I was inspecting this 40 year old house that had just recently been rehabbed by an investor. The roof was a couple months old. While on the roof, I didn't see a vent pipe for the furnace and no vent pipes were visible through the exterior walls...I assumed an electric furnace/heat pump system. I found a mid-efficiency gas furnace in the basement and knew right away I was about to find something interesting. In the attic space I found the vent pipe terminating in the attic space. There was a roof vent placed over top of the vent pipe. I know roofers are not HVAC guys but could you really be that dense to think that this setup is alright. Luckily the home has been unoccupied with the utilities shutoff. Who knows how long it would have taken before the roof sheathing caught fire. I love inspecting rehabbed houses...I always find the most unique things.

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