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Below is a blog entry by Joseph Lang that contains some great photos of restricted--that is rusted--galvanized piping. Joseph's photos illustrate the reality of what can happen inside galvanized pipe over time. I also invite you to read my blog entry titled Things to Know About Galvanized Plumbin...
01/29/2010
Below is a great post by Charles Buell who is among the top Seattle area home inspectors. In my neck of the woods--that is, Clallam County which includes Port Angeles and Sequim--I estimate about two out of three houses I inspect right now are foreclosures or short sales. As Charles mentions bel...
01/29/2010
IntroductionOne of the most common areas for a roof to leak is around penetrations. Therefore, it is very important that the flashing around those areas be installed correctly and maintained properly. Plumbing vents or stacks are one such type of roofing penetration subject to leaking. Below is s...
01/12/2010
Up until the 1950s, galvanized steel (sometimes referred to as "iron pipe") was the most common plumbing pipe being used. So when you're looking at a house that's more than 40 years old, you can be pretty certain that it will have at least some amount of galvanized steel piping. And the older the...
12/12/2009
Like many home inspectors in Washington State, I am required to follow three separate Standards of Practices (SOPs): (1) as a state licensed Home Inspector (HI), (2) as a Structural Pest Inspector (SPI), and (3) as an associate member of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI).  These thre...
12/09/2009
Concrete form wood is often left in place in crawlspaces. According to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, who oversees Structural Pest Inspectors like myself, form wood left in crawlspaces is a conducive condition for Wood-Destroying Organisms (WDOs). If left in place, form wood can ...
10/21/2009
One of the more common roof flashing details I often find missing is over the tops of the fly rafter and rake fascia board ends. Fly rafters are the outer most rafters of the gable overhang and the rake fascia are the vertical trim boards installed over the fly rafters. Over time, lack of flashin...
10/21/2009
As most of us are aware, there is an increased number of short-sale, repos (and the like) on the market right now. When I am called in to do an inspection on one of these types of homes, I am always leary of what I might, or might not, find--that is, some folks can get pretty dang malicious befor...
09/21/2009
09/16/2009
On several recent inspections, I have noted bathroom exhaust fan ducts that are improperly terminated either inside the attic space or into an enclosed soffit. This is a concern because vents terminated near a roof ventilator, gable, vent, or eave vent or bird blocking might lead to reduced attic...
09/14/2009
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