Jerry Simon

Uhm, where are your bouncing smiley-faces?

If this is a recent occurence, with no problems in prior years, then you have a new area of moisture intrusion.

HUD house.

Uh, wasn't a realtor, it was the buyer. And, she was, on the contrary, a very nice lady. I met her multiple times - at the initial inspection, at the inspection for the plumbing after the water got turned on (again, a foreclosure) and at a subsequent re-inspect. Heck, some folk think I'm a nice guy, yet I've erred/sinned many, many times in the past. Perhaps your milage varies. I just think she was at her wits end with the insurance company, being denied not only this, but multiple other seeminlgy legit claims. Also, while you may have been rude and/or blunt, I developed quite a rapport with her - as I try to do with all my clients - and wasn't going to be rude or blunt to such a client. That's why I hemmed and hawed, and couldn't be blunt or rude. . .grimaced at my final response, but that's it. Again, your milage may vary.

I always probe them. If they feel solid, I don't mention it.

I thought you had an affinity for Megan Fox. You should have left well enough, alone. Dang, I'm outed. Actually, I'm now 56. Been suffering quite a bit of short-term memory loss and mild dementia recently. Could explain a lot about my thing for Eminem. Not Megan, though; that part of me still works just fine, thank you very much.

The overhead door was nailed-shut and operator disconnected (foreclosure). I told them it should be inspected once it was up & running. Calls today and asks me to alter the report saying the door and the operator were fine & dandy at the inspection; seems the homeowner warranty rep said it was a pre-existing condition. That, or could I send her an MS Word copy of the report versus the PDF I sent her. Nice client, and I was basically silent in response between my hmmms and hawwws. Finally told her I thought I heard about programs on the web that could convert PDF's to Word docs, and I grimaced at even doing that. She thanked me, and also said it was okay if I had ethics. But again, I even grimaced at my response, but couldn't bring myself to voice a flat-out NO. Also kinda upset no one else seems to share my affinity for Eminem.

Well, yeah. And, how about Megan Fox in that Eminem video "Love the way you Lie". . .

I kinda meant like first grade, second grade, etc.

Do all ya'll still hang Jiffy Pop above your bedroom doors in lieu of fire alarms? Oh, and, do KY home inspectors have to have schooling?

Not a very useful distinction. If the medium rises (air) so does the heat. Like telling someone, "I didn't fly in the airplane, the airplane flew and I just happened to be in it." We both arrived at our destination at the same moment. I agree it ain't useful. Kinda like the fact that there is no such thing as *cold*; just heat differences. But tell a midwest chap that in January.

Elmwood Park. No, no ejector; gravity system. While illegal and that kind of stuff, I just had a hard time figuring out why it's a bad thing. Any drain can back-up at anytime, and if the floor drain backed-up, I didn't see any further problems if the adjacent shower backed-up as well. Thanks, folk. (Good golly those Bears suck.)

Regarding the basement floor drains tied into the sanitary sewers: if the floor drains are below the level of the nearest manhole in the street, when the sewers overflow, they'll overflow into the basement. They do that on a fairly regular basis in Chicago; storm sewers and sanitary sewers are one-in-the-same. No trip hazard.

Basement floor drain ties into sanitary sewer system. Basement shower drain goes into floor drain (90-degree drain-line-elbow just down into drain). While certainly a homeowner-installed shower, and unconventional drainage at best, what "bad" things can happen with this set-up? (Only trap is floor drain trap; no shower drain-line trap.)

And a flashlight if I'm not mistaken. . .

Call Jim Katen up in Oregon. He's your best bet.

Sounds like ya know of what ya speak. I gots three of 'em. Just drove to Tennessee to inspect a home the middle one bought (with the help of Scott P). How many ya got?

There are straight-line voids behind those areas of the siding; that's how it's made. Insects are in the voids. Birds eating.

But when ya checked the door for balance, wouldn't it shoot up like a rocket if the springs were that much over-wound?

And that is why I have in my inspection agreement "I'm not Superman", I then explain that I can not see through walls, underground or predict the future. Everyone seems to under the Superman statement in the agreement. And I called you to check out my daughters house in TN???

The folk here are mostly class acts. I've seen tons of guys bail already, but a shame when the good ones go. On a side note. . . If you don't have disability insurance, think again, even though it's expensive. I've been out for 3 months after shoulder surgery, and without the insurance, I would also be writing my goodbye here. Glad I didn't put surgery off 'till the traditional slow winter months; been *cold* here for quite awhile. I agree - somethings got to give soon in this country.

How fancy. We used straw to cover our footings.

We all had a weird experience as 7-year-olds and mothers with sheer negligees. . .

I don't think that's true. I believe the gases given off by a product have almost a completely different chemical makeup than the product itself. 'Course, I only play a chemist on TV.

Bookers. Now yer talkin'.