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point roberts home inspection: Burnaby, BC, Blues and Roots Festival - 08/10/08 10:45 AM

I am going to Canada today. This will be the fourth time that my wife and I, with friends, have attended the Annual Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival. Since we live in Bellingham, we are only about 50 miles south of Burnaby. This festival is a great nearby venue for those … (3 comments)

point roberts home inspection: Home Inspection Puzzle: Guess Why? - 01/30/08 10:46 PM

Okay, you were not there so this is hard to figure out. But some of the home inspector types like Charlie Buell will probably come pretty close or nail this one. And, since it is my puzzle, I get to give you the clues as I see fit.
This was a … (11 comments)

point roberts home inspection: Point Roberts Home Inspector (King of the House, Inc): My Roof's Got A Hole In It - 01/29/08 11:37 AM

Woke up this morning and there was snow in Whatcom County. However, as of later this morning, the temperature has moderated and now the snow is turning to rain and slop. The wet and rain, melting on the deck and running out the downspouts and off the roof, It made me think of … (2 comments)

point roberts home inspection: "The Contractor Stakes His Reputation On This House" -- Start Running! - 01/25/08 02:58 PM

I have got to tell you, especially with remodels and contractors "flipping" houses, you really need to start running when the contractor or his agent says "This contractor stakes his reputation on this job." Over and over again, I have heard that. The first time I thought, wow that is … (6 comments)

point roberts home inspection: Don't Look Now But My Bolts Are Loose - 01/10/08 11:49 PM

If you work in real estate, you know that modern homes that have furnaces and water heaters in the garage -- if they are in line with a vehicle path -- require a barrier or bollard as protection in front of them. Bollard, you know, that metal pole that is bolted to the concrete … (2 comments)

point roberts home inspection: Point Roberts Home Inspections (King of the House): Facts About Old Pipes - 12/24/07 12:42 PM

"Just the facts" that is what Joe Friday used to say in Dragnet, if you are old like me and remember the show. Providing facts to the client is what a home inspector attempts to do. Sometimes interpretations are made of those facts, for example, explaining why something is a problem … (8 comments)

point roberts home inspection: Bellingham Home Inspection (King of the House): 240 Volt Circuits - 12/02/07 07:27 PM

I have been looking at some of my "bozo" electrical photos today -- compilations from a number of my inspections. This is not an uncommon scenario. In this case, someone removed the 240 volt circuit from the water heater and just left the energized wires hanging there with a couple wire nuts … (5 comments)

point roberts home inspection: Bellingham WA Home Inspection (King of the House): Wood Stove Safety - 12/02/07 07:08 PM

Wood burning stoves and fireplaces are a component of many homes that an inspector has to evaluate. Honestly, more often than not, there is some glaring problem that makes it apparent that the device requires professional service. This ranges from heavy deposits of creosote in the flue, to broken firebricks, … (3 comments)

point roberts home inspection: Insufficient Heat In The Home - 11/24/07 10:44 PM

One thing you cannot take for granted in a home is that it will have sufficient heat sources. In older houses the situation could be as basic as a space heater that is being used to heat too many rooms. I have inspected newer houses where, for one reason or another, … (6 comments)

point roberts home inspection: Crawl Space Water Calculations: Bellingham Home Inspection (King of the House) - 11/20/07 03:52 PM

As a home inspector, there have been times where it was important, as a service to my client, to guesstimate the quantity of water that was collected in a given location. In one case, in a garage, I found an old pit for working under a car. This under the slab pit … (0 comments)

point roberts home inspection: Guess Who Is Coming For The Home Inspection? - 11/11/07 09:30 PM

I was doing a home inspection on Thursday. It was in a wooded area. Now, at home inspections it is common to run into the buyer, the seller, realtors involved or maybe a builder or even a worker who is going to do repairs on the home. In this case, I … (5 comments)

point roberts home inspection: Mount Baker Home Inspection (King of the House): Crawl Space Posts - 10/24/07 02:29 PM

Imagine the surprise my client would have had, at some point down the road, had he not had an inspection. The example here is not one single, solitary isolated incident of a builder who was in a rush. There were about thirty posts under the house and all of them were … (12 comments)

point roberts home inspection: Whatcom and Skagit County Home Inspections (King of the House): Building In Your Wood Destroying Organisms - 10/16/07 04:25 PM

I saw this deck over the weekend. I have seen this design element before, but not in a long time. The deck is non pressure treated lumber and this stump had either had the deck built around it or it is conceivable that, originally, the stump was really a tree … (2 comments)

point roberts home inspection: Point Roberts/Birch Bay Home Inspections (King of the House): Failed Thermal Seals - 10/13/07 12:03 AM

One thing an inspector should look for is failed thermal-seal windows. Sometimes they can be hard to spot, depending on how cloudy they have become. Another factor that can make it hard to identify them is the general cleanliness of the windows. More than once, I have found myself trying … (0 comments)

point roberts home inspection: Fire Safety: Dryer Lint - 09/18/07 02:08 PM

Keeping the duct from the dryer clean seems like a no brainer. On the other hand, this is one of the most often cited defects at the typical home inspection. What we inspectors see ranges from the duct having come loose behind the dryer (and lint is everywhere) to lint … (2 comments)

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