en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:52:28 +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=10827&REPLY_ID=77737 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:17:28 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10827&REPLY_ID=77737 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10791&REPLY_ID=77482 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:33:04 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10791&REPLY_ID=77482
To commemorate the milestone, Childs and Professional...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10786&REPLY_ID=77535 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:12:57 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10786&REPLY_ID=77535 The board of state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. approved what is likely the largest no-bid contract in its history last month, awarding $60 million to a software company in Jacksonville.

The contract gives Inspection Depot Inc. responsibility for co...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10775&REPLY_ID=77720 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:10:18 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10775&REPLY_ID=77720
To read more, click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (ghentjr) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10754&REPLY_ID=77134 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:47:23 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10754&REPLY_ID=77134 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10704 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:24:51 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10704
According to home inspectors in Australia, there are thousands of unsafe decks currently in use and decks in coastal regions fail more freque...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Bill Kibbel) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10703&REPLY_ID=76741 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:25:00 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10703&REPLY_ID=76741 http://www.inspectorsjournal.c...10-26-09 025 (Large).jpg
Thanks to JC of Clear Choice Home Inspections
for this weeks picture. See comments here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10673&REPLY_ID=77738 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:12:31 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10673&REPLY_ID=77738
The Medical Examiner's office has yet to issue a formal cause of death but friends are saying that...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10634 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:40:41 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10634
To learn more, click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Bill Kibbel) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10547&REPLY_ID=75534 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:19:15 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10547&REPLY_ID=75534 http://www.inspectorsjournal.c...teps.jpg
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Thanks Rich, for sending me this from thereifixedit.com
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On June 25th, 2009, a Houston attorney, homeowner Gary R. Maze and his...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10486 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:47:50 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10486 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10485 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:14:37 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10485 info@inspectorsjournal.com (Inspectorjoe) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10465&REPLY_ID=74962 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:03:07 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10465&REPLY_ID=74962 downspout - it does seem to be undermining a shallow footing - and why nobody
thought of moving the downspout. The fix seems to be limited to propping up the
falling tombstone. If you think Michael Croman is being dissed, th...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10457&REPLY_ID=74778 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:32:09 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10457&REPLY_ID=74778 Environmental Service Professionals, Inc. ("ESP") (OTCBB: EVSP), known as an innovator in environmental home inspections, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Laborers' International Union of North America ("LI...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (admin) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10427 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:32:06 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10427
Please keep an eye on your locator listings as we have been removing quite a few inspectors lately when their email bounces back. We don't have the staff or time (the locator is free) to contact inspectors and ask them to update their listing if the email bounces... we just remove the l...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10395&REPLY_ID=74391 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:01:22 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10395&REPLY_ID=74391
Washington State Department of Licensing has now published a booklet containing everything that you, your clients or the public needs to know about lice...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10338 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:31:08 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10338 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10320&REPLY_ID=76798 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:41:06 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10320&REPLY_ID=76798
Experienced Washington State Inspectors, did you make the deadline to be grandfathered and to receive your new home inspector's license, or beginning tomorrow will you have exactly 10 months left to complete all state licensing requirements or be forced to shut you...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10310 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:30:44 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10310
CPSC Alert #09-333
Frigidaire, a div...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10309 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:28:14 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10309
CPSC Alert #09-333
Frigidaire, a div...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Tom Raymond) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10302 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:31:59 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10302
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pr...765.html

Tom]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10272&REPLY_ID=73603 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:17:50 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10272&REPLY_ID=73603
According to the preamble to the proposed changes:

"the proposed amendments are intended to further clar...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (RickSab) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10207&REPLY_ID=73498 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:05:22 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10207&REPLY_ID=73498
Easton, angry about the loss of his view, went to the city to make sure they enforced th...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10129 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:06:14 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10129 Click to View
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Washington, D.C./January 10, 2008 - Release #08-161
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with A.O. Smith Electrical Prod...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10126&REPLY_ID=73687 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:30:51 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10126&REPLY_ID=73687
The attached pictures are from a repair we just did (we are getting him a...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Inspectorjoe) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10098&REPLY_ID=72119 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:30:43 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10098&REPLY_ID=72119 info@inspectorsjournal.com (Bill Kibbel) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10059&REPLY_ID=71816 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:34:26 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10059&REPLY_ID=71816 http://www.inspectorsjournal.c...bile.jpg
27.56 KBHere's the story:
http://www.fox6now.com/news/wi...02.story]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Michael Carson) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10022&REPLY_ID=71486 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:50:48 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=10022&REPLY_ID=71486 ]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10013 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:09:33 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10013
Since July 1st, when Washington State's new home inspector licensing law took affect, home inspectors have been legally allowed for t...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10006 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:54:32 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=10006
During the morning of Monday, September 14th, Attorney Jonathan Braverman of Baker, Braverman & Barbadoro, P.C. will present an in-depth look a...]]> 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?

]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9965&REPLY_ID=70977 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:54:42 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9965&REPLY_ID=70977 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9964 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:52:02 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=9964
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=71177 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:07:56 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9931&REPLY_ID=71177
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=71956 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:57:22 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=9887&REPLY_ID=71956
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