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2011 

When I sold my home last year, I sold it after only 17 days on the market. I found out one of the reasons yesterday when I ran into the girlfriend of the guy who purchased the house in the suprmarket. She fell in love with my bathroom! I was somewhat surprised to hear that it was the deciding fa...
02/24/2011
Many of my clients are quite alarmed when they hear me say 'foundation crack', and this is understandable. After all, the foundation supports the entire house. But many times these cracks that are the result of settlement can be repaired. In this case. there are two large cracks that form a 'vee...
02/23/2011
  I have been doing some side jobs to make extra money as business has been slow lately, and it is good to show anyone who is not as hands-on as I the work performed. This way you can see what contractors have to do to make things work. Many times I am asked to make something 'work', even though ...
02/20/2011
Lead paint can exist in any house built in 1978 or before, and many times I see it is flaking off surfaces like window sills at the inspections I perform. If there will be children in the house, you really want to take precautions regarding this situation. When I perform a lead paint test, I remo...
02/20/2011
Just sold my 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix today! I spent a lot of time restoring this car, and it has many options including tilt wheel, factory tinted glass, and original spare tire in the trunk. I feel bad too, as I will never cruise in such luxury. These cars are timeless, fast, and no foreign car...
02/19/2011
One of the reasons so many children were getting lead poisoning in the 1960's and the ensuing years is from the dust that is made when old wood frame windows are opened and closed. The friction caused by moving the sashes up and down abrades the paint, and causes the heavy dust to settle on the w...
02/19/2011
I attended a home inspection event for my continuing education last week, and it was a two day event with well over 100 home inspectors in attendance. Being the slow time of year, the attendance was quite large and 12 credits are issued which are needed per year so to get them all at one shot is ...
02/19/2011
After some serious sanding and finishing work before it left my house, the staircase is finally in! This took some calculating to get just right as the house has no flooring, and I have to build and install this behemoth so that the rise of each step is perfect. Once the flooring is installed, t...
02/18/2011
This was how I was greeted by a listing agent yesterday. This has happened before, but this is obviously not possible, although I have heard inspectors have done inspections in less time. I told the agent I would then have to leave and reschedule for another day, which was not possible for the ag...
02/15/2011
I recently posted a picture of the staircase I am building for a client, and wanted to show how they are made. In this picture, I show the stringer, which is the side member that supports the treads. Since lumber can only be purchased in widths no wider than 11 and 1/2 inch, large staircases requ...
02/13/2011
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