Jerry Simon
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And about to get another whopper... (Oops)
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Sure it can. All you need is a jack hammer, a bunch of 5 gallon buckets, and a truck load of illegals to muck it all out. Or you could call Mike Holmes and he'll bring all that stuff for you, but I'm not sure I could put up with a camera crew in my basement[] Tom I was assuming exterior drain tiles, not interior. I also didn't look at the one pict. showing a mud-clogged tile. Anywho, fixing exterior ones means lots & lots of diggin', but we all knows dat.
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Coulda easily just been dirt that got into the drain tiles while they were lying around the construction site prior to install. If not, expect to see the flatwork about the perimeter of the house start to sink someday from the loss of soil below. Have a camera run through the drain tiles to check their condition, to see if they're full of dirt/mud/soil. If they're clear, I wouldn't worry, 'specially if the house is more than a couple years old. That said, sometimes it's hard to get a camera snaked through corrugated drain tiles.
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Yeah...lots of ties. I couldn't get by Mr. Bunny Rabbit, though.
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Sounds good...
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I agree. Here's what I usually say... Investigate Further Some of the water heater flue piping is covered with tape. The tape may be there to cover poorly assembled joints, or it might be covering rusted-through pipe sections. The glue on the tape can melt, the tape can fall off the flue pipe, and if the tape is covering defective piping and falls off, this could pose a carbon monoxide hazard. I donââ¬â¢t know if the piping under the tape is defective, but thatââ¬â¢s the point; I should be able to see the pipe to make sure itââ¬â¢s okay. The taping should be removed, and the flue pipe should be inspected and fixed if needed.
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The furnace ignition source is what you should be concerned with. How high above the floor is that? Regardless of whether or not this should have been reported on (what did your inspector say to that?), if you bring in a plumber, the plumber will tell you something that was *missed* with the plumbing. Same for an electrician. Same for a roofer. I guarantee that. Who's tag-line is "Hon, your inspector shoulda seen that." ?
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Because the laundry tub waste line isn't vented. The homeowner just stuck the tub waste pipe into the floor drain. The now-double-trapped line can cause the two in-line traps to be siphoned-dry simultaneously.
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How do you all report homeowner-added fixtures, like this laundry tub, which purge into the basement floor drain. Clothes washer also empties into the drain, done as well by the homeowner when the washer was moved from its original location. In this city, I'm fairly sure the drain ties into the sanitary sewer system, not into a storm sewer system. What's *bad* about this? Aside from saying it's unconventional, I reported lack of seal around drain lines, and potential trap/sewer gas problems. Click to Enlarge 36.13 KB
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This has been asked before, but I forgets... What is this thing on the countertop in front of the kitchen sink? It has a tube that runs to the trap beneath the sink. Click to Enlarge 31.4 KB
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Then how did you know you lost it?
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Me, too. Used it for the last 150 inspections or so. A great flashlight. Did someone say there's a battery to re-charge?
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Yeah, and Wally and the Beav, too. We can rally the torches and the pitchforks and git that sum-bitch CaoimhÃn.
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Sweeping a fireplace chimney
Jerry Simon replied to Jerry Simon's topic in Fireplaces, Chimneys & Wood Burning Appliances
Thanks, Michael; that's some useful info. Is a dirty metal flue pipe any less dangerous/less a concern than a similarly dirty masonry flue pipe? -
Is is more important, less important, or just as important to sweep a metal fireplace chimney flue versus a masonry fireplace chimney flue (metal flue pipe versus masonry or clay-lined flue, that is)? If any difference, why?
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I bought my Little Giant in 1989 and have used it for the last 6,000+ inspections. I don't know if I would call it excitement, but I can open and extend it in my sleep. Day I think it's too heavy is the day I retire. Marc...on a side note, keep the tie. I wore one the first few thousand jobs, and got quite the reputation ("Oh, the guy with the tie..."). I did get lazy and don't wear one anymore, but not one regret about being the only guy in town with class (?) enough to dress that way.
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Lots of quality bathroom time.
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I think that might happen when a post is edited.
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ain't
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Hi Mike, Can one do the inspection to both WA State and, say, ASHI standards? IL says we have to do our inspections to IL standards, so I do, but I also meet all ASHI inspection standards, and advertise such/state such in my agreements.
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http://www.mesotheliomatreatmentcenters ... s/drywall/
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'Round these parts, sturdy metal grates rest atop the such wells. I see them more often than not in both new construction and in 100-year-old houses. I usually ask the reeltour to bounce up & down on them to make sure they're safe to stand on.
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Problems with white tape are rampant. Rampant I tell you.
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I know you know this, but ask the inspector to cite the authority that forbids it. (Forbidden sounds so ominous, doesn't it? Kinda like a skull will glow and shoot death rays at the culprit.) I used to write that up 15 years ago or so...heard it somewhere. Never heard of a problem, though, so I quit worrying about it.
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I agree. 20 bucks says there are three layers (each layer *looks* like three layers).