Not sure what code was then but when it comes to paying off inspectors there is no reason to.. They are not there to inspect and make sure houses are built to code. They are there as part of the city revenue collection team. And the massive number of extremely poorly built houses these days is evidence to back that up.
Permits and inspections will not have any teeth and never mean anything until they are properly handled. That means when the inspector signs off on it and says it was done properly the builder is off the hook and now the onus is on the inspector as he assured it was done right and now he “owns” it. If they city feels their inspections are that important they need to take responsibility for their approvals.

Until that change happens it’s all just a muddy mess of revenue collecting under the guise of making sure houses are built correctly.
Right now if a builder does X wrong and it was signed off the builder says hey the city signed off on it but the builder is on the hook even though it was approved by the city inspector. What should happen is if it was signed off by the inspector the city should be on the hook for any damages. But for now it’s all a charade.

This must be one of the benefits of manufacturing housing. There’s no attic, just a 2×6 framing to connect the vaulted ceiling to the roof. The bath vent termination is easily seen from the outside.( I realize that also means I’m going to have difficulty enhancing the R15 insulation there) I have also yet to find a particularly good damper (a skinny foam one was provided and is better than nothing, but the cape cod ones recommended here wouldn’t fit the small space).

Our home was built in 1997. I call it “contractor grade.” When I took a look at the three exhaust vents, however, I found that one made it all the way to the outside (Dryer vent — runs through the crawl space; that one is good as I can clean out the accumulate “lint” periodically), the second and third exhausts actually had exhaust vent openings through the exterior end walls to the outside, good.

Not exactly. Both of them had come loose and dropped off their penetrations, and were just laying in the insulation. The problem, then as now, they are on opposite ends of the attic, and getting to them is going to be “difficult.” One is way down low on the end wall, where the roofline slopes almost to the sofit, so I will have to crawl through insulation to get to that one. The other one is beyond a kind of attic end wall that is at the separation to the bonus room over the garage. I will have to make some kind of a door through that wall, just to get to exhaust hole. It has been on my todo list for a while now.

Seems 140* air in the attic doesn’t have an issue with 70*-80* moist air from the house going into it. No shortage of attic air flow here.

Now the better halfs moms 80s condo in Ohio… I think the exhaust fans are just for noise and decoration. I see no exit vents anywhere and none in the attic. Her spare bathroom does get full of cigarette smoke from the unit next to it. I have been tempted to just seal off that vent fan since it doesn’t go anywhere and to keep the stench out of it. There is no access to properly run a vent hose anywhere so properly fixing it is a moot point.

David: I’m glad you found that and had it fixed!