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We all see dumb things from time to time and share them here like you did. Keep it up. We all learn from reading the question and the responses.

Click to Enlarge 36.62 KB Ah, C'mon. You mean this isn't OK! [:-monkeyd[:-monkeyd[:-monkeyd Then you sure wouldn't like this one! Click to Enlarge 41.49 KB Or the ever present mouse nest! Click to Enlarge 38.04 KB

Ran into this today. Detached garage with a 30 amp feed from the house panel. Four wire and a grounding electrode with neutrals and grounds separated with the ground bar bonded to the panel. Is it right? Click to Enlarge 45.93 KB

That vacuum cleaner has been lonely for a long long time.

The trick is to get a long lanyard that'll go around your neck while allowing the camera in the holster. Really cuts down on camera damage from drops and makes it easy to grab for a quick draw. Then take your camera to a local leather guy and have him make one big enough to hold the camera and lanyard when not in use. A good belt clip for ease of on and off the belt. The magnetic snap opens when I pull on the lanyard. I guess you could use velcro but more effort to open. Click to Enlarge 142.59 KB Click to Enlarge 150.85 KB Click to Enlarge 142.94 KB And, Yes, if you're egotistical or just like to brand your stuff, you can have your name stamped on it. Going on several years now. One of these days I might even polish it up a little but crawl spaces tend to degrade the polish pretty quick. Did the same (local leather guy) for my "every inspection" tool pouch! Click to Enlarge 87.92 KB Click to Enlarge 94.02 KB

C'mon Jim, since when does common sense rule in home building?

Compressor number not readable. Indoor equipment was 1994. It's old. Be ready to replace it anytime.

Thanks Rob. It's an older house so that doesn't help with the age. I'm leaning towards early 90s but the seller insists it's only 16 years old.

Yup, that corner of the data plate has mysteriously disappeared. Click to Enlarge 30.56 KB I can make out the 9 first digit and the 09 month digits but not the 2nd year digit. Any ideas?

I've seen a few Zipsystem Roof sheathing installations. Like most, follow manufacturer's instructions it seems to work well. But there were several issues where the manufacturer's instructions weren't followed until it was pointed out to them during the pre-roofing inspection. Haven't seen much on the walls.

Realized today when reading Kurt's stuff about kick out flashing that I never updated the results of this new construction inspection. Went back a month later for a reinspection. The stone installer said the original installation was by Kentucky Code as they don't follow the national code and apparently had never heard of the MVMA. The builders solution was this. Click to Enlarge 59.76 KB Not much else they had agreed to fix was fixed either. The buyer wanted to walk. The buyer's agent said they could find a builder that was a little more cooperative on fixes. He walked and a couple of months later found a much better built new construction house a block away (*with no AMSV). When I was by there a month or so ago, the house still had the stone and was still on the market. Go figure.

Just move out. You got a leak somewhere. The landlord ain't going to fix anything. Move on to someplace else.

The body hair that was blocking the impeller rotted away.

Yes, exposed. Here's encapsulation. Don't see it too often. Way expensive. Click to Enlarge 38.55 KB Click to Enlarge 42.38 KB Then there's this form of encapsulation, plastic on the bottom of the joists! Click to Enlarge 19.02 KB It was so tempting to poke a hole in that bubble, but I resisted.

If it was mine and all that pyrolysis was present, I'd be wanting it changed!

As I read somewhere, We dig a round hole, call it a well and expect it to be wet. We dig a square hole, call it a basement and expect it to stay dry.

Builder was just to cheap to excavate the whole crawl space to the same depth. Dug the trenches for the footers and left it at that!

Nah, you don't Kurt. Brandon looks at that kind of stuff in his day job, gas utility guy or something like that, not the home inspection side. Sometimes questions bleed over.

Duh, Tom. It's New York!

Hey, at least he got the asphalt in there!

When they first started speeding up the video, I thought he was moving that fast. Damn, him and his partner are good.

Fatalism?

Hood molding or quoin??

They do make one for Android, Jim. Same thing as for the IOS but with Android connections. Says availability in mid-August, which is now. Both iOS and Android have a video function also. http://www.flir.com/flirone/content/?id=69420

Me thinks someone led someone else down the garden path knowing this was going to happen. I'll cheer for Nick and iNachi because that's what is best for the industry as a whole.