Bill Kibbel

Not in any of the acetylene systems I've seen in situ, or in manuals.

How did you come to know this? I know it's not required and likely has little or no value, but I don't know of anything prohibiting the use of tape on wire nuts. I knew and worked with many electricians that taped every wire nut they installed and never had an issue with approval from the electrical inspectors.

55"-96" from bottom of the appliance is the common maximum lift range. That has to include the 18" min. standpipe too. If a pump is needed, it need not be a "grinder". A wash sink with gray water pump is the standard remedy.

I see it quite often. The original built-in gutter got covered over.

The pink is a few random batts. The yellow is the blown-in fiberglass that has turned gray in some areas and black in a couple large spots. It's not any type of mineral wool and nothing was added over the original insulation. I can't open the link, but the pest control insulation I've seen is cellulose and a consistent gray throughout.

Small 7200 sq. ft., 25 year old, 1 storey professional building w/6 suites. Area separation divides to 3 attic spaces. In one shared attic over a dentist office and insurance office, the blown-in fiberglass is like slate grey throughout, and dark black in 2 areas. I can usually find the cause of discolored insulation, but not this time. Click to Enlarge 43.3 KB Trusses, plywood decking and OSB gable sheathing have no discoloration. No evidence of any previous fire or smoke and absolutely no odor. No combustion appliances ever in the building (HPs & small elec. water heaters). Only spots of very small previous flashing leaks. No excessive moisture anywhere in the building. No production/manufacturing ever in the building.

Mor-Flo merged with American in 1996. After the merger, the Mor-Flo/American label was much different than the one in your picture. After the merger, the serial number's 1st 2 digits is the year. You can also check the TPR handle or metal tag to find a 2-digit date.

TRV - thermostatic radiator valve. They're intended for folks to add to individual radiator supplies in rooms that get too hot. That way you can "balance" the heat distribution (rather than the double-hung method). Many apartment buildings with central boilers have them. Every room in every old place I've stayed in the UK has them.

Hey Parham, I didn't point out that you don't know how to spell lightning in this thread: https://inspectorsjournal.com/forum/top ... C_ID=16556 Sorry - I guess we should all be more diligent in identifying your errors. Wait, weren't you the one with the "heat rises" comment too?id="left">

No. He seems like an HI. Marc The post was written by the search optimization service the HI hired.

The Mail Station 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO Mail Services & Package Shipping This is one of those shops where you can rent a physical address to receive mail.

It's called a mansard facade. Very common on row homes to conceal the low-slope roof behind.

R.I.P. Alex Karras. I just recently read he had a really, really tough time near the end.

I can't make any sense of the piping. I can only make a wild guess without seeing more of the system. My guess is that someone tried to solve banging or mains sloped wrong by adding short drip lines from the mains to the dry return. I've only seen that done with steam trap or drip trap devices. The Hoffman vent might be a type that should be installed at a specific elevation above a return.

Old cellulose. It's the same stuff used to make Homasote.

An article in Building Products Digest discusses the balancing of aesthetics, performance and costs of alternatives to exterior wood trim. "The decreasing use of wood exterior trim and increase in manmade alternatives has resulted in many new products being brought to market in the last several years". Read the full article online.

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The pecker is focusing on the channels because it "sounds" like hollow spots in a tree. Hollow spots is where they find bugs.

That's a big piece of an artisan's life we're looking at.

The crank on the end of the long shaft was to wind a rope that ran through a pulley to a weight. I don't know how long each wind-up lasted, but I'm sure it was "the help" that was charged with the task.

1. Let's try to avoid calling it roll roofing - that's a different product. 2. Several manufacturers allow it to be either perpendicular or parallel to the roof incline. 3. Some require it to be one or the other, depending on slope.

Several years ago, while doing research for an article on carbide generators, I found there was another gas that was once used for lighting (and cooking). It was not quite as popular as acetylene, but was installed in thousands of "fine country homes, churches and summer resorts" where city gas was not available. It took me a few minutes to recognize the device. It took even longer for me to remember that this device would have been used with an in-ground fuel storage tank, that may still be present. My favorite book on old-house systems, Mechanics Of The Household: A Course Of Study Devoted To Domestic Machinery And Household Mechanical Appliances by Edward Keene, has an entire chapter on lighting and heating with gasoline. "Cold-process system of gasoline lighting with kitchen range and water heater. In Fig. 183, the entire plant is shown in place. It occupies a place inside the building, usually in the basement. In the figure the carburetor is marked 1; the mixer 2 stands at the end of the blower, which is numbered 3. The motive power of the blower is furnished by a heavy weight, which is raised by a block and tackle, the cord of which is attached to the drum and fastened to the shaft of the blower. The force furnished by the weight 4 drives the blower and maintains a constant pressure on the gas in the system. The pipe 8 conducts the air from the blower to the carburetor, which is located underground, below the frost line and 25 or 30 feet away from the building. Click to Enlarge 56.56 KB The carburetor in this case is also the storage tank. The carburetor is divided laterally into two or more compartments, depending on the size of the plant to be accommodated. The construction is such that the compartments are only partly filled with gasoline, and arranged to permit the air from the blower, which enters at the pipe marked 'air', to pass through each compartment in succession, beginning at the bottom, in order that it may become completely saturated with gasoline vapor. As an additional means of aiding the saturation of the passing air, the compartments in this carburetor are provided with spiral passages through which the air must pass, so that when it reaches the outlet pipe, marked gas, the air is completely filled with gasoline vapor. The vapor-saturated air now leaves the carburetor by pipe 9, in Fig. 183, and enters the mixing chamber 2, where it is mixed with the required amount of atmospheric air, to make it completely combustible when burned at the burner."

It's not an appliance or something handy for housework. It was for an installed system in the home.

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The corrosion is on the vent connector, that vents combustion byproducts from the furnace into the vertical vent system. It's because there is condensation forming inside the vent system. The picture of the furnace with the cover off shows it has been dripping into the furnace cabinet as well. It could be because the vent connector from the furnace has two diameter increases and the gasses are loosing buoyancy. Also, a "Y" connection to the main vent would be preferred to a "T". The picture of the exterior vent termination doesn't look too short - at least not from that angle in the picture. The inspector might be applying the rules for a solid-fuel vent/chimney termination. A good tech should be able to figure out your issues and hopefully wont try to sell you work that you don't need.