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"Nothing better expresses the aspirational ideal than the notion of small enterprise as the primary creator of jobs and innovation. Historically, small business has accounted for almost two-thirds of all net new job creation, but recent research shows that the rates of new business start ups ar...
05/06/2013
This is exactly what I thought when I looked at the chimney on the inside of a house with a "new roof" - if it's a new roof, why is it wet around the chimney? And I see light! Because of the proximity of a carport the access to the roof was way too high, so the only way to see the "new" flashin...
05/05/2013
If you're going to wire something incorrectly, why not go all the way!? With electrical it's important to have a big finish! The word "lug" has many definitions. One is the more common usage, where my wife would apply it to, well, me for instance! "Can you carry this upstairs for me, you big l...
05/04/2013
So, how do you turn a dishwasher air-gap device into a water-gap device? Remember the old air-gap devices? Those little domes on the edge of the kitchen sink which AIR is supposed to come out of when the dishwasher drains? If it clogged water would spray instead. Now dishwashers are mostly drai...
05/03/2013
When I saw so many repairs on this roof truss, immediately I thought it might have been easier to simply replace the truss! It's location is second from the edge, in a townhouse. This is a pre-drywall inspection. All three corners had been surrounded with large wood gussets on both sides. And ...
05/02/2013
On new construction I see a lot of dormers on roofs that are simply interesting architectural details and have no function other than to look good. Dormers as architectural details CAN look good, but can rot quickly. I say that for lots of reasons. There is usually a lot of wood. Of course, woo...
05/01/2013
Sometimes I run across things on a pre-drywall inspection that is new, and it's how I learn that this or that is the new wave. I don't know when the HVAC duct code changed for garages, but in the past this was not allowed. All of the ducts passing through the garage were flexible ducts. I had ne...
04/30/2013
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