Bill Kibbel

Yup. You can still get the belts that have clips that work with those brackets.

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That description is not of a Durham system. Every joint would be threaded. It's usually only installed in large apartment or commercial buildings and very rare in single-family homes. The only one I've seen in a residence was a gilded-age mansion >25,000 sq. ft. Quality threaded pipe drain installations would include a threaded plug at every change of direction. Without, it's necessary to drill holes to find and clear blockages.

These are primarily used as monitors, not testing. They take hourly measurements, but don't display or record the readings. They don't give an accurate average level until in operation for 7 days. Folks are used to 48 hour short-term tests. I wouldn't use it. I wouldn't use charcoal canisters either. I certainly wouldn't be doing radon tests for 50 bucks.

The only tubing I've seen in that size and color is low-density polyethylene. It's used primarily for pneumatics and beverage applications. Compression fittings only.

yup. See the answer in the last post (#7) in this thread: https://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum ... C_ID=14192 The blocks in your pictures are quite well-preserved, considering the manufacturer of those blocks intended them to be rendered (stuccoed) when exposed to the exterior. Click to Enlarge 32.05 KB

This set-up has nothing to do with Ben Thompson's (Count of Rumford) fireplace design. His throat design was the first to include a smoke shelf. This has nothing to do with any fireplace or chimney system design of centuries ago. In addition to the improper throat and smoke chamber not sealed to the flue liner, using the space around the flue liner for combustion air is not acceptable, the flue liner is required to terminate above the walls of the chimney and brick ties are not adequate for supporting a terra cotta liner of any height.

Unless the conductor joints are welded, I'm pretty sure bolted splices are supposed to be regularly inspected and tightened when needed.

Apparently, lawyers now have more medical knowledge than neurologists. A musty smell can get you big bucks for your dire health consequences. http://blogs.lawyers.com/2013/06/can-you-sue-mold/

It's a device for controlling coal furnace dampers before the "automatic regulator" (thermostat) was invented. The vertical channels on each side held sliders that were attached to chains. The pair of chains operated the draft and check-draft dampers of the furnace. I can't read the letters on the casting in the pic, but I've seen it many times. I'll bet it reads "Lennox Furnace Company".

For occasional use, there are excellent quality rentals available for like $50 - $75.

"PROPER BONDING AND GROUNDING OF CSST CAN BE DETERMINED ONLY BY A LICENSED MASTER ELECTRICIAN". Every time I've had an electrician call me about this issue, they know nothing about this tubing or what the manufacturer requires. Then they (correctly) point out that there is nothing in the NEC about any method of bonding CSST. This legislation doesn't make sense.

If that funnel is cast iron, I've seen them on indirect inlets. Used for icebox melt drains, boiler drains and grease interceptors. I see evidence of in-ground tanks 1-2 times each week. Never below basements.

I don't know about elsewhere, but in areas I inspect, there is often an exemption to the fence ordinance if the property is over a specific size. Also, if the pool was installed before the ordinance was enacted, there may be an exception. I still refer them to the CPSC pool safety barrier guidelines.

There are somewhere around 2500 species of cicada with many different life cycles. Some of the periodic species have a 13 year life cycle and some other periodic species have a 17 year cycle. A 17 year periodic cicada species is emerging this year with very large numbers.

It certainly looks like cicada larvae exit holes. They don't kill the grass though. When underground, they're feeding on tree roots. This is the year that the 17 year periodic cicada larvae are emerging.

Not a cicada - it's the cicada killer wasp, aka ground digger wasp. Right now they're very active. You'll see holes in the ground about 3/8" for their burrows. The females might seem aggressive, but don't sting very often. Males can't sting. The females paralyze cicadas, bring them back into the burrow and lay eggs inside the carcass.

Something needs to be done once the glazed face of a brick has spalled. The exposed inner soft portion will continue to erode quite rapidly. Remove the wrong mortar that caused it. Patch all spalled bricks with St. Astier's Lithomex. Repoint with natural hydraulic lime mortar. http://www.limeworks.us/LithomexMore.html

Sure. You found one that is incorrectly installed. The motor shaft is vertical. It's required to be horizontal. 6" clearance is required from the vent connector, fan housing (all directions) and exhaust pipe after the fan. Considering the above, the exhaust termination is probably wrong too.

I don't recall sewage being a source of carbon monoxide. "Sewer gas" would contain methane, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, & ammonia. I had NIOSH confined space entry training about 30 years ago. It's been helpful for some of the industrial building inspections. There are times when I wear my 3-gas alarm for industrial and some commercial inspections and it's alerted me to issues several times. A residential crawl space is not one area I'm concerned about. I can't imagine any situation where there would be an issue with deadly air contaminants that wouldn't be suspected before entry. I'm far more likely to get electrocuted or fall in a hand-dug well in the crawlspaces that I get.

No. They're oversized plumbing fixtures located in an unheated space. I tells 'em when they need a fence.

If there is a trap that maintains a seal through the winter, there still needs to be an air gap for a proper indirect waste receptor.

B. P. in Easton, right?

Selkirk (MetalBest) flexible vent connector.

The minimum 10' rule only applies if the room serves as the only source of return air.