Hot take: I used to think a quick visual check was fine for a level 1 inspection, but seeing a cracked flue tile in a chimney I cleared last month in Boulder changed my mind.

I found the crack because I finally bought a decent inspection camera, a Vividia VA-400, and now I won't do an inspection without one because you just can't see that stuff from the top down, right?

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grayh601d ago

How much did that camera run you? I've been on the fence about getting one for exactly that reason. You're totally right, a visual from the top misses so much. That crack could have been a real problem later. Sounds like that purchase already paid for itself.

oscarh161d ago

Totally, that visual check is basically useless for finding the real issues. I found a whole nest of bees way down in a flue last summer that I never would have seen from above. Those cameras are a total game changer.