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  1. Bill Kibbel
    12/12, like most Capes. I'd start from the porch roof, walk up to the ridge and tight-rope walk it over to see down the chimney. That chimney's too short.
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    "Squirt it with some friggin' Tilex - next question". I seriously don't think little crap like this needs to make it into a report.
  3. Bill Kibbel
    It's called a "bonnet hip".
  4. Bill Kibbel
    Do you have a source to back that statement?
  5. Bill Kibbel
    As Richard pointed out, the NEC does not specify a measurement for the distance the service conductors can pass through a building before they terminate in the service equipment. It is up to the AHJ to determine that the intent of "as close as possible to the point of entrance of the service conductors" has been met. I know of one municipal inspector that has set the maximum distance at 6'.
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    Stiletto heeled shoes don't get much floor time around here. [:-eyebrowThere are registers available that are suitable for light foot traffic. They're commonly cast aluminum or wood.
  7. Bill Kibbel
    The oil fill and vent pipes enter the wall. The tank is likely inside the home. The only other possibility is the tank is in-ground, under the home, which would be very unlikely. Your inspector will hopefully have a flashlight and will probably discover the tank's location.
  8. Bill Kibbel
    Thanks for that publication. I guess that it would make sense that a false negative for asbestos would be highly likely. Time to modify my boiler... We just discussed this recently. www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5379
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    I'll be speaking at an ASHI chapter in June about safety during inspections. I'm just going to show all the really stupid stuff that I shouldn't be doing and some stuff I won't do anymore 'cuz I got hurt doing it.
  10. Bill Kibbel
    The water heaters may be well insulated, but the two southern fellas aren't considering the pipes. Insulating pipes doesn't protect them from freezing.
  11. Bill Kibbel
    It wasn't unusual to see when I lived in SW Virginia. I've NEVER seen one in an unconditioned attic or garage in SE PA or central NJ for 22 years. There's a reason for that.
  12. Bill Kibbel
    I have a rather large pond with about 70 koi. I also have experience battling with the wife to keep it. She frequently brings up filling it in and installing a patio. The kids are on my side - the only reason it's not a patio yet.
  13. Bill Kibbel
    I just remembered someone asking me about replacement parts for Lustrons. At the time, I bookmarked this.
  14. Bill Kibbel
    I think the concern would be if it was the only return opening, then it needs to be 10' or more from the stove. There's lots of returns near stoves around here - on purpose!
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    Sir Richard, I spent a great deal of time there. I'm fascinated with Wales and the ancient language. When I read it, I can recognize some words. My editor is from Wales and we great each other in e-mails with Welsh phrases. I've been very, very slowly working on learning to speak it, but don't know what to do with all the phlem. "Never ask for directions in Wales, Baldrick. You'll be washing spit out of your hair for a fortnight". -Blackadder Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn o lyswennod!
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    Noswaith dda. I'd guess that a pond without a liner has a continuous source of water (spring, leaking water main, bad septic system). Pob lwc!
  17. Bill Kibbel
    Ummmm, rust! [:-graduat
  18. Bill Kibbel
    I use Firefox, so it doesn't work for me. What sounds does it make for those really goofy avatars for Scottpat and Jim Morrison?
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    Jack, You're now also listed on it in Bridgeton, Maine www.mapservices.org/myguestmap/map/asiedydd Here's the list of everyone that placed a marker: www.mapservices.org/myguestmap/map/asie ... sage_board
  21. Bill Kibbel
    It's one of the many brands made by American Water Heater Company. You can also look at the blue tag on the PRV (or under the PRV handle on newer models) to see a very obvious stamped 2-digit date code. Yeah, I know, the valve could be a replacement, but it's one of several clues.
  22. Bill Kibbel
    Crap. It would take me a year to fix everything I find on one inspection.
  23. Bill Kibbel
    I think of a Dutch hip as a hip roof with a little bitty gable sticking up out of it. Kind of the opposite of clipped gable. - Jim Katen, Oregon Jim is correct, although his description was so technically exhaustive, I had to read it several times.
  24. Bill Kibbel
    I thought you had a camera with a enough zoom to count the eyelashes on a gnat 500 yards away.
  25. Bill Kibbel
    Image Edit: It looks like 45° and it has too many L-blows. That's wrong on all 3 counts that I listed. Did you get the manufacturer from the sticker? I might have the install instructions.
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