I'll fix it myself! - 06/28/09 02:29 PM
I do love my job.  I was chatting with another home inspector the other day and we chuckled that if it wasn't for creative home owners and contractors not doing their jobs properly we would be out of work.  On a recent home inspection here in Salem, Oregon I popped my head into the attic space of a vintage 1950 home and discovered a very creative, green aspiring tenant.  At first glance the attic felt unusually warm and moist.  From the outside the gable vents appeared to be large enough and should have kept this attic effectively ventilated however the current renter … (10 comments)

Multi circuit wiring is not as cool as it appears - 06/26/09 08:12 PM
I do enjoy reading most of Charles' posts.  In fact I like what he has going on I intend to borrow some of his ideas (imitation is, after all, the highest form of flattery).  A while back he posted a pretty good post on multi-circuit wiring and I would like to give my own take:
A material and man-hour (read MONEY) conservation technique I have recently noticed more and more is called multi-circuit wiring.  The purpose of this technique is to save money on wires and man-hours by pulling only one wire for two circuits.
Seems like a good idea and there … (2 comments)

 

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