Ask The Atlanta Home Inspector

If you don’t have one of the new water heaters and the unit is sitting directly on the floor of your garage you have a very unsafe situation. 
Older gas water heaters are required to sit up at least 18 inches off of the floor so that combustibles don’t get taken in with the combustion air and cause an […]

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The Temperature Pressure Relief Valve (T&P) is a safety device on the hot water heater.  It’s job is to open up and discharge water from the hot water tank if the water heater builds up excessive pressure inside.  The T&P valve is what prevents the water heater from exploding from an excessive pressure build up.
The T&P needs to have an extension […]

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I don’t know what to say about how stupid this situation is.  A single wall flue pipe in direct contact with the wood siding of a home.  It’s a miracle that there hasn’t been a fire already!

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In the eleven years I’ve been in the home inspection business I have never ever seen such a ridiculous situation with a plumbing vent as we discovered in a house recently.
Instead of installing the Drain Waste Vent line for a basement sanitary pump properly someone cut a hole in the furnace flue and […]

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From time to time you need to take a look at your gas furnace(s) and your water heater to see if you notice anything unusual like the flue is no longer connected to the unit.
Check out this safety hazard!

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