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  1. Bill Kibbel
    I wasn't questioning the claim from Georgia. I'm genuinely curious when the shift of the granite capitol from the Northeast to the South occurred.
  2. Bill Kibbel
    The chart is a good snapshot. A quick look through other publications shows the New England quarries produced far more granite than others throughout the 19th century until at least the late 1930s. It's likely why most granite in buildings I've been involved with came from NE. I've visited granite quarries in 4 of the 6 NE states.
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    I'm curious. Was that title earned within the last half century? A very large majority of granite in historic buildings came from New England. Specifically, in order; MA, ME, RI, VT & NH.
  5. Bill Kibbel
    Wow Garry. Are you like 100 years old?
  6. Bill Kibbel
    Some have circuit boards that get confused after an outage or surge and need to be reset. One or two brands have reset buttons. If not, have them unplug and replug the power cord for a reset. They may need to have the system relearn the codes from the remotes.
  7. Bill Kibbel
    Traffic from an established site that shows up in search engine results. It's much more difficult now to get new domains to show up in search engines without paying for advertisements.
  8. Bill Kibbel
    It's the same thing. That's just a metal canister with the glass fire-suppression grenade inside. You have to open the cap and read the label on the glass to reveal if it contains carbon tetrachloride or CM7. http://www.oldhouseweb.com/how-to-advic ... zard.shtml
  9. Bill Kibbel
    Sounds like an upgrade for hurricane resistance. Epoxy SS threaded rods into holes in the CMU walls to secure wood 2xs, then screw the Simpson ties into the wood.
  10. Bill Kibbel
    I use the word hazard in reports, but it's always preceded by the type. Fire hazard, shock hazard, trip/faceplant hazard, poke-you-in-the-eye hazard.
  11. Bill Kibbel
    I guess that would be funny if lightening and lightning were homonyms.
  12. Bill Kibbel
    Lightening - the process of making something lighter in weight, color, brightness or mood. Lightning - the flashy stuff in the sky followed by loud booms. It could also be greased in the '50s and '60s.
  13. Bill Kibbel
    It's not common here, but I see it in crawls more than attics. I found one that was energized while crawling in mud with a sweat-soaked shirt.
  14. Bill Kibbel
    Soil, quarry waste rock and overburden. Some colonial governments eventually had to create legislation prohibiting the jettisoning of ballast into the major shipping harbors. There were also many passengers, slaves and goods being shipped to the Americas from Europe, Africa and the Caribbean, adding significant weight to the inbound ships. Plentiful amounts of hematite were obtained from iron ore producing mines and quarries. I live just a few miles from an iron furnace and ore mines from 1727. Much of the ore was hematite.
  15. Bill Kibbel
    Bricks used as ballast and then distributed for any use in America has been proven to be only folklore many, many times. Using brick dust for pigment is also folklore. Iron oxide was THE pigment.
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    Add pigment.
  17. Bill Kibbel
    http://www.oldhouseweb.com/blog/whitewa ... -cover-up/
  18. Bill Kibbel
    The bricks from that period are not fired "through", like modern bricks with the holes. They are fired to a hard skin. Once the skin has failed (called spalling - a result of applying Portland-based mortar for repairs or repointing), the soft inner part of the brick is exposed and erodes quite rapidly. http://www.oldhouseweb.com/how-to-advic ... onry.shtml
  19. Bill Kibbel
    No. No path for moisture migration. In about 30 years the brick turns to clay powder. Limewash or lime paint. http://www.limeworks.us/LimePaintsMore.html
  20. Bill Kibbel
    We have always done Kurt's #3. I've dictated every report for 28 years. We have secretaries and stay-at-home working Moms that do an excellent job at typing up professional reports very quickly. Each report describes precisely what's going on in the building inspected, exactly like it was explained on-site. Unlike software, they know how to type what I meant to say with no grammatical or spelling errors. Editing and dropping in pics and diagrams takes a couple minutes. I've never had to edit boilerplate comments or select text from menus. I'll bet we knock out reports quicker than anyone fiddling with a portable electronic device.
  21. Bill Kibbel
    You just condemned your system to all experienced and ethical inspectors.
  22. Bill Kibbel
    My training in PEX shows that only a few manufacturers allow compression fittings. Those that allow it are very specific about which brand of compression fittings are compatible with their product - they're specifically for PEX. I used to have a chart of fittings compatibility for all the PEX brands.
  23. Bill Kibbel
    I'm not implying it has been replaced. The industry standard for the cycle of significant renovation to all rooms in a hotel is 12 years. I would advise the clients that this hotel is overdue (there's probably plenty of visible evidence of the need). Have all parts of the ancient plumbing replaced during the needed renovation.
  24. Bill Kibbel
    When was the last renovation?
  25. Bill Kibbel
    Speedy, I don't respond to private messages from folks that won't sign their name. You're starting to seem like the anonymous cowards that troll internet forums. I suspect there's a reason you need to feel superior to all of us moron inspectors.
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