lynnwood wa home inspector: Saga Nodara----your home could be next! - 12/04/09 08:27 AM
Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the bunker, a new scourge has descended upon us.
“Saga Nodara.”
This insidious, odiferous, barely visible, gaseous bacterium is very common and pretty much everywhere! It can be found under … (28 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: Why are there Monkeys and Rhinos in my Chimney? - 11/15/09 08:54 AM
When we bought our house----long before I was a Seattle Home Inspector----and started making it livable, I was heavily influenced by a couple of fun movies playing at the time: Jumanji and Jurassic Park.
The house had wall-to-wall shag, puce-green carpeting----if one could really call it carpeting. There … (31 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: Who really cares whether the builder knows what he is doing or not? - 11/02/09 08:21 AM
In terms of what Home Inspectors do, does it really matter whether any of the trades that built the house are licensed or not?
Well, YES and----NOT REALLY!
Now I am not talking about this from the standpoint of some lofty ideal where we get into all … (16 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: Check out this beauty’s measurements! - 10/29/09 08:57 AM
“They sure don’t make them like they used to.”
Everyone has heard this----most of us have even said it. Usually I am likely to say something like, “And that is a good thing that they don’t”
Now you are probably wondering how this relates to whatever you … (43 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: Don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out! - 10/28/09 08:16 AM
Life can be viewed as a room full of doors connected to rooms full of doors.
All we have to do is figure out which doors to open and which doors to leave closed. As long as they don’t hit us in the butt when we go through … (16 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: A "Google Alert" I can LIVE without! - 10/06/09 04:29 PM
In the early 60’s there was a “Twilight Zone” episode that had a profound effect on my thinking----even to this day. Perhaps we all, on some level, can relate to meeting and beating insurmountable odds. The episode was called, “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” and aired in 1964. If … (68 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: Japanese Garden, Seattle, WA - 09/29/09 08:01 AM
Along with the Conservatory (and not too far from each other), there is another very cool place in Seattle to visit---whether you are playing tourist or live here all the time---called the Japanese Garden, at the Washington Park Arboretum.
Here is a little photo tour to give you … (16 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: DNR Orders----are you unreasonably empathetic? - 09/07/09 11:47 AM
The older a person gets the more frequent it becomes that someone you know---even someone you love----develops a life threatening health condition. Whether old or young, it seems that no one is “necessarily” protected from attacks of one kind or another on their bodies. Even those that are well … (34 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: Seattle Home Inspector needs a nap! - 09/03/09 12:07 PM
Generally speaking I like staging in a home---especially the edible kind. Sometimes the staging can make the inspection more difficult, but when done well it doesn’t interfere too much. Of course there is always the risk that these installations might hide things----but certainly not nearly as likely as if … (34 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: Why is there a furnace in my bed? - 08/28/09 09:12 AM
Are you a “snuggler?” Would you describe yourself as someone that would rather sleep in separate beds or even in another room to avoid that cold-clam or hot-flash wiggling up against you?
I must confess that I am a snuggler----nothing quite like it in the dead of winter … (31 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: A No-Brainer Kind of LOVE! - 08/17/09 08:01 AM
I love Betty!
Please don’t tell my sweetie---but it is true.
Betty is----well----AWESOME!
I sometimes call her “Bitchin’ Betty”---but that is hardly accurate----as I have yet to hear her utter a mean-spirited word. Sometimes we come up with fun pet names for the women in … (26 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: Living in the Question! - 07/20/09 07:35 AM
Sometimes I will have an idea that leads to a question. It seems like I am so much better at coming up with good questions than I am at coming up with good answers. For example, “Does Seattle weigh more at night or during the day?” Now, there is … (25 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: Guaranteed cure for the flue! - 07/17/09 08:09 AM
A while back I did a post about furnace venting and how sometimes the HVAC installer will install a new furnace and not even think about the chimney or vent that he is attaching the furnace to----other than to attach it to it!
On an inspection just the … (16 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: POP! - 06/21/09 11:11 AM
There is a lot of talk about the gazilliontrillion dollars of value that we all have lost since the balloon burst----which translates into things not being worth what they used to be worth.
I can not help anyone feel any better about this.
I may be able … (16 comments)
lynnwood wa home inspector: DO IT RIGHT!!---what you do, could end up as blog fodder! - 04/13/09 09:24 AM
Whenever we build things there are always lots of “plan-ahead” moments that will happen depending on our level of experience and abilities to “see the BIG picture.” NOT being able to see the whole picture is all too common today----in all walks of life. I am not sure it … (26 comments)
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