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Does anyone know anything about this? Here is the comment from my report. At the time of testing the water flow, while both sinks and the shower were in operation, utilizing both the hot and cold water supplies, it was noted that the cold water at the left master bathroom sink was flowing through the faucet into the hot water piping. RECOMMENDATION : Further evaluation and correction by a qualified state licensed plumber. It was a two handled faucet. I was able to pick it up from the fact that after I shut the faucet off, I immediately turned the hot alone on and it ran cold for awhile. I would like to know more about the problem if anyone is familiar with it.

It was bio-engineered and planted[:-dev3] by Yankees to ensure that the South never rose again.

UBC requires a 4 foot offset in the plate joints. IRC 24". Not sure who accepts 16". IMO that is worse than not breaking over a stud due to the loss of lateral strength in the wall. For the record, I always broke the butts over a stud and consider it good practice, while not being a code requirement.

I do not believe a stud is required under the splice in the top late of a double plated wall.

I cannot imagine any good reason for a stud at a joint in a bottom plate no matter how many of them there are. The function of the stud at the joint in a top plate is to prevent a bearing condition (like a joist, rafter or truss) from occurring on a cantilevered plate. No bearing can occur at the splice point in a bottom plate, of course unless you put a stud there. I've always believed that the moisture barrier faces the conditioned space everywhere.

Talk her into a listing inspection [] I would recommend a cleaning company like Servicemasters to come out and have sniff at it, or the company she used for the cleaning. Just a guess...pet odor...carpet pad? If it's a musty smell you may want to take a very quiet second look for any sign of water infiltration. She sounds like she may also be overly sensitive or delusional. If you don't smoke trust your nose. If you do take someone with you that doesn't.

Why....you know it all young whippersnapper turkey baster....I was repairing hail damage when your Daddy was a mere glimmer in your Grandaddy's eye. You went further than I would. I would never agree to meet them onsite (even if I were bluffing[:-eyebrows] and contrary to your grouchy arse I would have certainly been more agreeable rather than so darned contradictory when he related what he inferred from what I implied.

An interesting point Donald. I am wondering why the gas company didn't instruct her to go outside and shut off the main though. Part of my post inspection recap is always to show the clients where the main shutoffs are.

Absolutely.

Good observation Brian. P2803.6.2 Relief valve drains. Relief valve drains shall comply with Section P2904.5 or ASME A112.4.1. My interpretation is the same as yours Brian. 2904.5 deals with water distribution, not drains. I would say the intent is that the drain pipe be acceptable for hot water distribution, or indeed it would be worthless.

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I tend to agree Jim. I know the UPC which we still operate under out here prohibits the use of the drain pan as the discharge receptor for the TPR valve but I thought I knew that the IRC allows it. Then for awhile, as I looked for the reference, I thought I was only having some serious flashbacks from the 60's. I finally found it in the IRC Study Guide. Gawd I'll be glad when I only have to know one code. Download Attachment: IRC hwt.jpg 135.89 KB

IMO, the range, not being built in or attached to the building is a portable appliance.

As long as it can be accessed when the appliance is pulled out my opinion is that this is within the spirit of the code. I believe that is why the code allows the longer flex sections for stoves and dryers.

The IRC allows the TPR discharge to the Smitty pan.

Wisteria is not your typical ivy. That stuff will bring buidings down. The garden structures that are built to support it are only considered "temporary." Once the Wisteria establishes itself the "host" is history.

No info for you from out here but that's one serious old boy's network you will soon have. That's about a year working for somebody else's firm with no hope whatsoever starting out as an independent. Let's see 96 hours in the company class room for about $5K, 75 tag along inspections and then 250 supervised inspections which will no doubt be "drive by" supervised for the most part. Maybe in the name of fairness get paid a $40K salary for the whole year with a 5 year no compete clause. Somebody's been asleep. Sounds like the big players had some powerful advocacy or the unions want a piece of this action. The math....325x$400=$130,000+$5,000(training)-$40,000(salary)=$95K gross per head Not bad considering a staff of 4 could crank these clones out like popcorn.

40 minutes while eating pizza and a score of 76. Boilers and radon are totally irrelevant to the biz out here, I claim total ignorance and irrelevance on at least 12 questions. Some answer selections are extremely transparent. One question asked me to identify a picture that was not there. 2 questions had no right answer. The pics in the other 3 were too bad to make out. About 25% of the questions belong on an entry level, not advanced exam. I took the CREIA master certified exam yesterday. 150 questions 1 hour 10 minutes scored 79% with no studying if that gives you a comparison. Ditching the irrelevant questions and weighting the score appropriately your test would yield up about 85-88% for me, my best guess, but we'll never know.

CREIA is using IRC testing for combination dwelling inspector to qualify members for CNCS (CREIA New Construction Specialist) which recognizes one as adequately versed to perform new construction phase inspections. Our new CREIA chapter was formed with the idea of doing away with meetings that go over chapter biz until half the room pukes and speakers that peddle duct tape in favor of systematic PowerPoint presentations designed to teach the IRC from beginning to end. ASHI now has qualified certified CREIA members for membership in ASHI with no additional testing beyond what they have achieved through CREIA. At the last BOD meeting CREIA reciprocated.

Gerry, Please email me the safe access code so I can take the exam. Thanks, Steve Tutt email address: steve@homespection.net

Have you looked at the gap between my 2 front teeth lately?

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That roof is a certifiable POS. Recommend further evaluation by a qualified roofer. You are right about the felt. That felt wouldn't last 5 years out here. Steve

According to Douglas Hanson in a recent communication, Ideals are considered to be as good as Copalum connections and one of the key factors is the antioxident paste. The most recent CREIA Inspector magazine features the best article I have ever seen on aluminum wiring written by Douglas. www.creia.org