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Seattle Home Inspector finds Fungus in an Old Rhyme!

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Home Inspector with Charles Buell Inspections Inc.

The Fungi go marching one by one, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching one by one, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching one by one,
The little one runs to avoid the sun,
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!
The fungi go marching one by one
The Fungi go marching two by two, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching two by two, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching two by two,
The little one has a spore to spew
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!

The Fungi go marching three by three, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching three by three, ah-choo! ah-choo!

The Fungi go marching three by three,
The little one stops to cut make the cheese
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!

The Fungi go marching four by four, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching four by four, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching four by four,
The little one stops to release some MORE spores
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!

Fungus destroyed floor joists

The Fungi go marching five by five, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching five by five, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching five by five,
The little one stops to munch----so good to arrive
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!

The Fungi go marching six by six, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching six by sex, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching sex by six,
The little one stops to do its tricks
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!

The Fungi go marching seven by seven, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching seven by seven, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching seven by seven,
The little one stops to bloat like leaven
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!

More rotten floor joists
The Fungi go marching eight by eight, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching eight by eight, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching eight by eight,
The little one stops to say it’s TOO late
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!

The Fungi go marching nine by nine, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching nine by nine, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching nine by nine,
The little one stops to bask in his prime
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!

The Fungi go marching ten by ten, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching ten by ten, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching ten by ten,
The little one stops to say "THE END"
And they all go marching down, to the ground
To find some new wood, CRASH! SLIME! BOOM!

Decay/rot destroyed floor joists

Seattle Home Inspectors and Structural Pest Inspectors look for fungal growth.

And this is what the Fungi did to the floor joists along one side of the 30’ long crawl space.

Charles Buell

Seattle Home Inspectors, ASHI Home Inspector, Structural Pest Inspector, Charles Buell Inspections Inc, Seattle, WA

 

 

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Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

Charles.. you have way too much time on your hands.

(there's a fungus among us)

Jul 29, 2009 05:31 AM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

BTW Charles I love the plural of fungus. Reminds me of the law of entropy that everything sooner or later devolves to chaos.

Jul 29, 2009 06:05 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

First you give me a phobia about my HVAC filters and now I've got this fungi song stuck in my head!

If your blogs weren't so darned good, I'd have to unsubscribe!!!!

Jul 29, 2009 06:08 AM
Jack Gilleland
Home Inspection and Investor Services, Clayton - Clayton, OH

As a song writer, well, your a great photographer.  As a photographer those are some great pictures.

Jul 29, 2009 06:12 AM
John Mulkey
TheHousingGuru.com - Waleska, GA
Housing Guru

Charles, I've seen a lot of pretty pictures on AR. These are not on the list.  Wow! Was this a surprise to the potential purchaser or was it expected?

Jul 29, 2009 08:29 AM
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Put it to music, video it, and get on youtube, and you too may be asked to be on American Idol. I'll vote for you.

Jul 29, 2009 08:33 AM
Carol Pease
JP & Associates Realtors - Bastrop, TX
CRS, Broker-Associate 512-721-6320

Cute little diddy!!!  Nasty pictures that make me cringe and wanna sneeze just from looking.

Jul 29, 2009 08:48 AM
Charles Buell
Charles Buell Inspections Inc. - Seattle, WA
Seattle Home Inspector

Raine---good place for husbands right?:)
Susan, I don't like the song much myself but it is way better than the rot
Patricia, thanks
Terry, I gotta think you are right about that
Sheree, there were lots of patches over holes in the interior and I honestly couldn't tell if they were trying to keep critters in----or out-----or both:)
Alan---and tooooo much time on my hands (and knees) in this crawl space.
Craig the next one will have to be an adaptation of something by Tiny Tim----"Tip Toe Through the fungus......"
Jack, well said
John, when I walk up to a 1910 building in Seattle and know there is a crawl space and see that there are no crawl space vents----this is exactly what I expect.  The buyers were happy I found it.
Joe, you can go for it if you want:)
Carol, pretty gross for sure.

Jul 29, 2009 09:53 AM
Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED
RETIRED / State License is Inactive - Portland, OR

Oh . . . so that's what those funny rectangle things are in the side of houses -- AIR VENTS!!

;-)

Funny post, and fungi too

Jul 29, 2009 01:58 PM
Malita Jones
Sky Realty, Inc.- 512HomeStore.com - Austin, TX
Austin Texas Home Sales

I'm going to have nightmares - I'm pretty sure this is the set of a horror film!

Jul 29, 2009 02:22 PM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Charles, you just get more creative all the time.  You and Ms Kate featured at the same time??!!!  I promise that my godson and I will not hi-jack your blogs.  Congratulations.

Jul 29, 2009 02:27 PM
Charles Buell
Charles Buell Inspections Inc. - Seattle, WA
Seattle Home Inspector

Carla---good idea to have them when you need them:)

Malita----if you could pay the actors enought to go in there:)

Jul 29, 2009 02:28 PM
Charles Buell
Charles Buell Inspections Inc. - Seattle, WA
Seattle Home Inspector

Barbara, that is OK----I think the fungi have already taken it over:)   And thanks----I would never have even considered that this would get featured----you never know what is going to tickle the AR gods.

Jul 29, 2009 02:33 PM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

The Fungi do lots of damage,

ah-choo! ah-choo!

The Fungi do lots of damage,

ah-choo! ah-choo!

The Fungi do lots of damage,

which can be expensive too.

ah-choo! ah-choo!

Jul 29, 2009 02:40 PM
Shoshana Shay
St. Pete Realty - Treasure Island, FL

I can't stand it -- the song will be going through my head all night long ("The fungi go marching all night long, ah-choo! ah-choo!")... this is hysterical, complete with the outstanding illustrations!  And I would not want to walk into that building. What would be lurking in the pet food, I wonder? Charles, you have out-done yourself this time...!

Jul 29, 2009 02:54 PM
Charles Buell
Charles Buell Inspections Inc. - Seattle, WA
Seattle Home Inspector

Judi, I like it!----better than the original:)

Shoshana, thanks----enjoy the music in your head:)

Jul 29, 2009 02:59 PM
Matt Listro
National Credit Fixers - Matt Listro - Vernon, CT
Your Credit Repair Expert

Hi Charles:

I have to level with you and say those pictures really grossed me out! LOL! I was just appreciative I wasn't eating when I looked at them but excellent information!

:)

Matt

Jul 30, 2009 08:49 AM
Charles Buell
Charles Buell Inspections Inc. - Seattle, WA
Seattle Home Inspector

Matt, today's postis kind of "desert" for this one:)

Jul 30, 2009 08:58 AM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

How come when I read that song, I want to sing it to myself?

I remember that song from Camp Shippitawkin'.  I don't remember those words though...

Great way to describe the process.  Great headline:  Damp Destruction Destroys Delapidated Domicile.

That was all from the same house?

Jul 30, 2009 12:32 PM
Charles Buell
Charles Buell Inspections Inc. - Seattle, WA
Seattle Home Inspector

Jay, yes----same building----small commercial building from 1910.

Jul 30, 2009 12:43 PM