I thought that this was a fun blog. Seeing all these problems in one post amused me.New Years always involves count downs or some type of numbering of things over the past year. Like the Top 10 News Stories of 2008. Well I thought I get into the numbering game and give my own top 10 list of 2008.
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01/05/2009
It is funny how the mind works. Sometimes, from out of the blue, a memory will come roaring back from another lifetime. Music and songs, of course, are known to provide an expressway for bringing back memories. You might hear a song and immediately think of a time many years before -- a classmate
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01/05/2009
The detailed information in this post goes beyond the standards of a normal home inspection. However, the issues described are problems that a home inspector sees and, periodically, might report on. The topic is high humidity levels inside the home. High humidity can lead to a myriad of problems
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01/04/2009
Sometimes you learn things from unlikely and unexpected sources. Somehow or another, last night, this news story came into view on my computer screen. It was real estate related, I recognized big names, so I clicked on it. It was a story about complaints and possible litigation regarding some hom
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01/04/2009
I remember it well. One year I kept mailing letters out with the wrong stamps, for about a month after the postal rates went up. Honestly, most of them went through -- enough of them to lull me into a false sense of security. Then I realized the mistake. It is not like you can reel them back in
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01/04/2009
I know this has been re-blogged before. I think when a member of Active Rain goes to tremendous effort, and comes up with a very thoughtful piece, it is to our benefit to share it widely. This is such a piece. On Dec. 23rd, 24th & 25th, 2008, during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depr
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01/03/2009
I saw this post the other day, actually it was pointed out to me by another Active Rain member. I think that the situation, as described by Jack, is amusing and Jack honed-in on the absurdity of some marketing. He pointed out that sometimes people in business greatly inflate their statistics, wi
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01/03/2009
High relative humidity (RH) levels inside the home, that is a topic I have discussed previously. This is a concern to be aware of in Bellingham and Whatcom County. The photos below are from a home that is displaying signs of too much humidity inside the house. The first photo shows vinyl thermal
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01/02/2009
I am re-blogging this because I think it is always of importance to let people know that even new houses have problems that require a lookie-see by an inspector. Jack pointed that out right here. Instructions for installation of washer. Connect the hot and cold hoses to the valves and slide the
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01/01/2009
