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property inspection bellingham: Bellingham WA Home Inspection: Fireplaces and Flues - 09/12/07 05:55 PM
A home inspector never knows what to expect when inspecting wood stoves, fireplaces and chimneys. In my part of the country you can usually expect to find a dirty flue, full of dark, oozing creosote. It seems that lots of people think that having a chimney regularly cleaned applies to someone else. It does not matter if it is a metal chimney or a masonry chimney, people let them get out of hand. Other than the proverbial problem of mortar falling out of masonry chimneys, and no chimney caps, other common problems include cracks in the stove or fireplace bricks. Short hearths are another problem. … (4 comments)
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property inspection bellingham: A Faucet Called "Old Faithful" - 09/10/07 10:41 PM
I have seen many outside faucets that have had leaks, but this one was an award winner. I am glad I was not standing off to the right of it when I did the water pressure reading. By the way, those of you who are tuned into that kind of thing can see that the water pressure was too low according to the gauge. If the faucet was actually supplying the water to the gauge, that might not have been a problem. Instead a significant amount of the water was being spewed elsewhere. Actually, this issue of an outside hosebibb leaking, … (0 comments)
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property inspection bellingham: Furnace interlocks - 09/10/07 10:36 PM
When a home inspector looks at a furnace, he or she is trying to determine the general condition of it, age etc. One thing I see, frequently, is the door or front panel interlock taped on. When an inspector sees that, there is little choice but to suggest that the appliance be looked at by an HVAC professional. The door interlock is a safety device, designed for the purpose of keeping someone from accidentally being injured by fiddling around inside the unit when it is running. This could range from a burn to being caught on a spinning electric motor. I … (2 comments)
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property inspection bellingham: Bellingham Home Inspection (King of the House Inc):New wood destroying organism in Washington state - 08/13/07 06:50 PM
I am not sure that even many of the home inspectors know it yet, but in the past couple of months the Washington State Department of Agriculture has added another ant to the list of wood destroying organismsbusking their wares in this state. The state has also changed the WDO test to make it, they estimate, about 30% harder to get licensed. I took a "pilot" version of the updated test with some other selected WDO inspectors, a few months back, and it was certainly harder than the original. Since I teach this course for Bellingham Technical College, I have … (4 comments)
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Steven L. Smith, Bellingham, Wa. Home Inspector
Bellingham,
WA
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King of the House Home Inspection, Inc
Address: Bellingham, Ferndale, Lynden, Blaine, Sumas, Nooksack, Lake Whatcom, Lake Samish, Anacortes, Mount Vernon, Whatcom County, Bellingham, WA, 98225
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