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  Support Beam splitting

  By Alberto Diaz November 14

  I’m considering making an offer on a townhouse that has a support beam that is splitting. The house was built in 1970 and there are no sign of sagging floors. Is this something I should be concerned about? Thanks in advance. 

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• Trying to Locate Source of Dizziness and Allergies

  By Marc Arnold November 11

  We moved into a home last December, and ever since then, I have experienced dizziness, blurred vision, nasal congestion and occasional body aches in my living room. This feeling does not seem to happen in other rooms like my basement, where I spend 9 hours of my day working. It also does not affect my wife and daughter who think I am crazy because of this.  In March, we had our HVAC system replaced. There was significant mold growth on the coil of the gas pack unit. The AC units and furnace

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  Arcitectural shingles along rake.

  By JMark October 30

  My apologies for the poor photo.  I have a new roof with several voids along the rakes due to the differing thickness of architectural shingles.  My roofer says it isn't an issue with regards to rain and moisture due to the starter strip, remains quiet when I raise the issue of wind, says there is nothing he can do, and calls me picky.  It would appear to me be a moisture and wind issue which could be corrected by ending the course with a portion of shingle the same thickness, but I'm not the pr

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• History

  By mgbinspect October 13

  Greetings all, One of my fellow home inspectors called me yesterday, as the "old guy" to see if I knew when installing an electrical service panel in a bathroom became verboten. He had actually been asked that question by a local county building inspection official, who is dealing with it in a renovated home. (Virginia is an unusual state in that only new work must meet new code requirements. Old work is deemed grandfathered.) So, I in turn reached out to Bill Kibbel, who suggested tha

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  Vintage Light Fixture Mount

  By MPdesign October 6

  Good afternoon. I know that this is a bit off-topic, but I know that yo uare some smart guys who have seen alot. I have installed alot light fixtures, but I have never see a mount like this. This is for a chandelier at the ceiling side.  Does anyone know how this was suppossed to be hung? It is threaded on the right side with female threads. There is an escutchean that slides over to cover this and the box at the ceiling.  Thank you! 

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  Newly Changed Shims Good or Bad?

  By EmperorSunLao September 19

  Hello, My wife and I just bought a house and our inspector found there were pressboard shims in the foundation in the crawl space. We worked with the seller and the seller paid to have them replaced with hardwood shims. I don't really know if how they changed them is appropriate or not though. We have a few pictures of the new shims here, if you can please tell me if these look okay or if they need to send the contractor back in to correct them.   We really appreciate your help, t

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• Neutral Bar in junction box

  By Franklin September 14

  Can I install a neutral bar in a junction box?I have to relocate 4 panels to a new location approx 50’ away. I must junction box all of the branch circuits and extend them (splice) to the new panel location. All of this is in the job specs. Non of the existing neutrals are identified, so labeling the extensions would be pointless and tracing out every neutral is impractical. There are 4 panels, full  with 42 circuits. Thanks

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  receptacle

  By SNations August 25

  Does anybody know anything about this type of electrical receptacle?  It was in a bathroom so I'm assuming it's supposed to be GFCI, but I don't see any "test" or "reset" markings (I don't know if that's required but I always see it).  Plus it was dead.  I've never seen one like this before.

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