For someone to have done all that, they would have changed the height of the doorways.... if you take off the 1/2 or 1/4 plywood, then 1/2 inch carpet, you are looking at atleast an inch difference, there's going to be crack under the door.

Of course it didnt break it was that small screw that hold the handle in place that is less than a quarter inch big.

I once had a line where an combo fitting was pulled apart an inch or so below a slab.

The drywall ceiling to the basement bathroom is floating in a few inches of water, and the ceiling is replaced by a monsoon level downpour. 

Any wood that has more than 1/8 inch of char should be replaced for structural reasons.  

No one is asking you to for a to-the-inch measurement, but it gets under my skin when a wholesaler tells me that "It's only 900 sqft of hardwoods/carpet!"

The only visible problem to me in the basement is the front basement wall of the home is pushed in about an inch or so.

On each side of sink - their are literally about 15-20 three inch circular stains.

(It's about 4-5 inches from the ground.)

Seems like at 7 inches thick, it may make a fireplace amenity a lot easier to provide, where desired