Jerry Simon

No, he wasn't. Mark with a *k*. And it was/should have been Erby, not Kerby. Jeesh...lighten up. (Yer startin' to sound like me.)

These are 2003 furnaces, not twinned, just in the same closet; one serves the first floor, the other the second floor. In the one pict, where the drain line is in the almost-vertical position, that's the "natural" position of the lines. I'm pretty sure the tops of these lines once connected to something that ain't there no more. They didn't connect to the bottoms of the inducers, though, where the yellow caps are; I know this for a couple reasons (even though I would think there would be drains there as well, as we see on lots of other furnaces).

If any of you heating guru's got the gumption, open this attachment and look at the pictures/questions I posed to my personal HVAC guru; he had no clue as to what this furnace drain line might be doing hanging in limbo. Thanks for any insight with this. Download Attachment: Furnace Questions.pdf 186.01 KB

Get a life, Mitenbuler. Please.

Daylight chase?

Will a heart defibrillator work on a Zombie?

The flashing prevents leakage/leakage damage behind the trim; it's not there to protect the trim. Yes, Hardi trim should be flashed in the same manner.

Yeah, right. I bought two of 'em and used 'em for quite awhile, but my newer computers won't accept their 5.25 floppies. What a rip. Anyone wanna buy a Mavica?

Must be one divine bottle of Scotch...

Speaking of Holy Mackeral... The new abstract painting of Custer's Last Stand is now on display here in Chicago. It's huge. At the top of the picture is a large fish with a halo glowing above the fish's head. Below the fish are thousands of native americans having intercourse. Title of picture is "Holy Mackeral, look at all those f**cking indians".

When they're dirty, just like any other filter.

It don't matter squat, but you've got my support. You're a stand-up guy.

Track down Brian Goodman, buy him a steak dinner with all the trimmings, and see if he'll let you pick his brain.

No dipute, but still got paid. Love this gig.

Turns out the 1/4 brick was glued directly to the wall sheathing (a fiberboard sheathing - not OSB as reported). There was a moisture barrier between the sheathing and the studs, but nothing between the brick and the sheathing except adhesive. Engineer's report said nothing about weep holes missing, just talked about a missing moisture barrier between the sheathing and the brick. The damage was catastrophic.

Thanks...that is going to help.

What the heck is 1/4 brick? Is is like Z brick? - Jim Katen, Oregon Yup.

I've been hired to dispute a structural engineer's assertion that an exterior wall rotted out due to a lack of weep holes in the brick veneer. Problem is, the house doesn't have what we call brick veneer; it has 1/4 brick glued to an OSB substrate. (This is an insurance thing.) My question is; what prevents moisture from getting through the 1/4 brick and mortar and rotting the OSB substrate? The mastic?

Here are three comments I use, depending on the condition of the tiles... Safety Concern Some of the floor tiles in the house are the old 9x9 type. These likely contain asbestos. The tiles are intact and do not pose a problem at this time. The tiles should not be disturbed, broken-up or removed by anyone but an asbestos abatement contractor. Safety Concern Some of the floor tiles in the house are the old 9x9 type. These likely contain asbestos. A lot of the tiles are broken up/not intact, and there is a possibility of asbestos contamination in the house. Since asbestos can cause lung cancer, I recommend you have the house tested for asbestos contamination and have asbestos-mitigation performed as/if warranted by the testing results. Safety Concern Some of the floor tiles in the house are the old 9x9 type. These likely contain asbestos. Some of the tiles are not intact, and there is a slight possibility of asbestos contamination in the house. Since asbestos can cause lung cancer, I recommend you have the house tested for asbestos contamination and have asbestos-mitigation performed as/if warranted by the testing results.

Is this a new-fangled way of installing cedar deck floor boards - with no spaces in between the boards? Any thoughts? Click to Enlarge 44.31 KB

Hi Michael, I use Paypal, too, but very few times a year; only when asked if I take credit cards. I simply record the lesser deposit amount, say, instead of a $400 fee, I record a deposit of $387.20, or whatever it might come to. Less taxable income makes it mostly a wash, no?

August 24, 2009 Mr. Craig Cellini Dept. of Financial & Professional Regulation 320 W. Washington, 3rd Floor Springfield, IL 62786 Dear Mr. Cellini: With regards to the proposed amendments for the home inspector licensing, Section 1410.330, line C, reads in part: “If any dangerous situations exist, the home inspector is required to report those findings to the home owner.â€

Wayne, My post is rambling and confusing. The chimney flues are not shared. The metal water heater flue pipe simply runs through the fireplace ash-dump chamber, on its way up its own chimney flue.

I agree. In fact, I think they are Bozo No-No's.

Masonry fireplace with an ash-dump door leading to an enclosed, masonry ash-dump chute (the kind with the metal clean-out door on the face of the chute, down in the basement). When I looked up into the chute with a mirror and a flashlight, I could see the metal flue pipe for the water heater. The one masonry chimney has two flues; one for the fireplace and one for the water heaters. I always thought the ash-dump chute had to be isolated from any furnace or water heater metal flues that might be running into the same masonry chimney - usually I'll see a masonry/block wall built to separate the ash-dump chute from the metal water heater flue piping area. Well...not that I always thought such, but I never saw such - where the water heater metal B-vent shared the enclosed ash-chute area. I worry there is a potential for fireplace smoke & CO to get into the water heater metal flue piping and perhaps enter the house. Sounds like a stretch for that to happen, but since I never saw such before, the question remains; is this set-up kosher? Thanks for any thoughts, insight, code references...