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I was recently inspecting a garage of a 40 year old home. The sill plate was visible. It did not appear to be press treated lumber, but it didn't seem to be in bad shape either. Did they use to use pine tar lumber on sill plates against concrete?


Chris Jacobi
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It is dishonorable to obey unjust orders. Unlock the cages and stand down.

I here a lot of radio commercials locally for this product.

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Does anyone here have any experience with it?

Yep ! A very good friend of mine.
Talking about inspection !
And No! Spidy ! I won't help you inspect that 50 story building.
Come on Sonny ( Thats my nickname ) ! You can do it ! No ! and No again Spidy !
I don't have the ba**s ! NOPE !
Repelling down the side of a skyscrapers looking for moisture intrusion isn't my idea of a fun inspection. Nope !









http://www.gainesville.com/article/2...NEWS/712310301

http://www.nachi.org/forum/f79/flori...rm-help-82672/

Inspected a home today, Cuttler Hammer panel and breakers. Several double taps under flat screw heads. My question is does the Cuttler Hammer breakers that allow 2 wires have the same butterfly fastener as the Square D QO breakers? The breakers are Cuttler Hammer CC. Thanks , Stan

And some want to install interior systems. ](*,)
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I had a potential client contact me by email. It is a scam.

mark_pil@yahoo.com

Here are his messages.

#1
Hello,

This is mark,i will like to know if you available for the home inspection of the new house that i just purchase for my mother and what area do you serve then do you accept credit card payment too.

Thanks,i will be expecting your reply back asap.

#2

Thanks for your reply back....I have hearing impaired that is why am using via e-mail to contact you now,i just brought the house for my mum and i want all the house inspection service done because have be looking for a good Home Inspectors and can you go into the house for the inspection.

(Full House Home Inspection: 4,000 square feet and Maintenance Inspections with Written Report)

Let me know so that i can alert the former house owner to have the house keys deliver to you,also need a little favor from you because haven't payment the balance up fees for the house which is sum of $1500 to balance up and i will be expecting your reply back asap.

Thanks.

#3

Okay fine,the favor is that am going to give you my card to charge the sum of $2000 you will deduct the sum of $500 as inspection service deposit and send the remaining $1500 to the former house owner for me via western union money transfer because the former house owner want to accept cash for the remaining balance and you can locate a western union money transfer outlet nearest your place.....i want you to know that they will send the key to you and you can go there for the inspection service then can you give me your FULL NAME, OFFICE ADDRESS, CELL PHONE NUMBER for the house owner to send the house keys to your office immediately they receive their balance.

They can make the key to the house available for you to write the estimate inspection service and once you the inspection service done you can e-mail the report because i want to know the work to be done in the house before my family move inside the house,am asking for this favor due to my disability and am at the hospital to undergo surgery in 1 week time that why am asking for the favor.

Thanks.

I’m scheduled to do my first commercial inspection tomorrow and I have no idea what I’m getting into. Besides really big what else is different? I don’t know much about the property other than it is 6000 Sq Ft and sounds like a strip mall. She said there are lots of offices… She asked what it would cost and I had no idea… I said I had to look at it first… Any advice would be great. Do I have to call in other inspectors (HVAC, electricians, plumbers, ect?) or just report what I see?

After we complete our exam is there something special we need to do so the 14 hours gets recognized by the state. I thought there was a post somewhere about this a few months ago.

Scott

I would like to know what others here feel would be the best value for a thermal imaging device at $2000 or less. Pros and cons of the products? Flir seems to be the leader, but I haven't seen anything by them in that price range. Let the comments begin!

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I have a client that got bumped down from a single wrap to toenail based on my wind mit.

Truss had one strap straight up with 2 nails only.

If you or anyone you know help folks out with problems like this send me your info and what you do by email. Guy would need someone to find out what house needs. You would have to check every truss. then give prive to do what he wants. I do not know difference in discounts between clip and wrap, double wrap etc.

Not my cup of tea.

Send me a regular email if you want it. GUy called a couple of hours ago it is 12:20pm EST

On your 1000th post....

Thank you Tom, The wealth of information as well as the camaraderie of my colleagues here at InterNachi has made this all possible. Looking forward to my next 1000.

According to the laws of physics, only a perfect blackbody may have Emittance of 1.0. Although the E value of real objects must be less than 1.0, some radiometers allow entry of E values exceeding 1.0

Here are a few shots from my last inspection. That's a solar thermal (hot water) system. The black tank is a diesel fuel tank from a truck, which is supported by part of an old peddle sewing machine frame. Lower left is the porcelain and steel uplift preventer. I think the seller liked to sit up there and listen to music while he re-read his old love letters.
It was the back up for the water heater, which didn't have a TPR, but it did have a two-story PVC disharge pipe. Obviously the installer was not thinking clearly or he would have terminated the discharge pipe into the diesel tank, increasing the efficiency of the hot water system.

The home had no hot water at the time of the inspection although there were three people living there.

And just to make triply sure they got electricity, the home had three meters. It's legal too. According to the architect who came along for the inspection, each of those three cables has both an energized conductor and a neutral in it. No ground for the meters (or service) though.

Just like every other home in this neighborhood, water was supplied by the city... two days a week. It filled an underground cistern. A pump moved water up into a tank on the roof and all plumbing fixtures were gravity-fed. Very, very common here. Didn't measure but water pressure must have been about 5-10 PSI.

Mosquitoes are bad here but I kill them with a battery-powered electric tennis racquet with steel strings. I eat more mangoes any man ever seen, hey, hey...
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House from a flipper had an odd bump in plastered walls, looks like they plastered over live knob and tube wiring? There were 3 discovered in this home.



#2

Foundation is being kept from collapsing by a horizontal telepost and a 2 x 4 between the chimney and the foundation wall. Foundation is still moving which in turn crumbled the chimney. This was allowing water into the basement and the only 'fresh' air in the home was a hole they had cut into the furnace duct which circulated the musty air from the basement through the whole house. I know the smell alone would win me some kind of prize. But they had thrown a couple of air fresheners in the furnace to help with the smell.





#3

Dryer vent in garage with some type of pantyhose or leggings attached as a filter, instead of venting to the outside of home. Very interesting when dryer is turned on as shown.



#4

Now this is how to stop a vent flashing leak. If exterior sealing doesn't work then just caulk from the inside. That should do it.



#5

Here is the pic...








#6

This home was built in 1895 and the complete roof was burned off back in the 60'es. I still don't understand that after doing all that work they didn't replace all this burnt lumber.



#7

The bathroom sink didn't drain too enthusiastically; I wonder why???



#8

Another day, another remodel.



#9
Perhaps a keyhole saw is in order...