home inspector bellingham: Virtual Home Inspection Training -- To Be Or Not To Be - 09/08/07 02:07 PM
In this high-tech age, everybody wants to learn to do anything and everything Online or by video. If it cannot be taught on the web, or on DVD, then it is too time consuming. I am coordinator of a state accredited, college level, home inspection training program in Washington State at Bellingham Technical College. … (2 comments)

home inspector bellingham: Bellingham Wa. Home Inspection (King of the House Inc): Deadly Voltages - 08/17/07 03:22 PM
 It is my goal to delay indefinitely, or avoid completely, my personal  Waterloo. Dangers go with the inspection business. Let's talk electricity. I spent years as an engineer working with 7000 volts or more and these were not low amp circuits either. As it involved broadcasting and paid airtime, often we had to … (3 comments)

home inspector bellingham: Bellingham Wa. Washington Home Inspection (King of the House): Oh Rot! - 07/31/07 12:37 AM
 I inspected a house recently. The gutters and downspouts had been replaced in the past couple months -- all new and good quality aluminum seamless gutters. The funny thing is, whichever company  installed the downspouts, they did so in a manner that helped perpetuate problems that already existed at the home. In the … (9 comments)

home inspector bellingham: Misunderstanding: Wood to Soil and Wood to Concrete - 07/31/07 12:18 AM
It seems that most people in the real estate field know that wood to earth or soil contact is not good. With pressure treated lumber, the wood might last several years but even pressure treated lumber lasts longer if it is not down in the dirt. The other side of that … (1 comments)

home inspector bellingham: Bellingham Wa. home inspections (King of the House): Crawl space horrors - 06/29/07 09:46 PM
 A Bellingham WA home inspector sees an awful lot of issues with wood destroying organisms. In Washington State, those of us who do structural pest inspections must be tested and licensed by the state. We are regulated by the WSDA. One rule that sometimes upsets sellers, or their agents, is the state … (7 comments)

home inspector bellingham: Waterfront Park, Bellingham, WA - 06/13/07 11:33 PM
  You hear the term less often now, but years back the area of Holly Street down by the train station was called Old Town. In his advertising, a businessman named Lou Parberry, always called himself the "mayor" of Old Town. It was a fictional title, but people remember that today. It seems … (0 comments)

home inspector bellingham: Cornwall Park Rose Garden - 06/13/07 11:08 PM
 Bellingham, and all of Whatcom County really, is an area with an abundance of parks. Our parks have trees, trails and blooms galore this time of year. One really lovely little spot, not far from downtown, is the Cornwall Rose Garden. It is at the north end of Cornwall Avenue, just … (0 comments)

home inspector bellingham: Old memories return at Memorial Park, Bellingham, WA - 06/11/07 06:11 PM
One of the parks that is in Bellingham, and would probably not immediately come to mind, is Memorial Park. It is in the Sunnyland neighborhood, right behind Sunnyland Elementary School (where I went to school for one week in the 1950's before they redistricted me elsewhere.) This park is at King streets … (1 comments)

 
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