en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:52:12 +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=15404&REPLY_ID=121565 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:25:49 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15404&REPLY_ID=121565
Mike Holmes has added yet another twist to his vision of what a model home inspection firm should look like; he's now offering air miles to reward new home inspection clients for hiring his firm, Mike Holmes Inspections, and he's also rewarding clients w...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Inspectorjoe) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15378&REPLY_ID=121501 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:47 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15378&REPLY_ID=121501
One thing about the sample that was assinine, was at the end, it says call Radalink to schedule your radon test, and gives their numbers. I emailed my dislike for...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Phillip) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15311&REPLY_ID=120824 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:46:01 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15311&REPLY_ID=120824
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Washington State DOL has just announced the tentative dates for all board meetings for the year 2012.

Full board meetings will be held on March 15th, June 14th, September 13th and December 6th 2012.

Locations for the meeting are based on availability and the...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15283&REPLY_ID=120575 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:42:32 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15283&REPLY_ID=120575
The American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) announced Marvin Goldstein as its new president at InspectionWorld, ASHI's annual conference, held this year in Phoenix, January 4-7.

Goldstein, CEO of Building Inspection Service, Inc., is a Charte...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15282&REPLY_ID=121290 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:36:57 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15282&REPLY_ID=121290
Up until the first of the year, buyers in the D.C. area and in Virginia had a reasonable expectation that, even without an inspection, the heating, cooling, washer/dryer and anything mechanical or electrical was working properly at the time of move-in. No longer due to a recent chang...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Nolan Kienitz) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15267&REPLY_ID=121155 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:42:27 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15267&REPLY_ID=121155
To read more, Click here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=15245 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:03:09 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=15245
Bruce Barker, 2012 Standards Chair, is seeking A.S.H.I. volunteers to serve on the A.S.H.I. 2012 standards committee. In order to get some geographic diversity, he is particularly interested in recruiting someone from the mid-Atlantic, south or northwest regions of the cou...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15229&REPLY_ID=120006 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:10:29 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15229&REPLY_ID=120006
Worse, some of the inspectors working for...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15147&REPLY_ID=119213 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:06:51 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15147&REPLY_ID=119213
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) is recommending timely and significant government intervention to reduce severe construction industry unemployment. The association recently sent a letter to Chairman Dave Camp and members of the U.S. House...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Rob Amaral) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15132&REPLY_ID=119052 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:46:09 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15132&REPLY_ID=119052
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by Rick Bunzel, ACI

I have to admit that after watching a few episodes of Holmes' Inspection that I wasn't a big fan. I had to keep reminding myself that this was Reality TV and most home inspections are boring to the TV viewer. TV producers will cherry pick fro...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15063&REPLY_ID=119367 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:35:00 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15063&REPLY_ID=119367
by Rick Bunzel

As I approach my tenth year in business I am still learning about homes and perfecting my trade. Our clients have an expectation that we will do the perfect inspection and catch 100% of the issues. However, few are willing to spend the time or mon...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15025&REPLY_ID=118272 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:51:11 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15025&REPLY_ID=118272
The case of a B.C. consumer who bought a home that required $50,000 in water-leakage repairs after the seller signed a disclosure statement and the home was inspected stresses the need for national inspection standards regulated by the provinces, some in...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15006&REPLY_ID=118102 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 07:32:57 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15006&REPLY_ID=118102
Last summer, Vancouver-based home inspector Ed Witzke drove all the way to Merritt to take a look at a house for sale. A young couple had put an offer on the property and hired him to check it out.

It took Witzke about five hours to go through th...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Bill Kibbel) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15000&REPLY_ID=119658 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:05:17 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=15000&REPLY_ID=119658
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Blow up the photo in the attached link. You'll see only spikes protruding from the ledger and you'll see where the deck ledger w...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (gtblum) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14985&REPLY_ID=117856 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:16:25 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14985&REPLY_ID=117856
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At least one home inspector in Washington State is still in business inspecting homes today; and is probably thanking his lucky stars that the licensing law that was passed in Washington State in 2008 separated home inspections from pest inspections and eliminated t...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14896&REPLY_ID=116937 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:57:28 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14896&REPLY_ID=116937
The real estate industry is rife with consumer-based review and information sites, such as the numerous websites where consumers can seek opinions about local real estate agencies or realtors. There has long been an absence of similar directories for home in...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=14890 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:15:54 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=14890
The New York Department of State will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, October 12, on the licensing of home inspectors. The meeting will take place at the Alfred E. Smith State Office Building in Albany and at 123 William Street in NYC. The Department's Divis...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=14870 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:28:59 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=14870
GreenSaver, Canada's oldest non-profit organization, with more than two decades of experience in the residential energy efficiency sector, is proud to announce the acquisition of HouseMaster's Canadian franchise operations. HouseM...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Steven Hockstein) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14851&REPLY_ID=117020 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:27:44 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14851&REPLY_ID=117020
Zarwin Attorneys Joseph W. Denneler, Esquire and Charity A. Heidenthal, Esquire obtained a decision on a motion for summary judgment wherein...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Bill Kibbel) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14834&REPLY_ID=120210 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:41:55 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14834&REPLY_ID=120210
The full article is here.]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14793&REPLY_ID=116159 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:18:59 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14793&REPLY_ID=116159
State lawmakers proved yet again this week that it’s good to have friends in high places.

