springfield home inspectors: 31 Days of December Challenge-Day Twenty Four and a Farm - 12/24/10 05:29 PM
31 Days of December Challenge-Day Twenty Four and a Farm, it Christmas eve! are you ready? have you been real good? Santa knows if you have or not! Its not going to long now before Santa will be a call-en on you! We need to set out some mighty good goodies to help get Santa through the rest of the night, and for Santa to enjoy.
Today I did an Inspection of a Dairy Farm, for some mighty fine folks. The home and other buildings sit on 150 acres. As I was doing the out side area of the home … (25 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: 31 Days of December Challenge-Day Twenty Three and Christmas is less than Two Days Away - 12/23/10 11:20 PM
31 days of December Challenge-Day Twenty Three and Christmas is less than Tow Days Away, the first recipients of the news that Jesus was born were the lowly shepherds tending their flocks at night. They were not far from the manger where the Christ-child was born. An angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds, and as the Glory of God shone around them, they were afraid.
"But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a … (7 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: 31 Days of December Challenge-Day Twenty Two and Weather Forecasters - 12/22/10 11:53 PM
31 Days of December Challenge-Day Twenty Two and Weather Forecasters, being a weather forecaster would not be a bad job to have. Its the only job that I know of, that you can be wrong 99.9% of the time and still able to keep their job.
Our weather guy said we were going to have a sunny day all day today, well it sure did not happen. Instead we had a cloudy day along with some snow fall. Oh well, at least we will have a white Christmas.
Today I hand delivered the Home Inspection report, of the Vermont … (4 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: Benefit Bingo Games-North Springfield, Vermont - 03/12/10 04:14 PM
Benefit Bingo Games-North Springfield, Vermone, this bingo games will benefit the Springfield Hockey and Boxing Club. They will be held on Saturdays, in North Springfield, Vermont. The benefit bingo games will be taking place at KJ's Place, which is located at 3 Main Street.
The doors will open for the game at 5:00 P.M. and the game will actually start at 6:30 P.M.For more information about the Benefit Bingo Games, call 802-886-6098Come on out and help suppprt the Springfield Hockey and Boxing Club!!!
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springfield home inspectors: Home Owners Do you Prevent Fats and Greases from Damaging your Septic - 11/03/09 10:49 PM
Home Owners Do you Prevent Fats and Greases from Damaging your Septic, Fats, Oils, and Greases are not just bad for your arteries and waistline, these things are also very bad for your private Septic System or public Sewer System. A Septic or Sewer System a overflow or backup can cause health hazards, damage home interiors, and can very will threaten the environment. An increasingly common cause of overflows is sewer pipes being blocked by grease. Grease gets into the sewer from household drains as will as from poorly maintained grease traps in restaurants and other businesses.
Just where … (24 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: A Safe Water Supply - 10/28/09 03:41 AM
A Safe Water Supply, a safe water supply sure is critical to protecting publie health, is the first obligation of all water suppliers. Without the modern water systems, diseases such as cholera and dysentery would be part of our everyday life.
In the United States, water utilities are monitored for more than 100 contaminanta and must meet close to 90 regulations for water safety and quality. Those water standards are among the world's most stringent. A Safe Water Supply, States usual also require utilities to meet additional standards. Community water supplies are tested evey day. Tap water undergoes far … (14 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: The First Little Pig had a Straw Home - 10/18/09 10:14 PM
The First Little Pig had a a Straw Home, that there first little pig, should have had a Home Inspection. Then the big bad wofe would not been able to blow his home down. Folks in Aermica, first started build-en homes with Straw Bales, back in the 1800's. There are folks now a days, that are using the technique to build their home. Did you know theres enough Straw growen in Aermica, to build a half million homes every year. And you very will could save 75 % on heating your home of Steaw Bales.
Straw Bales walls also … (20 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: Engineered Wood I-Beams Exposed to Fire Part one - 10/18/09 11:31 AM
Engineered Wood I-Beams Exposed to Fire Part one, a engineered wood I-beam is a structural component of top and bottom flanges, which could be solid or laminated wood, united with a plywood or Oriented Strand Board web of various depths separating them. Engineered wood I-beams are primarily used for floor systems but can also be found in some roof applications. You'll find they are manufactured up to sixth feet in length for applications where folks desire an open floor space area. The cross section resembles the same shape of a steel I-beam, which is how its name came about.
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springfield home inspectors: First Time Home Buyers and Home Owners do you know about Relative Humidity - 10/11/09 11:21 PM
First Time Home Buyers and Home Owners do you know about Relative Humidity, Are you going to be liven in an area that has high Humidity, then your going to be on the look out for potential Mold problems. Did you know that outdoor Humidity affectes the indoor Humidity levels of a home and even commercial properties. This creats the perfect environment for toxic Mold growth.
