Denray

Thank you Neal. The service panel at the other house on the same property had a new panel too, with 7 throws to shut it off.

New panel could handle 240, but one leg kept out. Small place, but still? Why keep it out? Click to Enlarge 42.88 KB Click to Enlarge 61.91 KB

It seems like the standpipes are pretty popular for not having the P-trap in the right place and no vent at all.

A trap you say? Well there is a laundry room above. That's it. Yeah John. That's a buried P-trap there at the upper end. Sheeesh. [:-paperba

No heat pump of any kind. It's a beater house used for college kids now. Just don't know about that drain with those down turned ends. It's plastic pipe so it's newer stuff. All galvanized supply.

Both ends are downhill? Click to Enlarge 82.33 KB Click to Enlarge 79.95 KB

Thanks for the replies. Big time snow country. Real close to Crater Lake.

I was on vacation riding my bike around Diamond Lake in Oregon and I saw this large cabin with this pile of vents on its sides. Whatcha think they are all for? Click to Enlarge 72.03 KB Click to Enlarge 37.6 KB Click to Enlarge 27.28 KB And the next day I hiked almost to the tippy top of this peak, Mt. Thielsen. Click to Enlarge 72.26 KB

In my more ignant beginning days at this I almost called some stuff like that a fungus problem. [:-paperba

Set up a rope belay inside of that room and out the window to you so if you fell you wouldn't go far then use a ladder with some kind of rubber feet on it, like a Little Giant. I've got I-bolts stuck up under the eaves around my house for just such occasions. Stick one in the top of that gable as soon as you get up there to improve your belay. Couple wraps around your waist with seat belt width webbing and figure 8 knot to that.

Ok, the splatter causes it, but what is it? Is it a biological growth? Can it be removed?

It looked way different to me. That lower enclosure does not seem that air tight. I pulled it off and there was a lot of rust and a yellow flame so I called it out for that. Click to Enlarge 67.42 KB

Thanks everyone!

I know it must be caused from moisture, but what is that dark color at the bottom of the siding? Click to Enlarge 68.94 KB

Around 1966 my mom was a RE broker and found out that trash collectors in San Jose, CA were making around 10k per year, which was close to what my dad made after 20 years at Lockheed.

Saw this strange looking direct vent water heater a while back. Click to Enlarge 49.53 KB Click to Enlarge 61.63 KB

Our toilet is 22 yrs old. Poor flush. The jet at the bottom is clogged with the scale buildup thing is probably the reason. I've soaked it in the scale dissolver stuff a time or two, but not great results. Is it toast or is there some really aggressive scale treatment stuff out there?

The garage door auto button on the wall. It could have been me. That house was well put together, but check out its chimney cap. Click to Enlarge 90.69 KB

My wife just said, " Did you say all the stuff she has done for me while I have been screwing around trying to get this gig working"? P.S. I had the easiest house to inspect yet yesterday. 1600 sq ft on a slab with electric baseboard heaters, 1989, newer roof well done, truss, bottom edges painted, and the Realtor and client went out into the garage and pushed the button. There happened to be a tarp type carport out front that had been tied off to the spring system for the vehicle door. The rope got all wound up and jerked the door off track. The owner just left for vacation. It was 80 miles from here and I just left the house and came home while they figured it out.

Yeah, Kurt. If I had tied that ladder off then I could of handled a little bit of granule slide right down to the ladder, if that happened. As it was it looked pretty flimsy for anything other than a dainty straddle. And me being fresh off the back break deal. Not sure how well stickier shoes on loose granules would have worked out. Start going downhill with granules rolling off, not good. So, I high tailed it for the ridge to figure out another plan. I used to do a bunch of rock climbing in another life. Think how stupid I would had felt going back down that valley and biting out, again! Bad enough to have gone up it.

The roof was way high. Click to Enlarge 117.41 KB Click to Enlarge 43.39 KB Click to Enlarge 45.51 KB Click to Enlarge 158.54 KB

My wife does property damage claims work. There was an old Victorian that she needed photos of at the top of showing shingle damage. I took my 28 ft ladder over and fully extended and sitting on the first step of some stairs it overlapped the gutter by 6 inches or so. I placed it right next to the valley. The fields were too steep to walk. I climbed up just to take a look knowing that the ladder was too short to step off of. Way the heck up there the valley looked like is was shallow enough to go up. Went home and got my 32 footer. On the way home my wife mentioned how the shingles were old and I said that in that area they looked to be in pretty good shape. Back up at the valley, as soon as I stepped off I thought "This is not going to be friendly stepping back onto this ladder, so I's best keep going up". As I neared the top of the valley the granules were starting to come off, but I summited. Started taking my pictures and thinking how am I going to get back down. There were a couple of shed roof additions on top. Found more shingle damage, etc. After considering crying, calling fire department, and yelling "Help Mr. Wizard", I saw where I could move onto one dormer about 10ft below, then slide down its eave to a 2ft deep flat roof, follow it over and jump down about 3ft to a lower roof, hoping I would not crash through it, then called out to my wife in my manly voice, "Honey could you bring the ladder over here, pretty please". She managed to upright that long ladder and lower it all on her own and with a sprained ankle moved it over to where I was which was still a good 14 ft up. That was fun. [:-paperba

Thank you everybody! [:-thumbu]

This is Humboldt County. I think there was a grow going on at one time. The plywood roof sheathing had a light blackness on it. There were some weird electrical outlet placements, etc. Yes we get a quake wallop once in a while. It's definitely a non permitted kind of build. Should I punt to a structural engineer? Click to Enlarge 62.56 KB I didn't see those holes in the sill till I looked at the photo. Click to Enlarge 58.89 KB

I was looking at an add on garage today that had an outside wall around 8ft high that had mortar laid horizontally about every 3 courses. The framed wall above was anchored into the top of the the CMU's via grout filled top courses, but seemed really strange. Lots of efflorescence on the wall and moisture stains on the drywall above. I think the garage was being used as a grow room at one time. So, can CMU's be put up without mortar between them with the idea that maybe they are grout filled? And maybe there is rebar in them? And maybe there is a tooth ferry? Click to Enlarge 64.27 KB Click to Enlarge 61.21 KB