Over my 21-year career of inspecting homes, condensate is one of the most frequently reported items in my inspection reports. I find it’s done wrong more than 75% of the time in one fashion or another. I am convinced it’s because people don’t consider condensate to be something that can lead to a larger issue—and that could not be farther from the truth. Condensate is no different than any other water-carrying pipe. The many creative ways in which homeowners or contractors incorrectly deal with condensate are a never-ending source of inspection defects. I imagine it’s also a ...
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