Rob Amaral
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I have seen 'Der Svastika" Yes.. .. I just found a Burnham with a failed-block yesterday.... Steamer.... 2001... Gotta go.. more fun today in the land of the museum of home inspection...
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Those are the routine manufacturer-designed 'boiler flue cleaning covers' Jim.. the flues get brush-cleaned by removal of those covers.. the spaces between the cast iron sections are 'accessed at that area'.. Soot, crap, sulphur (if oil)... etc.. They usually get re-installed with furnace cement ... If there was a major draft problem with the chimney.. sometimes it's evidenced there..
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http://www.electrical-forensics.com/Ene ... utral.html
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looks like a '58' chevy...
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Another exactly what are these?
Rob Amaral replied to David Meiland's topic in Pest Control (WDI, WDO and Rodents)
I see em once in a while in attics of slab-on-grade houses around Boston... kind of tough when you tell the folks they have 'termites in the attic.. " (Nother great name for an alternative rock band??) "Termites in the Attic" .. right up there with bats in the belfry...! -
The drain below that vent can't keep up.. perhaps an obstruction.. ? Or Moe, Larry and Curly were just working on the house???
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I just use a Goretex poncho from LL Bean... baseball cap... and those LLBean rubber-bottom 'shoes'.. Does the job...
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From horse's mouth (Certainteed rep here at plant in Norwood MA) "Cracking in the 'applique' (like that) is 'ok'.. (Versus 'cracking through the reinforcement' (the fiberglass-mat). "It's considered OK in the industry and by the manufacturer. An aesthetic anomaly"
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A healthy appetite for wanting to read, research...
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I'm guessing it was to cause more condensation 'to be sure.. ' for some reason...
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Looks like possibly over-heated ... remember.. connection-points are where things go wrong..... bad-connections = heat heat = carbonized insulation... Call the utes..
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Concrete houses = one word "Dank"
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Didn't Thomas Edison have something to do with concrete housing like this?? That looks like officers quarters, North Korea Communist Party..
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Wrong... keep trying..
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What do you call a thermostat that only can be set as high as 82 degrees F?
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you sure it's not concrete-brick?? Can't tell ..
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great photo of a great abuse..
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Very cool .. thanks for posting... Ran into an old cistern under an old addition recently.. house was 1865.. Click to Enlarge 61.18 KB
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Sounds like the name of an album for a West Virginia country band..
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New tool/toy for looking at roofs and chimneys
Rob Amaral replied to In-Depth's topic in Tools & Equipment
Thanks for sharing man.. that is pretty good.. I believe there is some sort of 'stabilization' software that can eliminate the shakiness.. ?? -
ditto..
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Benefit of grounded outlet for 2 prong devices?
Rob Amaral replied to vhyme's topic in Electrical Forum
QUICK ANSWER: NONE However, the real question here 'is a 120V circuit with an equipment ground better than an old 2-wire system"? Absolutely!! "It would be best me lad.. you'd be best having equipment grounds within ye circuitry running around your wood box filled with water and pipes and metal things and such and electrical toys.and concrete floors and all. . ya know?" We need a way to catch stray electricity to bring it back to the gate keeper who can then kill it.. " There is no way to bring it back with the old style... -
Where is this? Bratislavia-Bobinka-Slobersk? Nutty..
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Good photo... !