Bed Bugs: Inspecting for the New "House Herpes" by Nick Gromicko and Rob London Bed bugs are small, flightless, rust-colored parasites that feed on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. Inspectors should learn the telltale signs of these pests and be capable of providing info
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02/11/2011
Here is something you should know : Asbestos components are not limited to PAST installations . Read the lettering on the pipe. It says the same thing in both french and English. "Asbestose cement do not dry cut" This is a warning for the installers. Now look at the date above that; '13.05.09' Th
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02/05/2011
No Guts, No Glory! The guts label is that this under sink drainage installation resembles an intestinal tract. So this gung ho weekend warrior decided to 'go for it'. Clearly he didn't know exactly what to do but he had a problem to solve. He got the glory - it doesn't leak and it's not clogged
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02/05/2011
THE WORST MLS Photo, from the O.M.G.Files of Robert Butler - Aspect Inspection Here it is. The worst photo I've ever seen on an MLS listing (and the only one). I've never seen another one taken at night! This was late December a year or two ago. This may have been late afternoon, but the street
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02/05/2011
I once did an inspection that went very well. That something was off rang like a bell. The urban environment external to a home can affect its desirability. The clients' tolerance of that is what counts. It's the other side of the coin. So what are the 'masked' issues or factors and what is your
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01/31/2011
I’m a little teapot… drip drip drip. How do you keep the spout of a teapot from dripping on the table linen or furniture? Some teapot spouts always drip. Some drip sometimes. Some never do drip. You can't tell at the store. You can't tell till you use it. So what do you do if you have a dripping
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01/21/2011
Robert Butler - Aspect Inspection Having a property inspection done by someone knowledgable in building construction and operating systems does one major thing for you.It provides the 'due diligence' on the building. This means that you've had the house looked into to a reasonable degree beyond
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01/16/2011
Robert Butler - Aspect Inspection This is installed on the ridge board in the attic of a 50's era built home. We could not trace the wire once it left the attic. The sheathing is braided fabric that is not fraying or heat degraded and the metal of this device is not rusted or damaged. The heat
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01/16/2011
It’s cold! What do I do? Ok, the house doesn’t have a basement. It has a crawlspace and the floors are cold. There is a dirt floor, which is dry now, but there is efflorescence so it has been wet in the past or maybe seasonally. Air heating ducts pass through the area. They are incompletely ins
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01/11/2011
Do you think this is an inviting Halloween walkway? It's actually the morning after Halloween but can you spot the 8 safety concerns here? No I'm not talking about the absence of handrails or the disrepair and neglected landscaping around the walkway though those improvements would be recommende
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01/09/2011
