This photo has to go in that goofy and misguided category we home inspectors see so often -- "if it fits then it has to work". The photo below, believe it or not, is a dryer vent. If you have ever cleaned a dryer vent, or looked at all the lint and junk they spit out, you know just how illogical the location of this vent really is. It has maybe, at most, an inch of clearance between the concrete and the lower lip of the vent. This, by the way, is the new location for the dryer vent. They did not like where it was located before, decided to move it to this ideal spot and, in so doing, they left another open hole in the side of the house.This is another good example of the old proverb -- just because some bozo can get two things to squeeze together, that does not make it right.
Steven L. Smith
Bellingham WA Home Inspections
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