Know what you are looking at? Easy, Read the signs, Follow them! DO you know? Well there's a couple of my foot prints there in the attic floor insulation. But there's more. A lot more. All over the place. They aren't individual tracks like mine. No, they are pathways for much smaller feet. And
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08/13/2011
Telegraphing - Not just the original text messaging system. Calling it the original text message system is a very apt description in todays world, but long before 'text messages' as we know them today appeared, to telegraph had another meaning. To reveal underlying or hidden conditions that are n
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08/11/2011
Hello HAIL hole ? Heck no hail hole, that's one of three.......... what? Have a look at this hole, looks like an impact puncture from this angle. Hence the 'hail' in the title. But if hail did this 'damage' there would be lots of other impacts as well. Then I found another one (2nd photo) ; And
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08/10/2011
Here is a good example of the difference between a good inspector and everyone else. Nobody else would have given this tiny plant a second thought. It's far from being an emergency but it exactly the timely information that owners of this property need. This is a re-blog so if you have comments f
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08/03/2011
It's Money In The Bank....Literally. Do you take payments on site or while on the road? Most service providers (like inspectors) do routinely or at least occasionally. Sure you can be paid by cheque but there are risks. They can return for insufficient funds, incompletion or corrections not ini
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07/27/2011
WARNING: Your TV may be too small! (Or too far away!) Disclaimer: Not responsible for readers who buy larger TV from reading this article. The local power utility here in the Montreal area puts out a monthly newsletter, to all it’s billing clientele, that encourages good electrical habits and rec
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07/22/2011
This is a very well written article describing defects in water softener installations. For most of the Montreal area, water softeners are not required, however they are in use in some of the surrounding municipalities that get water from different sources and/or wells. All the points mentione
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07/19/2011
I'm re-bloging this article. The original blog is written by Jeremy Wrenn but once you look at the comments you'll see that he and I co-authored a discussion about the topic. The pros and cons of technique. We did not always agree but came to understand that we used different terms and worked
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07/06/2011
"That's The Way We Always Do It." = Building Damage = Hidden Defect The following is excerpts from a letter written for my client as court evidence because the decking contractor damaged the building structure by cutting (off) 6 posts that he was warned not to cut as they were structural. As a re
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07/06/2011
That a president made the statement, speaks well of him, but everyone needs this level of safety awareness. It just makes no sense to be exposed to daily risks that can easily be corrected. Robert Butler While reading the Presidential Proclamation - National Building Safety Month I took pause
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07/02/2011
