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Foam Yer Foundation!

By Jay Markanich

Home Inspector with Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC 3380-000723

December 25, 2011 10:25 PM

Does it bother you to be able to look through holes in your foundation wall?

Or does water pour in through it every time it rains?

Or how about just shoring it up when it looks weak and falling apart?

Well, be bothered no more!

Hi folks! Billy Jays here!

Let me introduce you to our last product of 2011, and our FIRST product of 2012!

Get my new Foam Yer Foundation!

Yes, with Foam Yer Foundation! all those gaps, and your worries, will disappear!

No more seeing through the foundation!

No more rivers coming through the foundation!

No more bricks and stones moving in the foundation!

NO MORE WORRIES!

And this is the best thing of all!

Not only can Foam Yer Foundation! be used indoors, but outdoors also!

Yes, Foam Yer Foundation! can be sprayed anywhere you have a gap!

Concrete block, stone, wood or poured, Foam Yer Foundation! is as good as it gets!

So call now!

Imagine how proud you will be to show this repair to your neighbors!

And especially if you live in a historic home on a historic street in an antebellum city!

Why, the Historical Committee will stop by and just glow with pride!

And wait! If you call in the next twenty minutes, cause we can't do this all day, I will send you two cans of Foam Yer Foundation! absolutely free! You only pay an additional $39.99 for handling and shipping!

So CALL NOW!

And when you reach one of our highly trained Phone Foamerators, be sure to request your free gift!

With every order of Foam Yer Foundation! I will send you a case of Wet Yer Whistle!

Yes, the finest dihydrogen monoxide money can buy will be on its way right to your door!

What better way to say goodbye to the old year, welcome a new year and get rid of your foundation worries at the same time!?

Two spray cans of Foam Yer Foundation! and a case of Wet Yer Whistle!

Leave it to Billy Jays to make this the most special shipment ever!

So CALL NOW!!

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Mike Cooper, Broker VA,WV

Cornerstone Business Group Inc - Winchester, VA

Your Neighborhood Real Estate Sales Pro

Alright, Jay, I've got to suggest that so everyone can get rid of that weak leaking foundation right now! Excllent, and I wish it really was that simple. Have a great week, and Happy New Year!

Dec 26, 2011 01:11 AM

John Mulkey

TheHousingGuru.com - Waleska, GA

Housing Guru

Billy Jays - You might consider marketing your foam as a replacement/alternative to mortar. Contractors/flippers could do their own foundation additions without having to call in a contractor, and having had a similar, but I'm sure inferior product on my hands I know it will stick to anything.

Dec 26, 2011 02:54 AM

Brad Gotham

Granite Peak Inspection, Inc. - Colville, WA

Billy Jay,

I'll Take two and could you throw in a can of caulk your crack with that?

Dec 26, 2011 03:34 AM

Steven Cook

No Longer Processing Mortgages. - Tacoma, WA

Jay -- you forgot the other intrusive group who love those foundation points of failure-- the rodents. They just love to get in through those gaps and cracks. But who do I get to crawl all around the exterior foundation in the crawl space (less than 2' clearance) to find and fill them?

Dec 26, 2011 07:17 AM

Jack Gilleland

Home Inspection and Investor Services, Clayton - Clayton, OH

Billy, sign me up I'll take a case and sell it at the time of the inspection.

Client, "What can we do about all those holes in the stone foundation."

Me, "I'm glad you asked that. For just xxx.xx you can have this can of Foam Yer Foundation".

No need to back out of any deals because of a crumbling foundation again. Brilliant.

Dec 26, 2011 07:49 AM

Jay Markanich

Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA

Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

Don - I have permission to send this to you:

"We have never come out with a catalog, especially in advance. Our marketing model is meeting the need once we find it. Billy"

That there is one firm foundation Mike! Nothing stronger than foam.

John - Billy would LOVE for this foam to replace mortar. I for one am not optimistic.

Brad - again from Billy:

"I can send a couple of tubes of that with your order! We always like to get the product out there. But you have to call now. Billy"

I didn't forget Steven. That's Billy's product, not mine. I would prefer mortar every time, but don't tell Billy I said that. Thanks.

As to the clearance problem, I would recommend one or two of my 12 year old Boy Scouts, weight about 65 or 70 pounds.

Dec 26, 2011 07:52 AM

Jay Markanich

Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA

Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

Thanks Jack. I think the product line is growing for a reason.

Dec 26, 2011 07:55 AM

Charles Buell

Charles Buell Inspections Inc. - Seattle, WA

Seattle Home Inspector

what does anyone need with old fashioned mortar when you have spray foam?

Dec 26, 2011 09:09 AM

Jay Markanich

Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA

Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

A thousand and one uses, Charlie, and few of them correct! But hey, Billy gets by pretty well!

Dec 26, 2011 10:22 AM

Reuben Saltzman

Structure Tech Home Inspections - Minneapolis, MN

Delivering the Unbiased Truth.

I gave it a shot - it works! Foam insulation at foundation

Dec 26, 2011 01:34 PM

Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate

Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL

Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

Jay, I asked a 30 year master carpenter what he thought about the Foam... He said it was the worst product ever invented; stay away from it.

Great Blog, Great Photos, thanks for the laugh!

Dec 26, 2011 02:33 PM

Jay Markanich

Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA

Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

Reuben - Billy would be very, very proud! It looks like you need some more - I'd call now.

Fred - the right stuff in the right application is good stuff, but most people don't do that!

Dec 26, 2011 08:46 PM

James Dray

Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

You are one funny man. I do like your sense of humor by the way I'll take a case of that. Need to shore up some problems before it gets really cold here :)

Dec 26, 2011 09:08 PM

Jay Markanich

Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA

Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

Thanks James. All you have to do is call now!

Dec 26, 2011 09:09 PM

Lisa Von Domek

Lisa Von Domek Team - Dallas, TX

....Experience Isn't Expensive.... It's Priceless!

Good morning James,

I love a good laugh, and your photos reminded me of several "foamed repairs" that I have seen by creative homeowners and repair professionals(?) alike.

Wishing you and yours a Very Happy New Year!

Dec 27, 2011 02:18 AM

Jay Markanich

Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA

Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

Thanks Lisa. And same to you of course. I see foam all the time, and not just at the ocean.

Dec 27, 2011 09:34 AM

Jack Gilleland

Home Inspection and Investor Services, Clayton - Clayton, OH

You know Jay I'll bet that stuff is cutting into the traditional caulk market.

Dec 27, 2011 02:05 PM

Jay Markanich

Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA

Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

I think because they figured out how to make it minimally expansive Jack. It does work well around windows and doors. Inside anyway.

Dec 27, 2011 09:35 PM

Eric Middleton

Closer Look Property Inspections Inc. - Uniondale, NY

Professional Property Inspector

Jay - this post is right on the money the pictures and all. Really shows why an inspection is important. At the very least though, the owners were creative - lol

Dec 28, 2011 03:15 PM

Jay Markanich

Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA

Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

Eric - things like this might simply be the result of good marketing. "Good for any surface..."

Dec 28, 2011 09:41 PM