Real estate blog entries tagged with wood destroying organisms

Blog entries tagged with "wood destroying organisms":

wood destroying organisms: Wood to Earth Contact - 03/27/08 02:55 PM

The photo above is a commonly seen issue for the home inspector. At least I know that is true in the Pacific Northwest. What you see there is the post at a deck. It is buried in the soil. The problem is our old nemesis known as wood to earth contact. … (0 comments)

wood destroying organisms: Bellingham Home Inspection (King of the House) -- The Care And Feeding Of Wood Destroying Organisms - 03/10/08 03:26 PM

As a working home inspector, and a Washington State licensed structural pest inspector, I find numerous wood destroying organisms sharing residences with the mortgage paying, tax paying homeowners. The various wood destroying organisms are not helping pay the mortgage or the taxes but they are having a significant impact on the property. … (0 comments)

wood destroying organisms: Frustrated Home Inspector! - 01/25/08 08:57 AM

One of the things that frustrate home inspectors is comments like: "That is the way everyone is doing it," or "It has been like that for years----what is the problem?" Unfortunately, as home inspectors, we don't usually get to say: "I know its wrong, but since your builder says it … (5 comments)

wood destroying organisms: The Abstract Art of Home Inspection - 12/25/07 07:06 PM

I have always been fascinated with the beauty to be found in ordinary objects---objects with conditions that as a Home Inspector I would most likely be calling defects. The insides of furnaces, failing paint surfaces, and the patterns made by wood destroying organisms can all have a beauty beyond their being indicative of … (9 comments)

wood destroying organisms: Insects, moisture, damage, plants aroud structure. - 11/01/07 11:38 PM

Over the last several inspections i have done lately I seem to find on most homes the vegetation / plants around the exterior are climbing up the home or just planted so close that they are in contact with the structure. I realize that these plants are pleasing to the eye … (0 comments)

wood destroying organisms: Bellingham Property Inspection (King of the House, Inc): Carpenter Ants and Wood Destroying Organisms - 07/25/07 08:53 AM

Those of us who are home inspectors get used to our own lingo. And the realtors who have been in the business for some time understand most of it. Today, I had a reminder, in speaking to a realtor, that all the technical words we inspectors think are common might not … (10 comments)

wood destroying organisms: Bellingham WA home inspections (King of the House): Carpenter ants - 05/12/07 11:15 AM

The shavings, in the first photo below, are typical of what an inspector might see inside the home. And it is not caused by a lousy housekeeper. Although I suppose one could argue that a good housekeeper would keep a step ahead of the ants.
Carpenter ants are one of the … (1 comments)