kurt

Well, if it's been like that since 1979, then.....etc., etc.

Yeah, me. It's a problem because they are also the best folks to get to do the Level II, install liners, or whatever. I literally had one the other day where there was a single loose brick @ the top of the chimney, not even associated with the liner, and they were going for the "burn the house down" sales pitch.

Same general situation here. A single loose brick @ the top of a chimney will get an admonition that "the house will burn down and kill your entire family".

I do it in Preview. Set Preview preferences; Select General, then select Open all Files in One Window. Open the folder with the images. Select all files, open them. They open with thumbnails on the left and a selected pic on the right. Select All Images again. Go to Tools in the Menu Bar, pull down menu, Select Adjust Size. Set the pixel count or any other parameter, then Click Okay. Close the files. They'll resize. I usually take low rez pics, about 280kb. I resize them down to just about nothing....50-80kb. It sucks because it's not nearly as cool as Fastone. It's really nice because it integrates with all the rest of OSX in all sorts of fantastic ways that I'm still discovering. You can't punch your name onto each photo. Actually, you can, but you have to write a script or something. I stopped caring about having my name on pics when I couldn't do it easily like in Fastone.

HAHAHA.....I didn't even look that far. I still like your answer. Priceless.

Oh, I believe it. Do we ever believe it. Mold disinformation is big business. Sort of, but it's a lot longer than that. The real messes started in the late 70's, through the 80's, and well into the 90's and 21st century. The building industry underwent a ground swell shift, trade education was killed, and the result is a lot of guys out there with not a clue about what they're doing. SPF. Spray Polyurethane Foam. I'm a big fan. Expect that there are other's that think it's wrong, but not me. I love the stuff. Great in the rim joist. I'm reading some stuff about separation and cracking in some roof structures that were SPF'd, but it's not entirely clear if the problem was the foam or the application.

Sure. But, a robotic brain saying it's from Finland.

Why do you think you need testing? You got some mold. Some of it is from when the lumber was sitting in the lumber yard, some probably because the rim joist insulation was installed wrong and worthless. Here's a certainty. If you "test" for mold, you will find mold. Mold is covering everything in your house including the computer you're currently typing on. Mold testing doesn't provide useful information. The EPA, the CDC, various industrial hygienists associations, and anyone that's studied the topic scientifically will tell you testing is silly. It will send you down a red herring trail.

Anything is possible, but the pictures are telling me it's relatively minor stuff going on. Go ahead and get a "mold consultant" if you feel it's necessary, but be prepared to go down a long road that takes you someplace you could get to really simply on your own. Everyone finishes their basement wrong. Sticking insulation up in the rim joist like they did (sloppy and near worthless) guarantees you're going to get dew point, which means water, which means some mold. Yes, finishing basements like this is code required in most instances and yes, everyone does it this way. We happen to have enough independent studies nowadays to inform us that the building codes are wrong in lots of instances and the fact that everyone does it this way doesn't mean it's right, only lamentable. In case you don't know this, mold is covering everything already. Introduce moisture, the mold grows. All the stuff you're doing (tear out, fiberglass insulation crap floating around, cleaning, etc., etc.) with a crappy 3M respirator pretty much guarantees you're going to have headaches and sinus issues. Get a decent respirator, i.e., dual F or G100 full face mask. Set up a negative pressure fan when you're doing tear out (or anything, really). We set up negative pressure for every job just to keep airborne irritants and crap to a minimum. A $15 box fan in a window is fine. Get some work clothes, preferably coveralls. Take them off when you're done working and launder them. Don't drag all the construction contaminants up into your living area. It's really pretty simple. You're not doing anything you ought to be doing, you're suffering, and now you're blaming mold. Mold may be what's bothering you, but my guess is you've got dirty construction site-itis. Do not, repeat, DO NOT emulate any of the stupid crap you see on HGTV. The morons doing those jobs are spreading dangerous misinformation about how to tackle interior remodeling.

I have never seen a pigtailed installation; everything is in series/feed through. Is pigtailing common elsewhere? Nice machine, btw......

While I was wondering if I should do it, Katen did it. [:-angel]

Yes, it has. IR can take one down more red herring pathways than you can imagine. Or, lead you to something you'd not have found otherwise. It definitely ups the complication factor.

Since I've had an IR imager, this sort of stuff has caused me a fair amount of frustrated investigation. I find electrical components that are a little warmer than they're *supposed to be* all the time. Outlets, breakers, fixtures, appliance control panels, whatever. I've never been able to track it down to anything. I have no explanations.

It's all got some ethanol in it nowadays.

It's a question of the flash. How good is it? There's some question in my mind (now) about whether it's overkill. I don't want to have to take slices out of video; too much time. It's easier to batch load pics into my software and deal with .jegs.

Don't cover it up. Sleazy. Put it on the market. Get an offer. Any decent HI is going to point out the old roof. Negotiate a sale. Don't dink around like a realtor piddling about some dink roof issue. Deal with what comes up, throw them a bone if they want some money for a roof.

I didn't have any serious complaints about my (then Pentax, now Ricoh) Optio/WG series camera other than it was slow, all my batteries had crapped out, and I became enamored of sales pitches for the Nikon AW series. It's actually a better one handed form factor than the Nikon and I like how the files are sorted on the chip. $200 shipped. That's pretty good.

Yeah, typical cheap doors leak. No doubt.

You're right. I missed that part. Kinda seems like we now know what the real problem is. I never see the stuff, so it slid right by me.

Yeah, the lamp. I use it like Erby. It tells me where I'm aiming. I'll probably get the Ricoh next time. Great form factor and bulletproof. Are the newer ones any faster than the old ones?

The mold could be the cause of your respiratory problems, but I wouldn't freak out. It could be from your house, or it could be just about anywhere. The mold grew in the wall because of the water leak. If there were water leaks in other places, mold would grow there too. Mold is everywhere. The type of mold is unimportant. There isn't such a thing as a specific toxic mold that has the same effects upon all people; one mold might make someone sick, but it won't bother other people. Don't believe the silly crap you read in public media about mold. Most of it is not true. I'm not saying mold is OK, but the hysteria about mold is completely overblown. Lots of things cause respiratory problems. You live in a subtropical environment; every surface you come into contact with each day and every breath you take is full of mold and other contaminants that could cause respiratory problems. You got some mold. You did the important thing; you fixed the water leak that caused the mold to grow. Take out the mold damaged materials and replace them. If the materials aren't damaged, then just wipe up the mold. Ask your doctor to do some specific tests or analysis where they determine if you're predispositioned for mold sensitivities.

That's a function of door design and construction, pressure differential dissipation, and installation details, not swing direction. Next time you're up on a high rise observation deck, look at the door design. Good doors perform like curtain walls. Lots of redundant water management.

2.75%

How is that a problem? My percentage of the fee is my revenue, their percentage is theirs. Why would I want to show revenue I didn't receive? Square has an entire module for tracking everything. Very simple. Yes, they're really easy to deal with. It's the best system going.

Square is as good as it gets. I have my money <18 hours at the worst, sometimes in 12 hours.