microlaminate beams: You Can ONLY See This Kind Of Thing PRE-DRYWALL - 1 of 3 - 08/14/12 11:51 PM
You can ONLY see this kind of thing pre-drywall.  This is post 1 of 3 posts.
I am often asked by clients why a pre-drywall inspection should be done.  After all, the supervisor is there every day and the County (or other local jurisdiction) will also do inspections.
That is true, but they don't do what I do, nor do they look at what I look at.  And, sometimes, I find things the builders likely know about but do nothing about it.
Take, for example, this triple micro-laminate beam.
Micro-laminate beams are very strong.  Tripling them is extremely strong.  A triple … (32 comments)

microlaminate beams: One Thing Leads To Another - 10/25/09 12:55 PM

I have the tendency to notice things about a house I am to inspect when I am driving up to it.  When pulling up to this seven year old house I noticed even before I got into the driveway that the front porch roof seems to incline toward the house.  Looking closer I determined that it did!
That isn't good.  One thing leads to another.
Then I noticed the staining on the brick.  You can see it running from the inside corner of the porch roof all the way to ground beside the garage door.
Beside the front door there … (13 comments)

 
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