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Stan, you're looking a little pale. You really need to get out in the sun.

Gee, wonder who they're talking about? CREIA Cautions against ``Internet-Based Only'' Home Inspection Referral Organizations PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 2004--The California Real Estate Inspection Association cautions home buyers, home sellers, and home builders -- as well as the real estate and legal community -- about a recent upsurge in Internet-only-based organizations that purport to recommend "certified" inspectors. It has come to the attention of the California Real Estate Inspection Association (CREIA), the largest and oldest state association for home inspectors in the country, that Internet-only-based organizations are referring "online approved and tested" inspectors to unsuspecting and uninformed consumers. It is imperative for all involved in the real estate transaction to know that there is no licensing of home inspectors in California. This non-licensing element has allowed online marketeers an inroad to offer "certifications" to any individual wanting to appear credentialed as a home inspector. Be wary of such "online-approved" home inspectors. The real estate inspection profession is a demanding profession that requires a broad base of knowledge in all areas of home construction, maintenance, and safety issues. It is imperative that consumers and real estate professionals ask for information as to what type of organization is providing the claimed "certification." Since California inspectors are not required to register themselves with the state, an individual with marginal qualifications may perform an inspection. REALTORS© and consumers should do some homework before recommending a professional inspector. The following tips can help:

Put a vapor retarder paint on the interior walls and insulate the wall cavity. That will warm the interior surface of the wall, preventing the condensation from occurring. The moisture is condensing on the wall surface because it's so cold. If you warm it up, you'll eliminate the condensation. But you want the vapor retarder on the wall to keep moisture from moving into the wall cavity and condensing there.

I'll be there. I'm presenting a couple sessions. I'm in for ribs, booze, B.S. and cigars.

No one entering this profession understands how much you really need to know to be competent. You can't possibly learn what you need to know on line or from a book. Go take ITA's 90 hour class. That will give you a good beginning base of knowledge. After that, just spend the rest of your life learning.

Conduit serves as the grounding conductor, but where are the grounds for the branch circuits? Were they in conduit also?

A moldy home may not be the root of your ills an ABC Action News report 10/25/04 TAMPA - A 1999 Mayo Clinic study connected nearly all of the chronic sinus infections afflicting 37 million Americans to mold. However, an allergy expert at USF disagrees. Dr. Richard Lockey says that research shows most of us have mold in our homes and it would take more than that to make a person seriously ill. "Most people who enter a room and it's mold infested they see the black and it leaves a message with them, saying that this room is contaminated and it truly is," Lockey said. However, Lockey, who has studied mold for 20 years, believes that mold is not really as toxic as the public fears "In order for that mold to really cause problems you have to eat it in huge quantities," explained Lockey. "For example, we know animals have died from eating mold infested hay but they have to eat a lot of it. When these mold spores and old particles get into the air they don't cause any serious medical problems. If they did, we'd all be suffering on an ongoing regular basis." Dr. Lockey sees about five people a month complaining of mold allergies and there is a test he can do to determine if that is true. Most people he said are rarely allergic to only mold. "Compared to things like dust mites, compared to things like cockroaches, compared to things like cats and dogs -- they are far down the line as far as allergens causing disease," concluded Lockey. Dr Lockey believes the idea that mold in your home is causing some epidemic of disease is absolutely unproven and unscientific. His opinion is based on years of treating patients as well as research done at USF and papers written by other members of the scientific community.

Are you sure about the plug? Why would it be 120/240V? The plug and receptacle are required to be a locking type. (Curved blades and slots) to prevent someone from putting something else into it. It should not be connected to a ground rod, but it probably wouldn't hurt if it was (assuming the equipment grounding conductor is connected to the pump.) A pool pump required bonding to the metal in the shell of the pool and other metal in and around the pool area. Are you sure this was not a bonding wire?

I agree, it should be meaningful. I just don't have a lot of faith in the process. My lack of faith is based on experience. For example, has licensing of (fill in a profession here) in your state put the bums and crooks out of business? I didn't think so. Now I'm sure that SOME of them have been eliminated, and that's a good thing, but at what cost to honest guys like you?

Welcome to the wonderful world of licensing. This can all be explained with one sentence. Politicians don't put voters out of business. This is only the beginning. Wait until **** gets in there and starts trying to watering it all down so that anyone can be a state approved licensed home inspector.

If I remember correctly, Tom Byrne started his company, Professional Property Inspections, in 1959. Damn! Could that be right? - Jim Katen, Oregon Having killed many a brain cell in the company of Mr. Byrne, I can assure you that it's correct. The guy is amazing. He can drink any 10 younger men under the table and be up at 5:00 raring to go.

CO has a density of .97 compared to air. In other words it's only slightly heavier. It mixes in with the air rather evenly due to convection and air movement. Also, the CO is not produced by itself, it's mixed with Nitrogen and Water vapor, which dilute it even further. Doesn't matter where you put the detector, it will see the CO.

Now Scott, don't be silly. Why would anyone pay for a book now that it's all online for free?

It's algea. Harmless, and it does grow in the sun. It's more prevelant since the formulation of the minerals in the shingles was changed by adding more phosphate. Algea likes that. Some manufacturers are adding copper particles to the granules to prevent algea. Ownens Corning AR shingles are Algea Resistant.

Not bad for an old guy!

The deck has settled and broken at the outside edge of the beam at the top of the shell of the pool. The marcite is shot. The staining is pitting of the surface. It needs resurfacing. The suction inlets are too close together. If you don't have 3' of room, you put them on 2 different planes. They need anti-vortex covers and suction relief devices.

Yes, wall space is defined as "unbroken along the floor line by doorways,......You need a receptacle there. You wouldn't put a cord across the doorway opening would you?

You should set up Windows XP to automatically notify you of new updates. See the clip. Download Attachment: Capture2.jpg 166.68 KB

Sounds like it set up to run the strips all the time, which kind of negates much of the advantage of using a heat pump.

1. Find the Yellow Pages 2. Look up Appliance repairs 3.Call a guy to come over and tell you it will cost $150.00 to fix it. 4. Find the Yellow Pages again. (This should be easy.) 5. Look up Appliance Sales 6. I think you can figure out the rest.

I hope Volkswagons are selling well. . . .

Messenger service is used by network administrators to send messages to client computers on the network. If you have this turned on, spammers can span for open ports on your computer and send you a message faked to appear like they came from anywhere, like your network administrator. You should turn this service off. Instructions are below. This is different from MSN Messenger, for which you see the icon on your toolbar. That's for chatting and other stuff, and is perfectly safe. You should also go to www.grc.com and run all of the security scans available there. You can trust all of the info there. Windows XP Home Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel Click Performance and Maintenance Click Administrative Tools Double click Services Scroll down and highlight "Messenger" Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties. Click the STOP button. Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar Click OK Windows XP Professional Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel Click Administrative Tools Click Services Double click Services Scroll down and highlight "Messenger" Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties. Click the STOP button. Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar Click OK

I saw one just like that a couple months ago. Literally raining in the crawl space! Black mold everywhere. Vents were closed.

Doober, you need a lawyer's forum, not a home inspector's forum. Maybe John Edwards can help.

He was. There's always satellite.