rusting nails: When You Make Repairs, Use The Right Materials! - 08/23/14 08:58 PM
Not to state the obvious, but when you make repairs, use the right materials!
This is something that I see so often on home inspections.  With the availability of so much information available out there regarding home repairs, why is it that so often I see work that is entirely incorrect?
Take this stair tread, for example.
It was exceptionally loose.
And why not.
Can you see what's up?
FIRST, the wood is not a board that has been pressure treated.  All outdoor deck materials should be pressure treated.  And this board is new.  It is Southern Yellow Pine, typically knot … (18 comments)

rusting nails: Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places - 04/11/14 09:18 PM
On new construction inspections, sometimes you're looking for love in all the wrong places.
You are building a new house because you are looking for something to love!  You want to love what you see!
By love what you see I mean seeing the right products used where they are supposed to be used.
For example, outdoors, you should only see things made to go outdoors - treated woods, well-placed flashing, or galvanized nails.
Never do you want to see interior nails used outside!
Why not?  Look at the nail heads in the photograph.
These have been here less than one … (8 comments)

 
Jay Markanich, Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia (Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC)

Jay Markanich

Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

Bristow, VA

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Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC

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