Trouble With Inspector - Please Help

[Deborah Burian]

Selling my home. (Oklahoma) Usually I'm a buyer so feel a little bit lost. Inspector keeps insisting that there's something wrong with the HVAC. There isn't. Paid Heat and Air specialist to come out and test, the system is fine.

Inspector out again, won't clear because the temp in the duct next the furnace is 92 degrees, 38 feet away in concrete runs, it's 78 degrees... house is warm and comfortable, furnace operating as it should. Says there must be a blockage.

Pay a small fortune to run a camera through all the downstairs ducts... no blockage, house still warm, you can see the spider webs fluttering in the air from the furnace in the ducts.

This is probably going to crater the sale. What language or disclosure would I use for the next listing to prevent this from happening again? Or how do we deal with the inspector?

Thanks in advance.

[J Scott]

Originally posted by Wayne Brooks:

...maybe offer to pay for a different inspector of their choice.

I like this advice.

Tell them to pick a licensed HVAC company to come out and inspect. If the company finds nothing, the buyer should be happy. If the company finds something, at least you'll have a path to remediation.