Why 90% Of New Driveways Are GARBAGE - The 2-Inch Concrete Scam

The driveway on your house was poured to pass the walkthrough, not to survive the truck. If your house went up after 2000, the slab is probably two inches of concrete where every guideline in the country says four, the steel is lying on the ground under it instead of in it, and the joints were drawn on with a scratch. I'm Gus Harlan, a home inspector with 35 years of experience and 10,000 houses behind me. In this video, I price every driveway shortcut on the receipt, show you the pencil test and the quarter test that read your slab in one walk, and give you a ranked five-step protocol that costs under $300 against a $3,000 to $8,000 replacement. I also cover: • Why the pour ticket says four inches nominal and your slab grades out to two and a half • The pencil at the apron joint: half a pencil means four inches of concrete • The quarter in the control joint, and what a proud quarter is telling you • The wire mesh that arrives on the truck and ends up buried on the stone • The cure and sealer the builder skipped, and the $2,000 scaling bill it hides Tell me in the comments where you are watching from and what year your house was built. I read every answer on Sunday mornings. #HomeInspection #BuilderGrade #ConcreteDriveway #DrivewayRepair #NewConstruction #HomeMaintenance #Concrete #HomeRepairCosts