John Kogel

The Studey went for a ride on a flatdeck trailer for the 2nd pic, where Gypsies turned it into a digital painting. No, I don't know either.

That might have been fine, but the conduit at least to my eyes is plastic. Amateurs.

Is it an old chimney chase? If so, you can call for fire-stopping or fire-blocking, not sure which it would be in the Golden State. But the lack of a chimney makes it less of a hazard, so it is no different than a laundry chute or a stairwell, no?

OK, Im trying to imagine that same tub in enameled cast iron. OK now to get it off the truck and into the house, ouch. []

Future hot tub, Jim. You know the one out on the deck with the peg legs and no lagscrews? []

I can't see if that is a feeder to or a feeder from. I suppose it could be either, depending on what you plug in to that receptacle. [:-party]

I think you are right. Because it is the work of an amateur, I would also warn that there may be hidden defects.

I think your city water is not crystal clear. It is turbid. [:-party]

Apple Smartphone charger. But they're not so smart or they would have put the logo on there, eh? []

Tell us more about the ladder. Where and when was it purchased? I have a 2007 model, and it is still OK. But I am a lightweight, 167 Lbs. I rarely go over 8 feet with mine, attic hatches.

The whole thing reeks of amateur pipe fitting. I would say so and also that there could be hidden deficiences.

If I give a estimated life, it is vague and verbal, not in writing. Also my verbal estimate always includes "I can't predict the future", sometimes followed by "If I could, I would be down at the horse track right now instead of here"."Leaks can develop at any time" is a written comment I use for an older roof. If the house is exposed to the weather," Check for wind damage after severe weather".

And rather attractive in a retro sort of way.

I see they cut some and wove some in the thrd or 4th pic. [:-party] I wouldn't feel much confidence in any of that addition roof. I will bet they fudged on the underlay as well. Who knows how many nails per shingle and where they placed them. To repair, they need to bend the old shingles up to nail below, as David described it, mucho trouble that might still lead to leaks. I would tell them what the roofer will tell them, tear it off, sorry about that. They can cut the large side, but it won't get renailed all that well. A roofer wants to guarantee his work, tough call there.

Ben, you might look into laying down a subfloor? The stuff I'm thinking of is OSB with a sheet of dimpled plastic attached to the underside. I've never used it but seen it used.

Yep. Works awesome. Water will wick through the thinset and get under the tiles, no? I did a grey tile floor in one of our spare bathrooms and she who knows best chose the grout - bright white. It looks great, but I stay out of there. []

"Readily accessible"? Receptacles are allowed in appliance garages, so the rule may not be there to prevent stupid. The Canadian E Code restricts the number of receptacles or light fixtures on a 15 amp circuit to no more than 12. Your NEC I am told doesn't have a clear rule on the number of outlets. I would document what happened and let the client decide if they want a circuit added.

How do you connect a bonding strap to a faucet? You don't. If there is no copper pipe over 10 feet in length, a plumbing bond is not required. Don't quote me, but that is a rule of thumb if you can't find a better one. As Bill said, the electrical is grounded/bonded by the grounding conductor.

Some guy has come up with a tank that drives the roof. I imagine there's limitations there too. Nothing wrong with fun tools, but remember to focus on the house, not the tool. [] Yeah, your chimney crown could use a patch. I think still pics can be pulled off the video and cropped?

First we need a wiring diagram for the tester you were using. And a diagram of the GFCI circuit. But in layman's terms ... Juice is leaking out where it should not be leaking, or the tester is picking up stray voltages which disappear for the second test. Voltage sniffers give confusing signals too. I had a live circuit here I wanted to disable. I disconnected the black wire from the light switch, put it all back together, then checked the loose end of the wire. It tested live! Pulled the cover off the switch and checked there, no juice was getting into that feeder. Checked the exposed end, now it was dead. Stray voltages.

Are you saying the electronic filters that snatch dust with static electricity are inferior?

That crawlspace exhaust fan blows outside thru the wall. It is seldom a great idea to have negative pressure in the crawlspace, so I hope the new owners use that feature wisely. Steven, I think you meant to say a smaller fan motor such as your inline fans would be more efficient? My son's new house, an old guy's old house, has a gas stove in the basement with a metal hood mounted on the ceiling above it. Heated air is funneled by convection into the return air ducts, heating 3 rooms on the floor above. It worked very well for them when the furnace stopped working between Xmas and New Years.

That dryer hose thing is a ventilator for the crawl. Bath fan in the box. Another goofy add-on. I can picture the poor little termites attacking the box and getting blown out through the vent pipes when the fan comes on. []

Pull a new feeder in from the panel, do it up right.

No questions, just basic entertainment. The house is an odd split level design with two bedrooms at a lower level. Air is drawn down the stud cavity behind the woodstove to this plywood box and then blown to 4 other locations in the house. I called for some wiring repair. The belt looks like it is ready to put an end to this experiment. But the theory is valid and the wood keeps the noise down. Pic 5 is heat relays. 3 electric fan heaters come on in sequence, about 5 minutes for each heater. The fans should last 3 times longer, but if a relay goes haywire, I don't know if anyone alive can figure it out to fix it. [] Click to Enlarge 72.04 KB Click to Enlarge 75.35 KB Click to Enlarge 67.94 KB Click to Enlarge 27.57 KB Click to Enlarge 55.3 KB