Scottpat

This is old news, it happened a year to two back...

On my patio during the months of February and March we get reflected light from a home that is about 75 to 100 yards away on our patio. I have recorded temps as high as 155f on our patio table from the reflected light. It comes off a 42"x42" square window over a garden tub.

Good idea but I don't measure the depth of insulation..

I had a home two years or so back that was on a shared well with 2 other homes. This was an issue with VA on this home, I would imagine that it could be an issue with FHA and maybe some lenders as well. It was my understanding that the owners all needed to form a mini-association that would manage the well so that if the pump broke down or some other issue occurred it would be repaired. The VA had a concern that if something happened the home could be without water. From what I was told by the Realtor that it delayed the closing by almost two months.

I use Pledge furniture wax/cleaner. Works great and smells pretty good! Just don't spray it on the ladder and then the overspray hits the floor in your kitchen it will make your wife upset when she slides across the tile floor and into the wall!

If it was my home I would back fill the area and add sod. 6", 4" or even 2" of clearance is still some clearance and plenty of room to see termite action and that siding is not going to rot. Chipping or cutting that concrete is going to be a huge job.

I would have to say that it is reflected heat from some source.. In my backyard from late December to around mid February I can get reflected sunlight from a home that is about 75 yards away on my patio that registers around 130f degrees for about thirty minutes a day.

37pCi/l is my all time high Lot's in the 10-15 pCi/l range.

On the bright side, we have another 4 years to try and get it right! The really sad thing is that nobody really wants either of the two candidates yet one will be elected!

An oops..

I had a friend take the exam and did not do very well.. He said the aeronautical charts got him.. I understand that they have some prep courses that folks are taking prior to the exam to help them pass.

Looks like the OSB imprinted onto it.. If that is stucco, it is missing the metal lath. I looks like it was applied directly onto the OSB.

Was the substrate OSB?

It happens. Homes commit suicide often. I would still be mad with the inspection company that produced to distinctly different reports on the same home!

Learning from other experts can be very eye opening. I had the opportunity to shadow a wood flooring expert a few weeks ago on a case and I learned a tremendous amount. He had some rare earth magnetic balls (you can stop laughing) that he rolled down the planks and it showed every single nail.