Bill Kibbel

If it's been 3 years since the pre-purchase inspection of a home, Holmes says chances are it's out of date. He also suggests a maintenance inspection could be more thorough than the original inspection. The full article is here.

I'm not clicking on your link so, lemme guess Fred/Rick. You're an affiliate of SiteSell and earn commissions from them for referrals.

Lemme translate. If someone doesn't like the smell of cowshit, covering it with pigshit will just make it worse.

I'm not sure of the exact date, but it came with the kit to make an Interociter. Mine is from the late 50s and looks similar, but is 240V. By then the Cathermin tube in the Interocitor had an inindium complex of +4, so it required more than 120V.

Most split-bolt connectors are labeled for only 2 conductors. A couple manufacturers allow 3.

It's mostly a type of lichen. It would have more of an effect on more common types of roofing materials - very little on slate. It is a soft-vain slate quarried mostly from Bangor and Pen Argyl in Northampton County, PA. It is quite porous as compared to slate quarried in most other areas (all slate is porous). The U-shaped discoloration on the surface and the powdering underneath is from many decades of moisture absorption and to a lesser degree, leaching of gypsum to the surface. Please remove that "classification" system from your vocabulary. That is a grading system invented by folks that made it up to sell an ASTM standard. It's completely inappropriate to use to determine the age or remaining life of a slate roof. What's the age of the house, the slope of the roof, the headlap, the type of nails and percentage of slates needing immediate replacement?

If the specific furnace and the correct model oil burner is installed, the burner provides enough positive pressure to vent combustion byproducts, without any additional draft inducing device. The insulated exhaust must also be installed correctly. The instructions usually include: a 1/4" per foot slope/rise on horizontal sections, support every 36" to prevent sagging and a max. length of 20'. That's why it's important to locate and review the installation instructions for each system.

It is a Kerr Furnace. "Founded in 1976, Kerr manufactures its products at the Parrsboro Metal Fabricators plant in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia".

That certainly looks like a Kerr furnace. Parrsboro Metal Fabricators is probably the fabricator of some of the furnace components. Kerr is a Canadian company. I don't think that venting kit is to be used with a Beckett burner - only Riello. I agree with Joe that it is not professionally installed. I disagree about some other issues. The flex is what's included in several of these "balanced flue system" kits. The exhaust is likely (should be) double-wall insulated. A barometric damper is often specifically prohibited from being used with these kits. Read the manufacturer and model of the vent kit, then look up the installation instructions.

Silva-Wool by Weyerhaueser. It's made from Douglass fir and treated with a fire retardant and critter repellant.

A "relieving arch" is required over supply or waste pipes under a footing.

You sure that's the serial number and not the model #?

You probably need something stronger.[:-drunk]

Turret is not a roof style, but some turrets have conical roofs.

Where can I find the reference for "it should not exceed~6" exposed"? Thanks.

An "inverted cone" would look like an ice cream cone. A cone-shaped roof, like those that are common to Queen Anne style homes, is a conical roof. Colloquially referred to as a "witches hat" roof.

If you're asking if the black in the pictures is mold, it certainly is not. The musty smell is most likely mildew in the upholstery. I used to repair, restore and reproduce 300-400 year old furnishings for a museum and couple historic sites.

Actually, the measurement should be taken from where da smoke comes out. You are correct that the diagram from the NFPA is not clear. There are other illustrations from official sources, including one that appears in some recent editions of the IRC, that clearly shows the top of the flue liner as the "termination" for measurement.

From NFPA 211, 1-8 Termination:Click to Enlarge 12.24 KB

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WTF is that supposed to mean?

Stats show Ms. Lindberg's last visit to TIJ was Oct 22, 2009. She is not listed as a ND registered HI as of Aug 29, 2011. http://www.nd.gov/sos/forms/pdf/home-inspectors.pdf Since the start of the real estate "adjustment", I've found that the last ones in were the first ones out.

I've never used this full chart. Most water heaters are quite obvious in determining the date of manufacture. Bradford-White is the only one I refer to a chart to decode. Some time ago Mike O' put this together: https://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum ... rCodes.pdf I mostly see B-W water heaters and this little B-W specific chart has been 100% accurate. You can usually confirm it with the date stamped on or in the lever on the relief valve. I can assure you G=2010 (unless it's 1970 or 1990).

Does the water come from a well? How close to where these chemicals are to be injected into the ground is the well? There are some instances where bait stations may be a more sensible approach. Better yet, eliminate the condition(s) that are inviting the termites into the home. The buildings least likely to have termites are in the woods. I have a house in a forest, have lots of wood in contact with the ground at and near the house, and termites have never replied to the invitation. They have no need to establish colonies away from their abundant, perpetual food sources. It might not be termites in your friend's garage. No need to pump chemicals into the earth if it's not necessary (unless your a technician salesman with certain pest control firms).

It's called a "load manager" for a portable generator. It contains transfer switches for individual circuits. It looks like it could have about 6 switches. It has a maximum load of 60 amps at 120v and 30 amps at 240v.