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The $20 inspection camera that proved my landlord wrong
I was renting a place in Austin and kept complaining about a musty smell in the bathroom. Landlord said I was imaging things. Picked up a cheap endoscope camera on Amazon for like 20 bucks last month. Stuck it behind the toilet flange and found black mold growing all along the subfloor from a slow leak. Sent him the video and he had to fix it within 3 days. Has anyone else used one of these cameras to catch contractors or landlords slacking off?
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anna7174mo ago
Smart move, those cameras pay for themselves pretty quick.
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nancyramirez4mo ago
Smart move" is right... I bought one thinking I'd discover some cool secret about my house and instead I found out my dryer vent was basically a lint monster that had been plotting against me for years. I got so into it I ended up crawling under my own porch at midnight like some kind of detective with a cellphone flashlight and a cheap borescope. My neighbor saw me and asked if I was hiding a body or something... no, just finding out my soffit was full of dead leaves and a family of mice who probably had a better social life than me. It's honestly a little embarrassing how much time I've spent watching grainy footage of my own plumbing.
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taylor_wells4mo ago
Man I bought one of those cameras thinking I'd find something cool like a secret tunnel, instead I found out my toilet was basically growing its own ecosystem. Did the same thing with a contractor who swore my attic was fine, poked the camera up there and found their "insulation job" was just them tossing a few pink fluffy bats around and calling it done. My wife still makes fun of me for how excited I got watching mold footage on my phone. You ever catch someone being lazy with one of these things?
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