I agree we cannot inspect what we cannot see, however, if we sluff everything we see off onto someone else, what good are we? I have seen enough of these in over 2200 inspections to have an opinion and after all that is what we are doing is giving our opinion about what we see.

The reason I said PROBABLY not a major problem is the fact that I am not the one that inspected it and do not know all the facts. I do not hesitate to defer to specialists if I do not feel comfortable about something, but I feel it gives us a bad name to try to put everything off onto someone else and escape any responsability.

I think many home owners or buyers can see that there is a sag or a crack somewhere etc, that is why they hired us for our expert opinions. If we defer everything we see then they would be better off to do the inspection themselves and hire the appropriate trades for further evaluation of everything they see as questionable.

You may not be that kind of inspector and I am not saying you are. It just sounds like it when you say " then it takes you off the hook" To be a good inspector and respected around your area, you need a strong back and fortitude to give your honest opinion. I actually hate to defer for further evaluation, although I do at times. It does take some time to feel comfortable about things we see, the more inspections you do the more confident you are in your opinions. Sorry about the rant, I just get a little irritated about inspectors wanting to put things off so as not to have any responsibility.

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