Erby

C'mon Jerry, Look at the picture of the exterior. Do you really think they did pre-fab houses 100 years ago?

Obvously, the persons who did this roof are that stupid!

Dear John, A couple of things to avoid when having someone else do your website for you. 1. Register your own domain in your own name. One company a couple of years ago, ainspect.com by name, took your domain name and registered it in their name. One guy I know that got caught up in it played hell for a long time trying to regain control of his domain name. 2. Don't use someone that does template sites. They tend to rank poorly in search engines because they have all have the same generic content. An example is inspectorX sites. You know them when you see them because they are all the same stuff with different names and addresses. http://gcimob.inspectorxsites.com http://eaglehomeinspections.inspectorxsites.com http://digitalhomeinspector.inspectorxsites.com (this one is a doozy of a home loan site. But you notice. They are NOT domains. They are subdomains of inspectorxsites.com and you see pretty much the same generic links at left. Research your domain stuff and your web designger real well. It'll serve you good.

Web clients tend to be a little bit more educated about the process. A web site is NOT the be all, end all of marketing your services. It's just another avenue to reach out to clients. I use all the avenues I can find that I can document a return on. I also use the website to provide additonal information to clients that aren't sure, such as wives who have to do the legwork and report back to hubby (or [though fewer] vice versa). It gives them something other than just price to base their decision on. i.e. Have hubby check my website so he'll be as educated as you about the process before making a decision.

So Steven goes to Battery power. What do you do now to exercise that wrist and keep it in shape?

Note to self: Clean your screen dumbass! When I first looked at it I thought it was vinyl siding because of the two perfectly located weep holes on the bottom of the board that the cleat is attached to. Then I saw someone said it was wood siding. Went back to look and the two weepholes were now in the middle of the board. Hmm, just a couple of little dots on the screen, not the pictuere. Clean your screen dumbass! Guess I'll go do that now.

Seems someone is stuck on that "further evaluation" stuff from inspector school. Doesn't it also go inside the 3-2-10 (or is that 2-3-10 or 10-2-3) area. It just needs fixing not further evaluation.

It's a turntable for Christmas trees. Round and round she goes. You get to see every side of the tree. Been without one for a lot of years. Don't see the need. But hey, it is kind of nifty idea.

For those who weren't around back then, here's a couple of links. Buyer Beware!!!! http://www.dora.state.co.us/insurance/e ... 04-085.pdf http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=n ... Napadow%22

Does anybody have a copy of 2007 FPE Stab-Lok TECHNICAL REPORT, p.1, Dr. Jess Aronstein [next linked-article below]. 2007 FPE Stab-Lok TECHNICAL REPORT - an updated test report of independent testing (a large 1.2MB PDF file) using a larger pool of FPE Stab-Lok circuit breakers than the older CPSC and Wright Malta tests found significantly higher failure rates of FPE Stab-Lok circuit breakers, including a look at critical safety failures (breaker failed to trip at 200% of rated current or jammed) which found up to 80% failure rate for FPE Stab-Lok GFCI circuit breakers (n=4), 12% failure rate for double pole FPE Stab-Lok circuit breakers (n=120), and a 1% failure rate for FPE Stab-Lok single pole circuit breakers (n=345). Linked on Dan Friedman's website. I can't get it to download for me. I'd love to have a copy of it if you got one. My e-mail address is erby@b4uclose.com

Call one of these. http://www.radalink.com/ http://www.radon-pro.com/ http://radelec.com

Send him to the store for beer. It'll be done before he gets back.

The short courses are good for giving you a base to build on but that's about it. Unfortunately, for those in licensed states attendance at one is almost mandatory for meeting the licensing requirments. My thoughts on start up are here: http://activerain.com/blogsview/130362/ ... or-Startup

While replacement may be recommended, it's not "required". You're describing exactly what I see all the time with weed eater damage. I don't spend a lot of time on it. Just recommend replacement.

Sometimes you see something pretty. Just wanted to share it. Image Insert: 149.32 KB Image Insert: 149.35 KB OK, so it was a long time ago. But it still looked good. -

Yeah, Hometeam looks like he might survive it but he's great a marketing as that's his background. The new Housemaster and Brickerkicker's are struggling. The P2P's lasted about a year. Ed went back to being a helicopter pilot and the two ladies just kinda disappeared when licensing came along. It's a tough world out here. There's about 82 inspectors in the Lexington area. Lot's of those are new strugglers. Some will make it. Some won't. Quite a few more are just part-timers. Quite a drop from 2001-2002 when there were over 200.

Try this line next time, Chad. Yes, I have a state license but, if state licensing was so great, neither you nor I would be complaining about all those other "state licensed" drivers on the road with us. or No matter which store you buy it at, or how much you pay for it, a Snickers bar is still a Snickers bar. The same doesn't hold true for home inspectors, doctors, dentists, etc. You're buying an opinion and opinions vary based on education, experience, etc yada yada. or If you really want the cheapest inspection, call the $150.00 guy. No, I won't tell you his name. I don't support him ripping you off with his drive by inspections. But you'll be able to say you had a home inspection and, a couple of years from now, you'll figure out how he ripped you off.

How the hell did he manage to get THAT in a newspaper that accepts realtor advertising. None of the newspapers around here accept stuff like that, much to our detriment, because they don't want to piss off the realtors. I'm glad he got it published. I hope it has some effect on the issue.

In point of fact, it was NONE of the above except lack of proper spacing of the OSB panels and the humidity levels causing the OSB to expand. See the Structural Board Association website on OSB: http://www.osbguide.com/osbliterature.html H clips are not required in all OSB applications.

Been looking for a long time for a picture of a roof that showed this issue clearly. Finally found the right roof at the right time to show it. Image Insert: 155.71 KB Image Insert: 146.71 KB

A kindergarten pupil told his teacher he'd found a cat. She asked if it was dead or alive. He informed his teacher that the cat was dead. "How do you know?" she asked. "Because I pissed in his ear and it didn't move," said the child innocently. "You did WHAT?!?" the teacher squealed in surprise. "You know," explained the boy, "I leaned over and went 'pssst' and he didn't move."

I'm fortunate, I think. I've managed to stay out of those shotgun houses in that area for the most part. Do you see the news story about the rat infestation in Andover Hills. $300,000.00 house with a rat problem???? http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/219389.html The neighbors were freaking out! Rats are nocturnal. They sleep in the crawl space during the day. I'd be making lots of noise!

1,300 Home Inspectors and only a couple dozen showed up? Hat's off (no slam on your hat, Marion) to those who gave up some income to protect all our businesses (set a precedent) and the consumers. It was enough to get the job done and that's what counts.

I'd say the odds are pretty good!

If I didn't do crawl spaces with spider webs, I wouldn't do any crawl spaces. Be watchful. Wear protection.