!

“At least it’s not pen*ses” is the funniest comment I’ve heard today. 😂

So glad I live in a 75 year old home with great construction ( per inspector)

7:56 Did you not notice all the load studs that no longer carry a load? The plumber just cut out 2 and cut the rest in in half. Dry 16 gage drywall plates aren’t load bearing.

Another great video ! Enjoyed this one aswell man , thanks for sharing your work with us.

Very good video, you made some very good calls that could cause problems down the road. I learned some good stuff about the I-joists and bearing. Keep up the good videos. I love you are very much to the point and not a bunch of fluff talking to talk. Keep up the good work. Your clients are getting a good inspector.

I guess the best way to protect yourself is to write it in the Contract that ALL Inspection defects are fixed BEFORE the $$ is released to the Builder

I love that you kept in the fall lmao

Thanks Casey! Learning everyday!

Thank you for these!

I don't understand how glorified cardboard is qualified to be structural sheathing. Not even mentioning it's attached with staples.

OH MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brutal! As a remodeler/builder, I would be FURIOUS at my subs for screwing the pooch, like those sturdi I joist penetrations...But, ultimately; it's the GC's responsibility to make sure everyone is on the same page ...Make them rip them out...They need to be taught a hard lesson... Here in the philly/jersey area; laundry drains must be 2 Inch.

I would be furious if I was the money backing this project - this is why I carry my ICC IRC Code Book with me at all times. When I see this on one of my sites from a sub. Luckily, my subs are great, you would never see these mistakes, especially the sheathing on the garage or the iBeams being cut/drilled in that way.

Subbed... looking forward to more!

"Nothing major"? If they have to change the sheathing on the front of the garage that sounds at least a significant annoyance. I'm from CA and 3/8 inch sheathing on what looks like is supposed to be a shear wall sounds thin to me. Also fixing all the holes in the I beams looks like a pretty big deal to me. Plus fixing the access so the furnace filter can be changed might require some redesign of the structure in that area.

I don't know, the whole place looks like a hack job to me. Wiring runs look awful. Plumbing is a mess as well. Good thing it wasn't me looking that house over.

shabby looking work, all of it!

I would love to see a follow up on the cutting of the webs on the TJI. I am always curious as to what happens after you show us these inspections.

Wow that hvac duct system is absolutely horrible 😢.

I don’t get it. How can the heating company and the contractor be this Stupid? Cutting holes in TJI. I guarantee where I build WI we would be replacing all those TGI’s

Astonishing just astonishing cardboard siding

As a finish carpenter I love watching these videos! I'm always bitching about framers when I'm sighting down a wall that looks like a roller coaster. I'm confused about the absence of OSB. What is preventing the entire house from racking?

I've lived in several houses where the kitchen sink drain had negative slope. I wonder if they do that on purpose to create future business for the roto rooter man?

It was always my understanding that drilling holes through the I-joists, were to get as close to the middle as possible, because the top section in under compression and the bottom is under expansion?

The access to that air exchanger is just pure laziness and cheapness from a builder that doesnt care about the end user. If it's something that needs regular maintenance it should have a fold down ladder and a platform to work on. Not a hatch and surrounded by insulation. Personally I'd never accept that if it were my home.

Blocking is equivalent to hangers AND does not cause uneven drywall when framing lumber dries out after six months.

5:40 I have same issue in my basement ceiling joists. When you say engineer fixes, what are those? any link or directions would help me great~! thank you~!

At 5:53 when you are looking at the truss joist, is there enough bearing surface for that truss joist? It looks like it could be less than 3 inches. With it bearing the load of that other truss joist does it need a larger bearing surface?

Holy cow! There are soooooooooo many issues with the new constructions.

I'm curious if those nails that are overdriven compromise the structural integrity of the sheet goods. Seems like a common thing when installers are putting up sheets of OSB.

What is up with the green coating on the lower studs is that because are they in a flood zone?

Let me guess, these “houses “ are in hurricane alley right?

Oh. They have different thicknesses of cardboard sheathing?

I the uk we have site inspectors attached to every building site and they are employed by the site developer talk about a conflict of interest. I have seen bad things on sites that the inspectors know about getting passed and when i mention it i get the same answer which is well by the time any problems arise i will be somewhere eles so not my problem the others answer i get told well im not going to live here so not my problem. Its 1 of the reason tell people never buy new build. Have a nice day y all.

So what happens when all these errors are reported? Do they actually get fixed or does the builder give the "It meets code" response and nothing gets fixed? If you're hiring someone to do this type of inspection on a house you're having built how often should they inspect the progress of the work? Last question, how much does this kind of inspection cost?

