Charles (Chuck)'s Blog

I think thst to really help someone that wishes to succeed in your business( NO Matter what it is) they should really hear what it takes to do the job. And to do this it sometimes lets all the air out of their saels or burst the ballon type thing. I would like to see what others think, and would ...

Seems like a lot of info is around on thermal imaging now. Have many of you had a client ask for it, and inspectors are you dong enough of them to pay for the gun? What about the liablity of not finding a problem after you use it and or do you scan every squ ft of the building. If the temp. range...

We are hearing a lot about Radon here in Ontario, has anyone had this test done in there home? Do you think it is a good idea to have it done and or do you think we have any concerns here in Ontario. We are also seeing a lot of different testing / training, and what is the cost. Should bring in a...

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Dear Home Inspectors:I wanted to drop you a quick note to say, I found a very interesting program for Canadian Home Inspectors to Significantly REDUCE Their LIABILITY EXPOSURE and GET PAID to do it.If this catches your interest, click the link below (or cut & paste it into your browser) to find o...

Check out -The August 2008 edition of CPSC's new monthly e-newsletter, "The Safety Review," is now available.  You can download it at http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/tsr0808.pdf  "The Safety Review" is in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).  Viewing this publication requires the free Adobe Acr...

  Do you have Windows XP? Do you use Outlook Express for mail? If you do, then I have a great solution for you. Sometimes I get 10 to 25 [BULK] emails a day trying to sell me whatever. I haven't been getting them in my Inbox for a year or so because I re-direct them. What a relief! Someone told m...

Putting Public Safety First I get these up dates from tssa, you too can if you subscribe to them, this one is on gas lines coming into the couse or building below grade. Last yeasr we had a client that had the gas shut off the day she moved in because of this, we did not have any idea it was a c...

As home inspectors, we have some tricks for figuring out the age of a house. In newer subdivisions we pick up dates from manhole covers, sidewalks and curbs. This will give you an idea of when the subdivision was built. This obviously doesn't work in older neighborhoods.  Thermal pane windows usu...

Go to this link and check it ou, http://www.the-cma.org/?WCE=C=47|K=224217 you can at least try and get the unwanted mail, phone calls to stop or at least slow down, I did it and it seems to have worked, I got this info from my sister in law who like most of us does not have time for all the unwa...