Look up "Things seen this week during structural inspections!" on imgur. Some truly horrifying stuff from that person.
For some of these foundations to still be standing and building occupants not to notice anything's wrong ... I can't even imagine how much safety factor is built-in. If we built software with those margins, nothing would ever ship.
I'm planning to buy a house in the next year or two. I would 100% hire this guy as the inspector if I knew who he was. Those photos are more effective than any marketing.
For some of these foundations to still be standing and building occupants not to notice anything's wrong ... I can't even imagine how much safety factor is built-in. If we built software with those margins, nothing would ever ship.
Here's a few: https://imgur.com/gallery/Ko2jo4j
https://imgur.com/gallery/fD4jCdc
https://imgur.com/gallery/0JyOXy0
Sometimes they share pictures of foundations completely detached from anything. And it keeps working!