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2014
My client complained more than once about a leaking front porch roof, and finally heard this - "My guy looked at it, and he says it's okay..." said the builder rep. Interesting. Of course the roof was looked at when the homeowner was known not to be home, but that is an aside. Just a little late...
09/13/2014
Busy all day with new construction, and looking at attic insulation, I saw a Best Practice and a not-so-best practice. The Best Practice is the use of a ruler to determine insulation depth. On this pre-drywall inspection, notice how the bottom of the ruler comes to the bottom of the truss raft...
09/12/2014
As a part of the list of repairs on an addendum they asked for a bathroom vent ... and ... This is what they got. Back up the bus. This is the "I'm Beautiful Inside!" remodel of an older house. And it was beautiful! The remodeling company actually did a good job. On holder houses, if a bathroom...
09/11/2014
There should not be hardwood flooring scratches in new construction. There, I said it. New construction is new. Everything should be new. The house should convey looking new. NEW is the key word in the term "new construction." In older homes flooring scratches are what you get! Normal. Dings ...
09/10/2014
What could be better - Flipper foam - the new leak stopper and toilet holder downer. Holder downer is a new, technical home inspection word. People are finding more and more creative ways to hold things, like toilets, down. Forget those old, stodgy flanges and screws! How old fashioned! We n...
09/09/2014
A Free Enterprise Parable And A Historical Struggle A parable is a story, or poem, which is used to illustrate a moral or spiritual point, and reveal a hiddenmeaning. It comes from the Latin word, parabola, which means comparison, discourse, or placing side-by-side When parables are employed, di...
09/08/2014
Is it possible - sometimes the cable guy makes a house? If holes are left in houses they will be taken advantage of. It depends on where they are! And an entrance to a new home is an entrance to a new home! And some new homes can provide space for lots of occupants! This condo is quite large. I...
09/05/2014
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A few weeks ago I wrote a post about a steel beam that was too short on one side and this is about that short steel beam - a follow up. The beam was set on a 4" shelf on the left on the left side. But it was only resting about 1" onto the shelf on the right. Suggesting that was too short, I reco...
09/04/2014
This is a good example of when an electrical junction box is installed dangerously. An electrical junction box is made to contain electrical wiring. The wiring should be properly connected (with wire nuts), and there should not be so much wiring that the mass of junctions overwhelms the volume o...
09/02/2014
Free Enterprise Allows Us To Pursue A High Degree Of Equality “A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.” Milton Friedman (1912-2006) Interesting. Equality cannot be demanded.Equality cannot be mand...
09/01/2014
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