en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:03:17 +0200 info@inspectorsjournal.com 60 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/ The Inspector's Journal is an interactive webzine written by home inspectors for and about the home inspection industry. TIJ's mission to inform and educate home inspectors, thereby helping them to become better inspectors and ultimately increase their bottom line. This site consists of inspection-related news briefs, a calendar of coming events of interest to home inspectors and a variety of discussion forums moderated by various industry subject matter experts. http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/ http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/images/TIJ144.jpg 144 35 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9972&REPLY_ID=71025 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:14:08 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9972&REPLY_ID=71025
To read more, click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9970 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:53:54 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9970 Just a reminder to experienced Washington State Home Inspectors; beginning tomorrow, DOL begins issuing licenses to all experienced inspectors - those who had at least two years experience and had completed at least 100 inspections as of June 12th 2008.

Inspector...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (John Dirks Jr) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9968&REPLY_ID=71059 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:40:48 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9968&REPLY_ID=71059
Do any of you design and order your cards from online vendors? Which ones do you like?]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9966 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:00:02 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9966
Congratulations, Mike! Say, can I interest you in investing in a home inspection college?

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To read more, click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9957&REPLY_ID=70967 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:55:36 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9957&REPLY_ID=70967 American home buyers deserve a more equitable solution than the American Clean Energy and Security Act as Congress moves to cut our nation’s energy use, says the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

“The hard truth is that we can’t build our way out of this problem,”...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9949&REPLY_ID=70917 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:52:00 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9949&REPLY_ID=70917 Deluged by phone calls from confused inspectors that hadn't bothered to look into the home inspector licensing rules until the eleventh hour - and many of those calls being rather hostile - personnel at the Washington State Department of Licensing Home Inspectors P...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9931&REPLY_ID=70728 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:07:56 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9931&REPLY_ID=70728
To read more, click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9913&REPLY_ID=70536 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:02:28 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9913&REPLY_ID=70536 There have been some big changes on the James Hardie siding site and in their siding products. Hardie has set up what they call the HardieZone™ System and they now offer siding with specific performance attributes relative to the climate where one's home is being built...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9887&REPLY_ID=70530 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:57:22 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9887&REPLY_ID=70530
I don't know about the rest of you, but the only time I'm concerned about whether a p...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9886&REPLY_ID=70248 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:02:34 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9886&REPLY_ID=70248 by Andrew Christie, Civil Engineering Technologist & Registered Home Inspector

In October of 2006 The Globe and Mail published an article by Mike Holmes in which he blatantly slammed home inspectors and real estate sales reps, and exhibited a shocking lack of knowled...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9857&REPLY_ID=70476 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:22:43 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9857&REPLY_ID=70476 ...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9855&REPLY_ID=70551 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:57:44 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9855&REPLY_ID=70551 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9846&REPLY_ID=69878 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:15:38 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9846&REPLY_ID=69878 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9843&REPLY_ID=70357 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:04:13 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9843&REPLY_ID=70357
Holmes, who has the ability to do something that a home inspector doesn't - tear into the...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9842 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:30:20 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9842 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9841&REPLY_ID=70415 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:17:48 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9841&REPLY_ID=70415 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9818&REPLY_ID=69714 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:44:11 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9818&REPLY_ID=69714 The U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and of Energy (DOE) are coordinating the use of appropriations from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to provide weatherization assistance in HUD-qualified assisted housing.

The funds include $4.5 billion...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9817 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:36:14 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9817
The 60-minute webcast willl include an overview of the residential requirements of the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code and will be...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9815&REPLY_ID=69810 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:18:41 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9815&REPLY_ID=69810
http://www.inspectorsjournal.c...IPV.jpgA transparent thin film barrier used to protect flat panel TVs from moisture could become the basis for flexible solar panels that would be...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9791&REPLY_ID=70359 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:03:47 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9791&REPLY_ID=70359
To read all stories on this subject, click here, and here, and here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (John Dirks Jr) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9692&REPLY_ID=69646 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:28:17 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9692&REPLY_ID=69646
What do you think the top 3 things that a person wants to find out when they search for an inspector?]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9680 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:47:42 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9680
That's right, for free. In these tough times, many non-profits are struggling to make ends meet. TIJ is widely read by home inspectors all o...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9604&REPLY_ID=69633 Tue, 26 May 2009 07:42:50 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9604&REPLY_ID=69633
Today's contribution shows that he's neari...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9603&REPLY_ID=69425 Tue, 26 May 2009 07:08:03 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9603&REPLY_ID=69425
Is Barry on solid ground or perched on a slippery slope? What say you?

