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Steven L. Smith, King of the House Home Inspection, is a licensed and working home inspector and lead instructor of home inspection at Bellingham Technical College. Smith was a two-term member of the WA state licensing board and is adjunct faculty for Washington State University and the Washington State Department of Agriculture. ASHI certified inspector. The information in this blog is designed to appeal to residents of the Pacific Northwest.

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2010 

Around here, almost always the term being used incorrectly, contractors and other individuals will reference damage from "powderpost beetles" in basement or crawl space lumber. Fact is, they have the damage figured out but they are citing the wrong pest. The pest that is eating our joists and be...
07/31/2010
One component at new houses that is sometimes "iffy" is the mechanical operation of new vinyl windows. On many occasions, I have found that the windows do not track properly. They stick or do not latch or, somewhere along the way, they bind.   This is usually not a big deal with new windows, app...
07/30/2010
At Bellingham Technical College, in the fundamentals of home inspection course the day students learn about wood destroying organisms, it is accurate to say that there are signs of wood destroying organisms everywhere. Between the BTC collection of damaged wood, and a few pieces that are brought...
07/30/2010
I do not understand it but I would say that at least half of the buyers who call me are hoping to have their home inspection scheduled and completed the next day or within two days. Often, if that time-line cannot be met, then the job goes to another inspector because the buyer put off schedulin...
07/29/2010
I was meeting a friend for coffee downtown today -- something I do not do enough of anymore. But, in going to town, I followed the familiar path that I used to tread as a kid living at my folk's house. If you know Bellingham, they lived in the Cornwall Park neighborhood. In those days, Cornwall ...
07/28/2010
I receive many contacts from real estate agents asking me how to find a Washington State "licensed home inspector" or change that to read "licensed structural pest inspector" or "HUD/FHA registered inspector". The government, at all levels, tends to have search tools for locating such information...
07/27/2010
I was on my cell phone today with a client. I got this little musical tune that I get when a text message comes in. In my case, that is about once a month -- I hate text messaging. I have an account at Northcoast Credit Union, a well-respected local financial institution. So, it got my attention...
07/26/2010
Sports and athletics is big in Whatcom County. And it tends to be an even more important way of binding communities together in the smaller cities. I cannot remember a local athlete who has created the excitement of Jake Locker, who was a star football quarterback at Ferndale High School a few y...
07/25/2010
It seems that everyone I have run into has heard of carpenter ants. Next to termites, carpenter ants are an infamous wood destroying organism. Another ant, tends to be smaller, that can really raise havoc is the moisture ant, or cornfield ant. These ants are not as aggressive as carpenter ants. ...
07/25/2010
Over the years, people have asked Steven L. Smith, King of the House Inc., for information on the various species of wood destroying organisms that might be found in Bellingham and Whatcom County. Steven L. Smith is well-versed on this topic as state licensed home inspector #207 and as a state l...
07/24/2010
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Steven L. Smith, King of the House Home Inspection, provides information for real estate buyers, sellers and real estate industry professionals. Blog posts emphasize issues commonly found in Bellingham, WA and Whatcom County. Smith is Washington State Licensed Home Inspector #207, a state licensed structural pest inspector, ASHI certified inspector #252760 and one of the most experienced inspectors in the northwest corner of the Pacific Northwest. Steven L. Smith is lead instructor of home inspection at Bellingham Technical College and teaches classes for Washington State University and the Washington State Department of Agriculture. Steve was a two-term member of the state licensing board.