Anyone living in Seattle would have to be living under a rock to have not heard about “The Jungle.”The Jungle is a fairly large piece of vacant land under and around the highway south of downtown Seattle. While this post is about Seattle, it is a story that is playing out in most cities all arou
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03/28/2016
The disSTINKtive odor of natural gas or propane is hard to miss–and for good reason. Since the gases have no natural odor of their own, if we did not put stuff in the gas to alert us to when it was leaking, we would have exploding structures all over the place.One of the most common gas leaks I f
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03/25/2016
Issues in homes often speak loudly.The inspector merely listens and writes down what he hears. Of course this is a metaphor, but sometimes what we “hear” is actually what speaks to us. We need all our senses really to sometimes get the whole story.Most of all though, we need our brains to make se
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03/20/2016
What is intuitive to one person may be strange and unbelievable to another.The other day a friend of mine bought a desk lamp.She wanted a lot of light at her desk. When looking for a bulb for it, all she could find around the house was an 18 watt, 100 watt equivalent, LED bulb which she was hesit
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03/16/2016
If you were ever to have something in your home go as wrong as it could go wrong, you would not want it to be your water heater.Of course wiring can go horribly wrong as can gas leaks.But today I want to focus on your tank type water heater. Your water heater, whether gas or electric, has safety
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03/14/2016
Home inspectors are often called upon, or expected, to see the unseen.This is silly of course but sometimes what seems like rocket science to the novice, is generally pretty logical to the trained eye. None of this will help us see through walls, but the tools we utilize can help the home inspect
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03/11/2016
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