
Grading with HVAC blower in the way
My wife and I are about to close on a home this week and are trying to go through the list of items our home inspector said to address once we own the home. One item was grading the soil aways from the home. We found that the wall in the utility room had some efflorescence and during the inspection the inspector saw that there was a negative grade on the outside wall going towards where the utility room is. He mentioned having at least an inch per foot of slope way and at least 6 feet out. The only issue is the HVAC blower is in the way of where we would have to make the slope. You can see from the picture (which I know is not the best but it's the best we have from the listing), the inspector mentioned you could pickup the HVAC blower and then put fill dirt as much as possible but not sure how high you could go doing that without harming the hvac piping. Anyone have any tips on how they went about this or thinga to know? We are trying to DIY as much as possible but may consider also hiring someone. Thanks!