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Hi
welcome back Atlantic Building Inspections here. Today were
doing an inspection on an attic and wanted to bring you along
once were inside the attic there are a lot of things to look for
they are water stains to look, pest damage
truss damage, roof sheathing damage
joist damage we are
looking for all this type of information alright this is a truss
built roof structure system with plywood
roof deck. One of the components we're looking at
in the attic is the duct work for the air conditioning systems
here we have some ductwork that has been patched
is very old and appears to be leaking
there is a water stain in the garage
right below this area which tested wet today with the moisture meter
we're looking at the roof in this area and the roof looks it's in pretty
good shape
the roof sheathing in here is dry
it just so happens to be raining right now which is great
when we're doing our inspection so since we don't see any water
or water stains in the roof sheathing in this area
we may be in a situation
where the actual ductwork is leaking into the garage
here the ductwork is leaking as you can see it open around the plenum
this ductwork is older
and there are some signs of mold
on the ducts
here we have found a roof leak close to the eave
I'm gonna zoom in so you can see
there is a roof leak
active roof leak this roof is 20 years old and we are deep in the attic now
where we have discovered this roof leak for the potential buyer
we have found our second roof leak this one has some water damage
to the roof sheathing and to the
truss end here
even further in the attic we have found yet another roof leak
close to the eave again with some sheathing damage
and some truss endemic well in the attic were also going to be performing
the windstorm mitigation inspection this inspection saves you money
on your insurance premium here we have
a roof to wall connection a single wrap
which comes out on the wall and wraps around your truss
this is how your roof is held on
this is the wrap site
that is one of the features of property has for windstorm mitigation. We are also
looking at the
thickness of the plywood here
we're gonna measure that with a ruler
we have half an inch of a roof deck
we're also looking for the nail spacing of the roof deck
so we're going measure that with a scanner and we're gonna mark
so i'm going to put the scanner and as we go
here scanning every time it rings there's a nail
so I'm gonna put the cap . So after we ran the scanner and we've made our marks
we go ahead and we measure. We have about 12 inches here
more or less we do that in three or four places here we have about six inches
over here we have about six inches so it looks like we got a 6-12
nailing pattern now we must try and find a shiner which is a nail
that comes through the roof deck
and pops out of the truss so that we can determine the size of that nail
here's one looks like
about two-inches plus
a half inch of the deck so 2 and a half inch nail
and see here sorry to see that
one
Alright so here you go about two inches