If your home has a Relative Humidity level, thats greater than 55 percent promotes growth of Mold and other fungi. Even though Relative Humidity remains fairly consistent outdoors, its a different story for the … (5 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: First Time Home Buyers do you understand Your Real Estate Agent's language - 10/07/09 08:20 PM
First Time Home Buyers do you understand Your Real Estate Agent's language, as far as to the language your Agent is speaking. The language that any professional, like Contractors, Engineers, Builders, Lawyers, even some Home Inspectors. All these folks, can sound like they are speaking a foreign language at times. Real Estate terms sure can also be a bit confusing. Heres a a mini-glossary of the most common ones used, to help you out.
CMA: Comparable Market Analysis, a home evahuation based on properties that have sold in a neighborhood, that similar to the home and property your … (12 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: Baker Home, Commercial Property Inspections and Consulting - 09/27/09 04:01 PM
Baker Home, Commercial Property Inspections and Consulting, By the time we complete the Inspection, you will know the Home or Commercial Property better than the owner does!
Howdy, and welcome to my blog. Thank you kindly for taking time from your busy schedule to visit today. I know that you will enjoy checking out my blog posts, here at my little ole Blogging Homestead in the ActiveRain Real Estate Networking community. Your going to have the time of your life, learning about Home Inspections, Home Components, about areas of New Hampshire and Vermont. I look forward to meeting you … (4 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: First Time Home Buyers-Kitchen Overcurrent Protection - 04/21/09 11:28 PM
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Posted 450
Is the kitchen in the home your looking at overcurret protected?
The fuse or breaker protecting the kitchen area circuits should be 20 amps. Although 15 amp protection is not necessarily wrong if the wiring is pre-code and the wire is 14 gauge.
Looking to be the new own of the home, you need to know that you … (6 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: First Time Home Buyers- Some Gable Roof Vocabulary to know - 04/19/09 06:54 PM
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Post 448
Gable Roof Vocabulary
Gable area - this is the surface wall area between the roof slopes of the gable end of the home and the top wall plate.
Gable end - the portion of the end wall of the home between the top wall plate (eave to eave) and the point or ridge of the roof.
Gable end … (6 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: First Time Home Buyers- Do You Know why GFCI are Important? - 04/19/09 05:10 PM
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Post 447
First Time Home Buyers do you know why GFCI's are important to you and your family?
GFCI- Ground Fault Cireuit Interrupter. This is a circuit breaker designed to interrupt the electrical current flow and protect you and your family from electrical shock.
A ground fault happens when electricity escapes … (8 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: First Time Home Buyers- Some Roof Vocabulary to know - 04/18/09 11:53 PM
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You are always welcome to visit
By the time we compete the Inspection, you will know the Home or Commercial Property better than the owner does!
Post 446
Some roof vocabulary to know:
Barge board - a boaed that conceals roof timbers projecting over gables.
Beam - a long piece of wood or even steel that supports the roof - in a group that can form a truss.
Cornice - the overhanging part of the roof, that sticks out past the walls.
Eave - this … (8 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: First Time Home Buyers- A bit about kind of Roofs - 04/18/09 08:29 PM
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Post 445
There sure are many different styles of roofs which accentuate different architectural types or provide a particular function. The geographical location, as well as the style, will often determine the type of roof used on a home. There are several types of roofs that are commonly used in the construction of homes today.
The flat roof - has no … (8 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: Something First Time Home Buyers- Yards can have in common! - 04/18/09 03:51 PM
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Post 444
Something First Time Home Buyers across America-Yards can have in common!
Do you know what is silvery gray, and sometimes black little critter's, that weigh just about nothing at all. But sure can do a great bit of damage to your lawn?
Will take a look, and meet this little critter. That is on the most Wanted list, for yard damage.
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springfield home inspectors: First Time Home Buyers- Trees and Power Lines Don't Mix - 04/15/09 11:39 PM
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Post 443
First Time Home Buyers - Your children, and power lines that are near trees sure don't mix!
Please never allow children to climb any trees that are in or around power lines. When you have become aware of any dangerous situation, you can call your electric utility company and they will send a crew out to trime … (9 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: Wow I did not know - 04/14/09 10:19 PM
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Post 442
All this time I thought, that I only did Home and Commercial Property Inspections. Sure am glad that I got an e-mail leting me know that it seem's that I list and sale homes. (Not)
Just why would an advertising company even think a Home Inspector sale's home's. And send an add to an e-mail address that jumps right out at ya … (9 comments)
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springfield home inspectors: First Time Home Buyer's-Does that Home have a Swimming Pool? - 04/12/09 10:42 PM
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Post 441
The interior finish of a swimming pool is rarely perfect and sure don't usely remain so.
In particularly the swimming pools with colored plasters, and certainly they don't if the chemical balance of the water has not been properly maintained, over time. Calcium and other minerals sure have a tendency to eat through the material and mar the finish. This is … (7 comments)
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