Just finished the inspection of a home we are under contract with. Inspector noticed termites, not sure if they're active though. He is not certified in termite inspection but he showed me multiple areas of proof. My realtor setup a termite inspection for Wednesday. I have a bad feeling about it cause my agent seems to be rushing things to make the sale of course which I understand. But this is a huge deal for my family. She is also the listing agent of my current he so when we move out she sells this which we already have a buyer for. I kept bringing up the possibility of major damage we can't see to studs, joists, etc..and she would hurry up and say no way that doesn't happen, every home has termites. So I brought up also bringing a structure inspector in and she said its too invasive and causes home damage. So what the heck can I do? Who would buy a home with the possibility of major unknown damage. I have always been OCD with home maintenance and pest control so fortunately haven't had to deal with this..any advice would be greatly appreciated.

My experience with inspectors when I was a loan officer to now in the roofing business is that all they are good for is creating an unnecessary high amount of anxiety for both the buyer and the seller. Obviously they serve a purpose but they’ve been sued so much that they CYA themselves to the nth degree. I didn’t necessarily blame them but they can screw up a transaction in a nano second for no good reason. I have a bit of disdain for them just because they will make a big deal out of nothing

I had a home inspector tell the seller they needed to put pipe insulation on the P-trap of the air conditioner condensaiton line unit in the attic, he said the pvc would sweat. I just rolled my eye on that one

I suspect that it may be related to regional temperature/humidity conditions. As a previous owner of an HVAC contracting company, I have seen many, many PVC drain lines sweat in attics - and not just the trap - more like the first 3-4 feet. My previous home had a 3/4" schedule 40 PVC condensate line in the attic that definitely needed to be insulated - it would sweat like a son of a gun to the point of causing mildew. It was a new custom home with a properly ventilated attic.

It's simply a matter of the surface of the pipe reaching dew point.

Marc