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I am not sure how long this product has been marketed by PRO-LAB but I found it at Home Depot for $13.98 cdn. "Do it yourself test kit for Mold" They indicate if you want an air quality test then you have to buy two kits because you have to put one outside as a control to compare indoor to outdoor air quality (Hmm I thought I wanted two samples taken outside). No mention of snow or temperature concern. You receive a petri dish, a Q tip and a small bottle of solution to pour on the petri dish. It's so simple a monkey could do it. You simply let the solution harden, which shouldn't be to tough for the control sample because it was 15 degrees below Celsius last night. The one you use in the building after it hardens sits on top of a supply duct for 10 minutes, then you put the lid on and let it incubate for 48 hours. They go on to say that if you see different mold on an indoor sample that you don't see outside send it to the lab with $30 and they will let you know what you have. I have to wonder how IAC2 would feel about this products effectiveness and value.

If I advertise that I repair cars... in fact call myself Joe's Excellent Auto Repairs, and sell services... but then put in my literature that Joe's Excellent Auto Repairs is not an auto repair company...

What would this mean to you?

I know double taps are incorrect, but is there another way to install these surge protectors . Are there lugs that can be installed on the main breaker to accept this? Any help would be appreaciated
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Good Day all. My name is Sam Kingery. I have been a member of InterNACHI since Jan. I started as a student and am taking many of the online classes to better prepare myself to become a HI. My plan is to "open the doors" in May.

A little about myself. I am 40, married with a 13 year old son. I have been a business owner since 2001. First with a business partner, then a few years ago we split the company and went our separate ways. Have been a sole proprietor since then. HI will be the first company I have started from scratch. Am nervous and excited all at the same time.

I am sure I will be asking lots of questions. I could get into alot more about myself, but this isn't a dating site. Just thought I would do a little introduction.

Thanks,

Snell Island home inspection...In St. Petersburg...

Anyone have a recommendation

Thanx in advance

Tom

The perpetual question among those using radiometric equipment is, “What emittance value should I use?” In this Tip, we address several options for providing emittance values.

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So I have: taken a slew of Nachi courses, purchased domain name, searching for e&o insurance, Finishing my LLC, practiced on a few homes and have been playing with HIP program.
I am anxious to get inspecting, but would feel better if I tagged along with an experienced inspector. I want every one of my inspections to be worth the price.
How did you all handle your first inspection?
Did you worry about shortchanging your first client?
Anybody dare take a newbie on an inspection in the Denver metro area?
If you are busy, I may be able to accelerate your inspections and help you make more money!
Don't worry about me becoming your competition; I think the non-Nachi members might have to worry though...

Eric Richards from Green Valley Inspections drove to Chandler Arizona to help me with a commercial building inspection today.

Eric inspects commercial buildings in Riverside California and all surrounding cities.





Thanks for the help Eric...!

How you can be staring right at this and still mess it up.
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Hi again gentlemen, here is my thought, Mike made a valid point with his link to an approved pvc drain line. If it was me, I would check the line, chances are that if the pvc line is threaded on one end it is an approved line. If it has a threaded adaptor attached chances are it is not approved. Again, local code will always prevail, and if you don't live there you won't know.

Hey fellas, I'm just about to get my business off the ground and wanted to get a general Idea from everybody about the "MUST HAVE" tools in my bag. I think I have most of the essentials,however, I still need a couple of items,I think,(maybe more?). As I am on a limited start-up budget, I will not be purchasing the high-end tools/gadgets until I can afford to do so, and still buy groceries...with that being said, I haven't yet purchased a CO meter/gas sniffer,I'm thinking these would be considered essential? Let me know what you guys think. Thanks in advance for any input!.:D

Did a Wind Mitigation inspection today and the guy said that the door and windows were impact rated. I took photos of the labels but I can not find any information that either are impact rated.

The sticker on the door seems to be for an energy star rating and the on on the widows shows an FBC approval but I couldn't find anything about an impact rating.

Can one of you who see this stuff all the time (I almost never deal with impact rated doors or windows) tell me if I am missing something?
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I couldn't decide whether to advise my client to get a new sealed unit or whether to advise her just to buy some guppies and start an aquarium at the bottom ;)
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