Real estate blog entries tagged with straw bale home inspection by Kenton Shepard (Peak to Prairie Inspection Service)

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straw bale home inspection: Strawbale Home Inspection video: I appear with InterNACHI founder Nick Gromicko - 12/21/07 12:02 PM

NACHI TV is producing episodes of various subjects of interest to inspectors. Although they're designed for inspectors, these videos will also be relevant to other real estate professionals and buyers.
View the Strawbale Home Inspection video as InterNACHI founder Nick Gromicko and I accompany Colorado Straw Bale Association Executive Director Mark Shuenaman and natural plaster contractor Ryan Chivers through two strawbale homes, one under construction so that the bales are visible, and one complete, so that you can see the finished product.
No courses exist to teach home inspectors to inspect strawbale homes. In fact, having finished the free, comprehensive, online Green … (0 comments)

straw bale home inspection: Inspecting strawbale homes: Will this Home Dissolve When it Rains? - 03/11/07 04:03 PM

By Kenton Shepard
Early last summer I was contacted by a woman suffering from Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) about inspecting a straw bale home. At the time I had a general idea of how they were built, but taking on the liability of inspecting one? Different story. I could disclaim the walls, but that wouldn't serve my client well.
In researching MCS I found that it's usually caused by an extreme exposure. My client had lived in New York and been near the World Trade Center when the towers collapsed. At times she'd had to live outside because she couldn't find a home … (0 comments)

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