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It really does not matter. If there is a termite bond pay to have it tranfered to your name. If there is not a bond have the property treated.

If you're in a hurry get a hotel room, scrap the house, and start over. The funny thing is; you will probably end up with the same problem.

That's a common situation when one doesn't write up all the little piss ant stuff that's never going to amount to anything. I find myself writing about stupid stuff that's technically wrong, common as dirt, that no one would ever care about or be effected by, except some HI school graduate plugs in a long paragraph of boilerplate making me look like I'm negligent. It adds a lot of time to the report generation. Kurt, You are so right on. I guess that about 60% of my report comments on older homes are all about stuff that does not matter. Like someone else said but that I do not understand; the last man in is more creditable than the expert.

When in doubt, throw it out.

i googled those oddball sizes and found this site. http://www.spudtech.com/detail.asp?id=34 I know this is 2" but who knew there was a call for rifled pvc?? Rifled PVC?! It's time for Daddy to add to his potato cannon collection!!

The 'B' word won't make you popular, but I think you know that. [] My first reaction is the same, but there are builders that are not easily frightened, that can drop that floor and hang a new one, provided the outer shell is worth it. Case in mind, a little 40's bungalow with serious termite damage to the subfloor. The builder had laid a log with the bark left on for a beam in the dirt crawlspace. Basically created a termite nest under there. My clients were a handyman and his son. They took it on as a challenge and have restored that place nicely. An electric chain saw made short work of the log. I avoid the B word also. We call them scrapers around here.

I have been carrying this tool bag for 15 years. Never a problem. Duluth Trading. Click to Enlarge 51.6 KB Click to Enlarge 50.63 KB

It's crap.

Did you talk to Dominc Maricic of Home Inspector Pro? The guy knows the home inspection business and loves to share his knowledge.

At one time I did erosion control monitoring and inspections on construction sites. I installed a similar dialer connected to a tipping bucket that used the site trailer phone line for communication. The reason I used this approach was because the site was a long way from home. What a disaster that thing was. Every weekend it would call every 30 minutes to tell me the site has had rain and needs an inspection. I never did figure out what caused the problem.

Did you notice the standing water on top of the unit? There is an almost impossible to reach cutoff valve behind the water heater and it was in the off position when I took the picture. Odd don't you think? But it gets better. There was also water leaking from the turned off hot water supply at the adjacent laundry area. So, if the water supply is turned off to the water heater and there is a leak at the water heater piping and at a hot water faucet and no flow to some cold water faucets do you think we have a plumbing problem?

No need to worry about the missing TPR drain line. There is another TPR on the 1/2" outlet line that's piped to the crawl space. That is wrong, too. The TPR valve has a temperature probe that has to sit in the top of the tank. The one in the tank might blow ahead of the one with the discharge tube. I call it a scalding hazard because a curious kid could flip the lever and get a shot in the face. John, I was just being a little facetious. I attached another photo of the same water heater just for fun. What a mess. Click to Enlarge 33.93 KB

No need to worry about the missing TPR drain line. There is another TPR on the 1/2" outlet line that's piped to the crawl space.

Click to Enlarge 34.99 KB I took this picture at this morning's inspection in a 1920's era home in the Old Fourth Ward. It is a view from the kitchen of the hall to a bedroom. At the front left of the picture you can see a door, at the center right a gas cold water heater and at the end of the hall a door to a bedroom. In my mind if the door from the kitchen to the hall is closed you now have a gas appliance in the closet of a sleeping room. If the door from the kitchen to the hall is removed is the cold water heater placement OK? If the door is not removed is it OK? Thanks in advance for your thoughts!!

Have you ever heard of paragraphs?

I just call it blown-in fiberglass insulation, after all it is a fiberglass product. I'm with you Scott. It is blown or batt and it is R-30 or not. If there is evidence of rodent activity it is reported too.

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My lovely wife is the first female Honorary Fire Marshall in the long history of the state of Georgia. Shall I send her over for some sweet iced tea and a full evaluation of the conditions that you have obsevered.

Mike, Of course you are correct; what was I thinking, duh! That Dogfish 60 Minute (ok, several) must have been kicking in. But electrical resistance radiant ceiling heat still sucks. After 8 eight years of that stuff I ran away and joined the circus. I have a great story about the day the elephant died.

I believe a baseboard heater or a wall mounted fan heater would be even better than a plugged-in space heater. In my area, which is cold and wet, we expect to see a heat source in a bathroom. With the gizmos and air fresheners people use in their bathrooms, I think you're right. One duplex receptacle won't be enough as a rule. Morgan, check the spelling in your tagline, you're missing the 'n' in 'Engineering'. Thaks Joh.

That is nothing short of awesome. I broke a quantum on my first inspection this morning and I need a referral to a good mechanic.

It's also a man cave. I think a 50 incher can fit in there.

Oh Joe, The days before camera's where everywhere; that was some crazy times. I think I'll take that clip of the floor job with me to jobs and show it to everyone who asks me "Can I fix that myself?". Sure, no problem.

Roofs only leak on one side too.

If it?s an exterior window issue the comment is listed in the exterior section. If it's an interior window issue (like a damaged lock) in goes in the interior section. If the glass has lost its seal it just depends on my mood and where I am in the report.