House Speaker Thom Tillis appointed Joseph Ramsey of Raleigh to fill the “public member” seat on the North Carolina Home Inspector Licensure Board.

T...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (erangeyjj) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14774&REPLY_ID=117552 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:32:18 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14774&REPLY_ID=117552 Thanks
John Erangey
Tarrant County Home Inspections

http://www.tarrantcountyhomein...ions.com
mobile site http://m.tchi.us (note: optimised for mobile viewing so not fully functional on a normal browser)]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=14766 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:04:25 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=14766
Mr. Roundy was a past Vice President of the Washington State Pest Control Association and participated in several of its committees. He also served on the Washington State Departmen...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14722&REPLY_ID=115744 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:14:24 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14722&REPLY_ID=115744
To lea...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Chad Fabry) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14713&REPLY_ID=115547 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:03:06 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14713&REPLY_ID=115547
Johnson states that Vincent was a long time friend and former team mate and that Vincent couldn't make restitution to...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Jim Baird) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14664&REPLY_ID=115945 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:58:49 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14664&REPLY_ID=115945 Notice the inventive orientation of the 5-v roofing panels.
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"I was naive," said Margaux, an insurance agent who also holds a real estate license. "I got burned on the deal."

To read more, click here.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ordered Christopher Ford, owner of Environmental Concepts Technology, Montgomery County, to surrender his state radon testing certification and pay $58,875 in civil penalties for numerous violations of...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14491&REPLY_ID=113802 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:25:24 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14491&REPLY_ID=113802 Click to View
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The current home inspector licensing law was signed in 2007. The article went on to state that after today unlicensed inspectors face fines o...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (gwilcox) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14401&REPLY_ID=112877 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:18:18 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14401&REPLY_ID=112877 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14392&REPLY_ID=112814 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:05:03 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14392&REPLY_ID=112814
Climate Progress takes issue with the report, while TreeHugger's Lloyd Alt...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=14292 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:33:49 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=14292
In a year in which municipal, federal and soon provincial elections have produced immense leadership and representation change in Ontario, the Ontario Association of Home Inspectors have followed suit and opted for mainly smaller market representatives. Members are a...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Ben H) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14246&REPLY_ID=111401 Sun, 22 May 2011 04:38:21 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14246&REPLY_ID=111401
If you would like to be placed on the page, let me know. Most of us are shooting for specific keywords, so be su...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Chad Fabry) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14220&REPLY_ID=111355 Tue, 17 May 2011 08:06:13 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14220&REPLY_ID=111355 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14206&REPLY_ID=111043 Sun, 15 May 2011 11:09:40 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14206&REPLY_ID=111043
The news this week, at least for home inspectors operating in Alberta, is that they are now regulated. According to an article in The Edmonton Journal, the new rules only apply to inspectors doing inspection on resale homes.

In a nutshell, the new rules state:licensed...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Bill Kibbel) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=14142 Mon, 02 May 2011 14:09:04 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=14142 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14139&REPLY_ID=111856 Mon, 02 May 2011 06:24:52 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14139&REPLY_ID=111856 info@inspectorsjournal.com (Bill Kibbel) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14099&REPLY_ID=109838 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:49:28 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=14099&REPLY_ID=109838
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed his first bill into law today since taking office in January. The law repeals a requirement in the national building code for new 1 and 2 family homes to have fire suppression sprinkler systems.

Gov. Corbett said the law...]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (mgbinspect) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=13966&REPLY_ID=113134 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 10:05:47 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=13966&REPLY_ID=113134
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Jim Carey, would have to leave the entire house offering the warning, "DO NOT go in there...." ]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (Nolan Kienitz) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=13841&REPLY_ID=112910 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:36:24 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&topic_id=13841&REPLY_ID=112910

Reuters: New Home Sales Hit Record Low]]> info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=13807 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:55:27 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=13807 info@inspectorsjournal.com (hausdok) http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=13806 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:43:00 +0200 http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=13806
Is it fair? Should inspectors be paralyzed when it comes to increasing th...]]>