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I agree with Jim and Kurt. We have so many vinyl home subdivisions in my area that I get to see details like this often. Most are designed on site and seem to work pretty good.

If they are bees you will have a mess with the honey?? If they are bees you need to remove the comb otherwise it will rot and ferment in the wall?

Yes the grades differ as well as the production methods.. Just like colors differ with dye lots for pretty much everything made. If you have ever been in a steel plant,it is amazing how they mix the molten steel with additives. They toss in this and that with a little more of this until they get what they think is the proper mix. Yes it is now confirmed by a chemical analysis now, but the mix will still differ mill to mill.

I have no idea, kind of outside my scope of work and knowledge?.

But the hammer is several thousand dollars cheaper. But you get more of an Oooohhh factor with the IR!

I do good remembering what I had for lunch! Marc, the NHIE is not area specific. It is a national exam that way if a person moves from one area of the country to the other the same exam is accepted by 30+ states. The exam has changed over the years with the biggest change being the way the test questions are pulled from a pool of questions for each exam. It use to be that the exam had two "forms" or test. Out of those two test the questions were just jumbled around for each taker, so no two ever had questions in the same order. A few years back the item bank (question pool) reached a point that they had enough questions in it that they could pull random questions from the pool for each exam. It's a little more complicated but that is the basic way the NHIE questions are done.

The patent's will still be around regardless of who wins! If HomeSafe wins, Nick will be out a good amount of his members money! John, can you provide a cite/link/PDF etc? detailing what you are claiming ASHI has done?

This is comical! It is difficult to decide which one I want to cheer for. Both are deserving of each other and the web that has been woven.

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It does sound like a screwed install. If you had a flooring company install it they should stand behind their installers work.

Best advice I can give is to have spouse with a really good job! You are also in MS, so you will need to get a license. You will need to meet the state requirements, which are education, pass the NHIE, obtain GL insurance and E&O insurance. Then in order to inspect new homes in MS you will need to pass the home builders exam to obtain the NH designation on your license. You really need to have this?..

Go look at the background for AFCI's? I think it was Eaton or another company that came out with them and they were about the only ones on the committee that developed the code for AFCI's?.. Makes one go, Hummmm!

I dislike TR receptacles from an inspection standpoint! AFCI's are nice now that they have improved them.. Even though TN has a statewide electrical code I know of a couple jurisdictions that do not require TR receptacles but all require AFCI's. How in the world is a child going to learn that they can't stick car keys into a receptacle if it is a TR type! We've all done it before and learned from that shocking experience!

I would say something like this "Many of the bricks on this home have visible cracks, the exact cause of the cracks is not known but it could be a defect in the brick or even mishandling when it was being installed. A concern is that water will enter the cracks, freeze and expand causing additional damage to the brick. This condition will not improve with time, it will only worsen. The builder should contract the brick manufacturer or a masonry expert for additional instructions on what needs to be done".

I don't check for permits, honestly I don't see folks waiting in line to pay for permit checking?.. I have used BuildFax a few times before but each time it was for a litigation case I was working on and I was looking for specific items? I would love to see us have access to CLUE reports over permits...

I'm getting too impatient with age?.. If I can't get the dang thing to work, that is pretty much what I say in my report!

I have Nest thermostats in my home and they are fairly easy. Honeywell and Nest are about the only two I see on a regular basis. Honeywell is not all that easy?..

Well, I don't carry matches or a lighter so unless the device has a built-in igniter it's not going to get lit? With many gas log fireplaces the air needs to be bled from the line and this can take a longtime. If it does not light after a few attempts, I report that the air needs to be bled from the line and to have the owner demonstrate that it works properly prior to closing. I don't light standing pilot's, but then I just don't see them any longer. I require the water to be turned on for me? I use to have a meter key (Long pole of rebar with a "U" at the bottom to turn the water on at the meter) that I kept in my truck but I took it out several years ago.

Well the sketch didn't make it?. How about a few pictures of the area.

Yes, the "Code Check Complete" book is the best study guide. I would think that with the 120 hour class and the additional studying that you should be prepared fairly well. A word of caution?.If you have done well on practice exams and questions put out by a home inspector organization out of Colorado they are not the best measurement tool of your knowledge?.

I would say that was caused by chemicals. Bug spray, Roach Bombs , Wasp spray, etc?. Anything with a petroleum based ingredient or even Pine oil will melt those baffles.

I agree it is a mess, it reminded me a Rube Goldberg design!

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Very nice and tastefully done!

Most likely the outlet has more than one problem and the little tester is doing all it can. Think of it as information overload..