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On Monday I did an inspection on four townhouses at a beach resort. The structures were done at or better than code compliance. Because each of the townhouse is insulated with a foam type of insulation the gas operating water heaters in each unit do not conform to the International Residential Co...
06/11/2010
Recently a future house was inspected for a client and the lack of proper supervision was visible during the inspection. A well known company is building a house for my clients and they hired me to inspect their future home. This was a second phase or pre-sheetrock installation inspection that t...
02/17/2010
In new home construction, the builders, supervisors, sub-contractors and foremen are lacking the knowledge that is needed to have a safe home. This is the reason why builders are required to have independent Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) licensed or Professional Engineers (PE) inspectors in...
02/08/2009
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Fort Bend Chapter of Texas Association of Real Estate Iinspectors NewsletterCommunity Involvement Helps All By Tom Pino Recently I volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, an organization that states its mission as “a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry… (that) seeks to eliminate povert...
03/20/2008
Above is an electrical panel that has a very precise position for every wire. The electrician took his time to place all of the wires in a very neat and workmanship manner. No problem with a panel that appears like this one. This is a house that will be closing this week. The electrician for this...
08/16/2007
The above photograph shows an attic that has spray foam insulation. This is great insulation if you have no gas fired appliance in the attic, or if the insulation is properly protected. At this point in time, the builder and the subcontractors have not shown any proper documentation stating that ...
08/06/2007
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Recently at an inspection of home built in the 1950's I noted that the natural gas lines to many different major appliances were connected to a proper main line with copper auxiliary lines. A big red flag came out because it is a known fact that copper and some of the additives that the gas compa...
06/21/2007
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Recently I inspected a home that was built in 1973 in Fort Bend County. A beautiful home but a lot of neglect and some disrepair. Apparently the original homeowners lived there and after their death, it was placed for sale and a couple who is now getting a divorce. They had lived in the home for ...
06/21/2007
Recently I did a phased inspection on a home that is being built between three large Live oak trees. I mentioned in my report that the roots of these trees will invade the monolithic floating slab foundation. I was amazed that the builder went ahead and built the house. One of the trees, a large ...
04/01/2007
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Friday, an inspection was done on a 7000 square feet home that is in the process of being built. When the inspection was done I stated to the foreman that one of the two electrical panels is not conforming to the International Residential Codes (IRC), and although the house was being constructed ...
03/27/2007