The home inspector did cover most of the house. However, he did not check the roof appropriately. On the day of the inspection, the snow was melting, but there wasn't much snow on the rooftop. He says it was wet and too slippery to go up onto the roof. As a result, he used a camera on a pole to take pictures of the roof instead. He failed to detect that there was roof damage. For the past few days, rain was pouring and the water dripped into the house carpet. I hired a roof technician to see how to solve the problem and he says it was apparent while he was just standing on the ladder that the people who did the roof did a poor job.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $600.00
- Company Response
There will be items that are not “accessible” during a home inspections, and therefore will be noted as such. Please understand that fatalities DO occur. For this reason the Occupation Health and Safety Act was formed and is enforced. The convictions are public knowledge and anyone can Google the topic to see how serious the Government enforces the Act and read about cases when workers fell from roofs.
Please note the following taken from Occupational Health and Safety Act (the law):
“Every worker shall, while engaged in an occupation, (a) take reasonable care to protect the health and safety of the worker and of other workers present while the worker is working, and (b) co-operate with the worker’s employer for the purposes of protecting the health and safety of (i) the worker, (ii) other workers engaged in the work of the employer, and (iii) other workers not engaged in the work of that employer but present at the work site at which that work is being carried out.”