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sinks: Fortunately I always carry a sponge in my bag of tricks. - 01/30/12 08:43 AM
Form follows function---or not!
I know I am tilting at windmills when it comes to even suggesting that the shape of things should have anything to do with function. We have gotten so good at making things, that we have come to expect, even demand, that things look the way we want them to---regardless of those thing’s function.
Whether it is the quest to make a better mousetrap or whether it has more to do with the simple fact that we make things look the way they do because we can, humans seem to find no end to being “creative.” We … (32 comments)
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sinks: Just another gratuitous inspection-horrors post? - 01/05/11 09:12 AM
Well actually it is more about gratuitous inspection-horrors posts than it is about anything actually horrible---but I gotta get the reader in the door somehow.
Inspectors love to do posts about all the crazy things we find---me included. In a way these posts are like sucker punches because usually the more absurd, the more scary or the more off the wall our stuff is, it also means the more “interesting” and/or entertaining it will be. It is like an accident along the side of the road---who cannot look? If you need more evidence of this fact just look at the huge … (47 comments)
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sinks: Louis Pasteur’s garden! - 02/28/09 09:39 AM
Why don’t kitchen sinks have overflow holes?
Sinks with overflow holes are not allowed in food preparation areas due to the possibility of providing a place for bacteria and mold to grow around the overflow----stuff you might not want as a condiment for food.
In general, the area around sinks should be kept very well sealed and caulked in order for them to be more easily maintained and kept sanitary. Weather the sinks are self rimming sinks, or under-mount type sinks, the connection between the two should be properly caulked. Of course the Corian type sinks … (21 comments)
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Charles Buell, Seattle Home Inspector
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