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White or yellowish-white gunk at solder joints indicate to me that there is a pinhole leak in the solder joint. I also see that often in cheap brass castings made in China. The blue-green on the pipe can mean flux wasn't cleaned off and the residual acid corroded the copper for a while. However, on a valve and it's at or just below the gland nut it can mean the gland packing has failed and the valve is leaking at the stem or the gland nut is loose.

Ivy, vines, whatever -- remove it! Ive seen it growing up under siding, into attics and under shingles. Keep it on the ground. Vines can even kill trees so that's an iffy.

Use Epoxy coated rebar. To me, it looks like the coverage is insufficient to prevent moisture penetration causing rusting.

I often tell clients that it's not a matter of minor, major, or maintenance it's a fact of if I see it and it needs repair or attention of some sort then I have to report it. It is entirely up to them what they want to ask the seller to do - or not. Some are only looking for major items but I have to advise that a lot of less major repair and maintenance can quickly add up to a bunch of dollars.

Just a few pertinent questions: How long was the dryer vent? What material? What diameter? Does the anti-back flow flap open when the dryer is running?

Its not in a HI SOP because it's not a standard practice.

You might have to force the system manager to see a USB port as a real Hardware port like COM1 not a virtual port like COM9 and up . I had a problem with the 1028 connection and it ended up being the virtual port enumerator assigning COM ports numbers like 9 -15 to USB ports. The SunNuclear software was programmed to recognize ports numbers that high. When I assigned COM1 to the USB controller, it took care of the problem. It looks like the SunNuclear software has been upgraded since then because it now accepts COM9.Check with SunNuclear for available software upgrades

I went to solid plastic cards several years ago. They don't melt in my pocket, get dirty, or get dog-eared. I do all my own artwork and send the PDF file to a place in FL. Yes, they cost quite a bit more than cardboard but people are really impressed. I put my picture on the front and some thought I was just showing them my ID. I had a REA use one to open a locked door at one inspection.

I post them and add that there may be adjustments made due to age, travel distance, and extreme conditions. I've had several comments from callers who appreciated the fact that I had posted them.

I had an inspection in a house last fall where the previous owner must have had a whole herd of little dogs. Every floor register was eaten up, the base of the kitchen cabinets were stained and the dishwasher door and kick plate were rusted out.

I check them for voltage. I even made a set of test leads using the blades from a 240V plug. Yes, I've found a few that were either completely dead or only one side hot.

Yes. All the time. I have a bunch in my yard and termites will also do a job on it. It may have a lot to do with what part of the country it's in. I've seen deck posts completely rotted through where they were run through a concrete surface. Standard PTW is not rated for ground contact.

I'm split on it. I don't like to but I have found absolutely bad repairs by the seller or some idiot that was hired. I don't argue. I simply tell them if they were competent in their trade, they wouldn't have to ask me.

You mean they're not like this one? Under the flat tile floor pan? Click to Enlarge 62.95 KB

How true. I had an inspection on a nice log cabin last week. The seller was a master electrician and contractor. Problem #1: No system ground. Not even in the main service panel. Bonded neutrals and branch circuit grounds. Problem #2: Bonded sub-panel, again without a system ground.

Agreeing, mostly, with the above comments, looking at one location is not enough information. One has to see the big picture for evidence of structural problems. What does the other side of the corner look like? What does the structure above this area show? Inside and outside?

One or both bibbs leaked?

Any non-compressible material can be used. Wood is compressible. Besides steel shims, I've seen slate used. Did you receive a letter from the Engineer that explained wood shims were allowable? Is the Engineer going to sign-off on the change and the installation of wood shims? Don't take the word of the contractor. If you hired the Structural Engineer, why is he communicating directly with the contractor? You may have Virginia Code 55-70.1, "Implied Warranties on New Homes" on your side if the house is less than 2 years old. Suggestion, all communications should be in writing. Phone calls and other verbal communications don't carry much weight.

DNS = Domain Name Server, a site that translates http://www.xxx.com into digital address like 72.128.56 Website hosting service is what I believe you are asking about.

Inmotion Hosting here too. Great customer service. Reasonable pricing and different levels of hosting. There are a number of things to consider other than price and popularity including 1) Service speed - Slow or over loaded servers can cause your pages to load very slowly. 2) Service 3) Support of features like blogging, POS, Calendar, scripting,

I've never seen a residential electrician carry a torque driver. Anyone? Now, I haven't seen every load panel ever made but the ones I have seen that actually have connection termination and torque information in the panel have never specified or implied 2 neutrals in a tap. Grounds, yes; Neutrals, no. Multiple neutrals: With the exception for breakers designed for 2 conductor terminations, Why are circuit breaker double taps disallowed? The neutral in a circuit carries the same current that the "hot" conductor at the breaker. So why would it be permissible to "double tap" the neutral? Does not compute.

The way this works is that the company will spend the funding and time on meetings, planning, meetings, overhead, joint meetings, travel, more meetings, really big production presentations, and more meetings. Oh, they'll hire a big name or two and if they can get a PhD or 2 on board the federal bureaucrats will go gaga. If anyone is actually trained and placed it will be a new direction in government contracting.

I don't think you're going to find, a clamp-on ammeter than will accurately measure in a range of 5 milliamps. The picture above shows the meter is reading 200 milliamps with an open circuit. Not real accurate in the low range. That's 0.2A to 0.005A. Take a guess why GF interrupters are designed to trip in the range of 5-6mA?

I right them up as a safety hazard. Especially in new construction where a GFCI receptacle is installed at the end of a vanity top but within easy reach of a toddler paying around a tub. There is NO guarantee that the GFCI will never fail. Only an idiot would design the layout to put one there or go ahead and install it just because the plans show it.

Does anyone know anything about a company called Eye-Stick www.Eye-Stick.Com? They advertise their video camera-on-a-stick by email. No address, phone number, or anything that can be used to verify the company as a legitimate business in the email or on the web site. The product looks interesting but I'm not forking over $1200 to a totally unknown company that can't bother to publish its location (address) or contact information except for a web site URL and an email address. The company appears to in Ontario. They do have demo videos on You Tube. This is on the order page: Shipping Information: Once we receive your order, one of our service representatives will contact you within 24 hours to obtain your preferred shipping method.