Inspector video after inspector video the same sort of new home slop errors. $250k or $1m price tag, same garbage. I had a new home in the mid 1980's in an average development with an actual foremen that did his job. I stopped by one day and asked why they were making changes in framing and he said because the crew did it wrong so he was making them do things right. He said I was welcome to walk through when crews weren't working and to let him know if I had questions. Are foreman that incompetent or do they just get rewarded on faster/cheaper?

"Nothing major on this job" Really? You think they are going to fix those joists or the cardboard on the garage?

How can that thin Thermoply do anything to prevent racking in a sheer wall? Or any other wall for that matter? Complete crap used for sheathing

Looks like a lennar home with all that tply

Did you notice, in the same clip about the top plate splice connector missing, that there was no jack stud holding up the door way header? Is that allowed in your area?

I will never understand why one would use Hardie siding but choose to use cardboard sheathing. ZIP sheathing, currently (4/6/23), is right around $23 bucks a sheath. It’s a no brainer. Do they get this cardboard for free?

It’s cardboard, what’s the purpose of nails ? It’s not like OSB/plywood that is providing shear strength.

they don't need a joist hanger, it might better if they had one, but what they did is called "pressure blocking". When they have the correct amount of nails installed it meets code (last I checked).

that hvac truck is a complete disaster

Who do you work for?

We need to outlaw cardboard sheathing...

Yah, that cardboard needs more nails, let’s just use it for the subfloor sheathing as well. Who needs shingles, it’s sunny out, get more cardboard! Hurry, we’ve got two more houses to build before quitting time. Staircase guys too expensive, when the brick truck unloads, see if he has any old pallets. Don’t slam the door when you leave, I don’t want any windows falling out. I’ll be out in the driveway if you have any questions.

@1:10 as much as I replayed it I still don't understand. I guess I got to Sia finished product to understand

Not a municipal inspector, who is he inspecting for?

"Thermo-ply" = cardboard. Unbelievable what people will buy.

"This wine has an oaky afterbirth" is a Micheal Scott quote from The Office.

Stairs is hard to do write!

That’s cardboard, not sheathing. Did they just use all the leftover scraps to do the garage? Must be a Horton house. Lol

Somebody is going to go broke

Equivalent to 3/8" OSB in what??? It's freaking cardboard.

Structural cardboard 🤔

The sheathing itself is shit golly. That garbage shouldn't be code, but unfortunately it still is

correct me is I am wrong, but I think codes only allows pictures of penises in the porta can and if the picture is over 6 square inches in area it has to have at least 3 hairs drawn on each testicle......that sink drain just made me laugh how lazy do you have to be as a plumber to allow that to not slope to the drain.....and the broken washing machine drain.....you wonder "how" (but then you know carelessness) and wonder if it would have been caught without you......overall that house seemed to be a better build those stairs were impressive

Nigga board was much better, but wreaked havoc on knife blades.

Casey, we've got a BIG INVESTMENT IN YOU: You've got to watch more carefully while carrying Tacos and Inspecting! Romans 1:18-20

“Advanced” framing is a joke. Traditional framing uses much more lumber. This redundancy makes all of the difference

Junk house, only last a few decades at best.

Stop walking on the drywall. I don't understand how someone can inspect a home and not check the stamped plans. That exterior garage wall is likely a shear wall and you need to look what the architect of record specifies for sheathing and nail spacing.

wow they make giant holes in the TJI joists for ducts so they don't have a bulkhead. Very not clever.

Shoddy work

This guy is completely wrong with holes in IJoists. He should look up the drilling schedule

Gotta stop calling that sheathing.... That's like rugged card board... I don't see how that passes .. and the licensed people should know better

I HATE that cardboard crap instead of REAL sheathing. Good God almighty WHY would someone think that stuff is okay to use??!! Call me old-fashioned but that's the way I roll.

if u were a city inspector no houses would get built lool, some small nice catches i can agree with though

Yeah.....almost none of that professional knit-picking would ever have any negative impact on the home owner. Maybe if fascist marionettes didn't insist on absolute perfection and obedience to their Code Bible - a bloated book of lies written by greedy corporations - then millions more Americans would be able to afford a 95% perfect house. You people double or triple the cost of homes with your bloated code: regulation and government overreach run amuck. OMFG! That sheeting is missing a nail! How on earth is it supposed to not collapse with just 87 nails in it and not preordained, Code-approved 88, written into the Code Bible by the companies that sell nails? It's going to kill the home owner.....on day 1....110% of the time!

A lot of very weak language in this video. An inspector is supposed to say "This is required...Fix it!" Code is a MINIMUM, not a best practice. Language like "ideally you should..." is not appropriate. Hopefully, when you are talking with the builder you are more of a hard ass. The taxpayers are paying you to protect us not make the builder happy.

OSB is not plywood!

That is awful , horrible construction. Not one trade in this video takes a lick of pride in anything they do. This is extremely sad construction.

Terrible job on the plumbing and whole house actually. To think that’s a $250/$300,000.00 home.