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Did someone replace a switch with an outlet? My next questions are, are the smoke detectors working, and is your homeowners insurance paid? Dennis

Sorry for the double post my smoke signal internet connection out here in the third world country in the middle of the great USA glitched. I had never thought of doing a walk through or walk and talk as some call it. Dennis

I have two questions, one; what do you charge for this service, and two; in what scenario would you do something like this? Dennis

Market will be hotter when those panels light up. Dennis

Just wanted to give my experiences with air nailers and staplers, I used air nailers on composition shingles. When tearing off a roof we could put a ladder up to edge and pry the first two shingles up and pull up and it would come off like a zipper all the way to the top of the roof if it was put on with staples, saved a lot of time tearing off. On wood shakes nails would be loose and easier to take off. The staples in wood held when the nails would not. As far as blowing the nail through the shingle there was an adjustment on the nail guns that prevented that and from time to time and depending on shingle had to be adjusted either by the air pressure or the adjustment on the gun. I did have some guys that worked for me that did not do it right and they tore the roof off and I held their hand and paid them their last check from me. I just thought I would share this with everyone. Clarification, the roofs were in Kansas City area. Dennis

There was a house in Independence, MO that had a roof like that, from a distance you would swear there was a problem with the roof. But it was all done properly. We called it the smurf house.

I have a bad habit of looking at roofs after a snow or heavy frost as I drive down the road, can sure tell which ones are insulated and vented well. And which are not. The more I read about foam the better it sounds to me, still figuring out how to handle any moisture issues properly with foam though.

I applaud all of you working on improving your health and your life. I unfortunately do not have this problem due to a bout of pancreatitis and having gall bladder removed and still having bouts of pancreatitis and not being able to keep food in my body long enough to do any good. Other wise I would be right in the middle of this with you. Having read some of the posts some words from a country song come to mind ,, God is great, beer is good and people are crazy,,, Good luck to you all.

It would be nice to see any house look that good here. But thats the way it is in good ole NE TN/ SW VA. We have a big problem with humidity and ground water. Just for the record I have never killed a deal - the house has committed suicide.( from being built wrong and or lack of maintenance)

Because the ones he saw were done the same way and were not being used anymore. Maybe a better way to have said it would have been its an oil tank.

I showed the pic to another inspector I know and he has seen this exact thing. He says without more info that he would say it is old decommissioned fuel tank.

Think they were trying to keep the bush warm in winter?

May be combustible air for fireplace. If there is a hollow cavity under firebox they could have routed the pipe into the ash dump under firebox and the draw from the flue brings in air from outside. Just a guess.

If you have to ask how much , I am sorry you can't afford it.

Gotta love it !!!!

Your lucky you didn't take a fast ride to the ground. Wonder if he had his golf shoes on walking on that roof? From the holes in the roof looks like #2 shingles and the knots popped. I have seen roofs in that bad of shape and they were not ever power washed, just old and worn out.

If the masonry flue is not tall enough it will not draw properly. I had the same set up in Kansas City, furnace and gas water heater in one metal flue and both going into a masonry flue, the only time I had any trouble with it was when the wind blew from a certain direction, raised the flue another two feet and no more back draft. The back draft was bad enough to blow the pilot out on the water heater till I raised the flue. Another thing if there are any cracks and leaks in the masonry it will cause the same thing. May not be whats going on here but is worth a look.