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  1. Jerry Simon
    Need a *new* ratcheting screwdriver? This is probably circa 1950, original in-box and never used. In second pict, you can see wooden shipping block still intact on left side of screwdriver. Lemme know if anyone wants to buy. Mille Grazie. Click to Enlarge 46.69 KB Click to Enlarge 54.4 KB
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    Just did this one in February; Western Springs, IL Client said there were about a half-dozen in the neighborhood, all by the same builder. Built 1933. This modest 1,500 sf or so house is now 3,500 sf Before & after pics. . . Click to Enlarge 76.4 KB Click to Enlarge 933.89?KB
  3. Jerry Simon
    But not working well. By far the biggest complaint I've found most people have is the poor heating & cooling about the house, with uneven heating/cooling about the house leading the pack. My pre-drywall inspections find extremely poor insulation installs 99% of the time. Add that to the lack of *science* in the design and installs of the HVAC systems, and you've got my own (tract) house, one with an electric space heater running this very moment by my desk.
  4. Jerry Simon
    Well said. And that's why typing classes would be some of the best money ever invested for those that still hunt & peck. About the only class in HS I truly enjoyed and never fell asleep in; benefits me more in this job than just about anything else.
  5. Jerry Simon
    Sounds as good as anything. Just glad I ain't the only one seeing such. I wonder what ya'll who see this tell their client? Also just noticed, since I've been home recouping from shoulder surgery and taking a lot of baths lately, the bath water color is much darker/browner when I'm done. And floaters also appear; lots and lots of floaters. Water almost seems "thicker" as well, with an indescript scum-froth surface film. Go figure. Well, 'nuff of that; puttin' laptop down; time to dunk & rinse. . .
  6. Jerry Simon
    I've seen this often in white bathtubs, the yellow-greenish water tint. I've ruled out water heaters as the cause, and always a public water supply, not well water. Copper supply pipes as well. Anybody know why water sometimes looks this way? Click to Enlarge 868.73?KB
  7. Jerry Simon
    I do mine through paypal; there's a link at the bottom of my home web page/
  8. Jerry Simon
    Is that a regional thing (versus being 6')?
  9. Jerry Simon
    I am not worked up... This is just something i would like as many people to understand as possible. Sam Go over to InspectionNews.net and talk to a guy named Jerry Peck about this. You'll truly enjoy his thoughts.
  10. Jerry Simon
    My work shirts show my name as Balthazar. When people ask, I tell them he was an old employee, but I had to fire him because he was a real wise guy.
  11. Jerry Simon
    That rule is violated by thousands of Chicagoland detached garages. . .
  12. Jerry Simon
    Yes, through the surfaces. . .
  13. Jerry Simon
    Guarantee? Who offers a guarantee? I don't. My contract specifically states that the inspection and report are not a guarantee, warranty or insurance of any kind. I put a guarantee at the end of every report. "Everything in the house will eventually fail; you should budget for unseen repairs/replacements, especially for older systems or components."
  14. Jerry Simon
    No, but I've heard the NEC is changing (or has changed) to that very requirement; all breakers in a panelboard will soon have to be AFCI types. Probably the latter, but upgrading is a prudent recommendation IMHO. 'Course, I wouldn't fault anyone what-so-ever who doesn't recommend such.
  15. Jerry Simon
    I don't have my boilerplate handy, but it goes along somewhat like this: "Inside your main electrical panelboard, arc-fault circuit breakers are installed (those ones we looked at with the test-buttons). Arc-fault breakers help prevent electrical fires, but the arc-fault breakers in this panel are the older, "branch-feeder" types, and these older breakers don't offer as much protection as the newer style, "combination" types of arc-fault breakers. I strongly recommend you have an electrician replace these old, branch-feeder types of arc-fault breakers with the newer and more reliable/safer combination types of arc-fault breakers."
  16. Jerry Simon
    Are you referring to replacing branch-feeder types with combination types for better protection against arc-faults?
  17. Jerry Simon
    Interesting how you have access to all those other home inspectors' reports. . .
  18. Jerry Simon
    Over 8,000 inspections, and hands-down, not even a contest, worst home I ever did was brand spanking new (half-mil $ house). You'd think I was making it up if I told you the first few items I saw.
  19. Jerry Simon
    I agree. Some well-meaning sap down the road may replace a device and create a real hazard. I always recommend a full re-wire.
  20. Jerry Simon
    I didn't do the edit but the answers to your questions are, yes,yes, yes. Too contentious? "Why is this posted in attics and insulation?" That wasn't contentious, This is! You guys are a bunch of pansies. No, that's over at the ASHI forum, especially one of the moderators.
  21. Jerry Simon
    Waste my time so they won't waste someone else's? Yep, I'll get right on that.
  22. Jerry Simon
    If only you had a plastic cup nearby, you could prop-up the handle.
  23. Jerry Simon
    If the damage was only on one or two of the roof elevations, I'd suspect hail-impact damage, resulting matting deterioration from sun's UV rays.
  24. Jerry Simon
    I don't use thermal imaging, but if a check would help, lemme know where to send. homesafeinspection.com/home-inspection-category/patent-protected-technologies-and-methodologies
  25. Jerry Simon
    "I know you don't want me to miss anything, but keep asking questions/distracting me, I guarantee I will miss something. . ." Said every now and then.
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