On first glance at this fireplace, the untrained person might thing nothing is wrong with this fireplace other than to note how there is a lot of smoke discoloration around the wood surround. While this wood surround is decorative and makes for a nice mantel the installation is actually quite d
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09/29/2013
On first glance at this fireplace, the untrained person might thing nothing is wrong with this fireplace other than to note how there is a lot of smoke discoloration around the wood surround. While this wood surround is decorative and makes for a nice mantel the installation is actually quite d
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09/29/2013
While I could get to the location in the picture to inspect the roof and vent cap on the two story house, it took my 26 foot ladder (fully extended with just a few inches of the ladder above the gutter) to do so. I know inspectors that do not go on roofs like this--let alone homeowners. Why do
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09/27/2013
Some things just make an inspector go AAARRRGGGHHH!!! While I could get to the location in the picture to inspect the roof and vent cap on the two story house, it took my 26 foot ladder (fully extended with just a few inches of the ladder above the gutter) to do so. I know inspectors that do n
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09/27/2013
Everyone knows that new construction homes do not need a home inspection! Why bother---what a waste of money. The jurisdictional inspectors have been all over the home like white on rice since day one. Plus, why would a builder with a good reputation, or any of the sub-contractors working for t
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09/25/2013
Today is a day that will live in infamy as the discovery that water runs down hill was announced by a previously unknown kindergarten teacher in Seattle, Washington (obviously not the other Washington). The teacher’s class of kindergarteners, using standard garden hoses, Odwalla
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09/23/2013
Let’s take a look at the Master Bathroom. Everyone knows that a house with a master bathroom is worth more than one that does not---right? This house was a 50’s ranch so there was only one bathroom and all the bedrooms shared it---even the master bedroom. That is the way they did things in the 5
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09/21/2013
Gravity. We all have experienced the toilet with a clogged drain that countered gravity---until it overflowed onto the floor. Diving behind the toilet to get the water shut off as quickly as possible has happened to us all—especially if you have kids that are too young to deal with the crisis in
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09/19/2013
As a licensed Washington State, Structural Pest Inspector I am always on the lookout for wood destroying insects, wood decay/rot and conditions conducive to these organisms. Any inspector that looked at the following picture and dismissed it off hand, without taking a closer look, might be ignori
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09/17/2013
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