To read the entire article, click here.

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To read more, click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9592&REPLY_ID=69228 Sun, 24 May 2009 08:46:38 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9592&REPLY_ID=69228
Click Here!.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (RobC) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9585 Thu, 21 May 2009 18:44:45 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9585
I finally broke down and consulted a real web designer after supporting a dead end website for the past 5 years that might have yielded.....maybe 3 inspections.
And 2 weeks after going live, I find myself on page one of Google, the phone is ringing and...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9576 Thu, 21 May 2009 09:01:31 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9576
http://www.inspectorsjournal.c...er.jpgOn May 15th, CPSC and Fluke Corporation of Everett, WA recalled about 52,000 digital clamp meters for a shock hazard. According to CPSC, the meters can fail to give appropriate volt...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9575&REPLY_ID=69179 Thu, 21 May 2009 08:39:27 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9575&REPLY_ID=69179
To read more and/or respond to her column from a home inspector's perspective, click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Chad Fabry) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9550 Sat, 16 May 2009 14:44:19 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9550 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9540&REPLY_ID=68759 Thu, 14 May 2009 23:54:22 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9540&REPLY_ID=68759
To read more, click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9539&REPLY_ID=68762 Thu, 14 May 2009 23:49:10 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9539&REPLY_ID=68762
To read more, click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Phillip) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9530&REPLY_ID=70275 Thu, 14 May 2009 06:00:10 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9530&REPLY_ID=70275 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Louisiana-Pacific (LP) Corp., of Nashville, Tenn. has announced a voluntary recall of about 48 million linear feet of LP's composite decking.

According to CPSC, the recalled decking can prematurely...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9525 Wed, 13 May 2009 07:29:54 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9525 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9524 Wed, 13 May 2009 07:22:11 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9524
To read more, click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9519 Tue, 12 May 2009 07:09:12 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9519
To...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (kurt) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9510 Fri, 08 May 2009 20:22:45 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9510
Download Attachment: images/icon_adobe.gif WR Grace Acquitted...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9498&REPLY_ID=68503 Thu, 07 May 2009 11:25:32 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9498&REPLY_ID=68503
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Jackson, MS]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9423&REPLY_ID=70304 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:34:58 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9423&REPLY_ID=70304 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9422&REPLY_ID=67923 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:23:40 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9422&REPLY_ID=67923
To read more, click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9421 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:17:00 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9421
To read more, click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9420 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:08:11 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9420
To read more, click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9395&REPLY_ID=67625 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:26:02 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9395&REPLY_ID=67625 HouseMaster®, one of the largest home inspection franchisors in North America, has partnered with Closing.com, the most comprehensive source for real estate services on the Web, to connect directly with consumers online. All of HouseMaster's more tha...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9389 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:22:23 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9389
http://www.inspectorsjournal.c...pace.jpg Check out the building at Washington State University’s Extension campus in Puyallup. The foundation is cracked. The front stoop tilts toward the...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9388&REPLY_ID=67562 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:49:51 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9388&REPLY_ID=67562 It's a very large dark circular room with huge video screens mounted high in a circle around a central pit. In the pit, operators seated in front of keyboards are staring at monitors and are chattering into headsets. At times the chatter gets pretty loud and every once...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9324 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:35:51 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9324 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9323 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:31:20 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9323
The first is APA Form Z725 - APA Design Guide, Performance Rated I-Joists. Updated this month, this 25 page publicat...]]>