Originally Posted by
Scott Patterson
JD, this is a nice thought on your part but we as home inspectors need to work on what is going on now and not what might happen in the future.
Scott,
????
If you find a 'bad roof' and it is not raining, do you then say that it is okay today as it is not raining, and not mention that it *might be* a problem "in the future"?????
I know you don't do that ...
Those stools *are* 'potential' death traps, just like poorly constructed stairs are 'potential' trip and fall and get injured traps. You would write up a missing landing on a 13' vertical stair run, wouldn't you? Or missing guardrails? Missing handrails? Even though no one has fallen and been injured in that house to date?