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  Boiler patched?

  By Mike Lamb 3 hours ago

  60 year old Bryant steam boiler. Does the cast iron look more recently patched or could this be from original manufacturing? I didn't see the boiler fire but there was water in the sight-glass. No leaks.  

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• Roof Maxx: What's The Scoop

  By hausdok August 18

  I've seen this stuff advertised. Some Ohio inspector who claims to do more than 4,000 inspections a year (😂) is endorsing the stuff. It looks to me like it's probably a clear acrylic with a solvent base that, once sprayed on, soaks into asphalt and softens it and then the acrylic coating acts as a sealer and prevents the surface from sloughing off. Anyone had experience with this stuff being used on houses for sale? ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike

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• Ceiling cracks

  By Jerry Simon August 15

  My drywalled basement ceiling, approx. 27' x 13', applied to TJI ceiling trusses (upper and lower rails separated by OSB).  Two drywall seam cracks, four feet apart, running entire 27' length of room, cracks perpendicular to trusses.  Zero noticeable flex to floor, and minimal live loads above, and minimal dead loads, biggest being a refrigerator at middle third of span. I could see having these cracks if they were running parallel to the trusses, where just a couple flexing trusses could c

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• Siding t11 or masonite

  By merle August 3

  home built 1990 appears to have t11 compoist siding, does it have the waffle texture on the back?  Or is it masonite? Does either contain asbestos?  Very concerned Thanks

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  York heat pump board help

  By ritter0404 July 24

  Have a York 3.5 ton heat pump condenser. Last Friday the system went down and I tested and found the board to be the culprit. Replaced the board and not even 24 hours later same issue. 5 resistors under the relays are overheating and I can't figure out why. Unplugged the yellow wire on the y terminal and the bottom blue resistor cooled down. Checked voltage at t-stat wire and is 24 volts. Yellow wire has 24 volts on cool. 

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  Hardie Vertical Siding at Floor System

  By CNewhouse July 23

  When inspecting Hardie panel siding on new builds, I see it spanning floor systems about half of the time. Maybe more. Hardie's installation details require a horizontal seam in the siding at each floor system. I call it out when I see it done incorrectly, and the builders always respond as expected. "I've been doing it this way for years and I've never had a problem!" I'm curious. Have any of you even seen damage to Hardie panels because of the missing horizontal seam at a floor system? 

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  Brown liquid running down side of home

  By Gregg July 11

  Hello,   I am new to this space.  I found it after I found this brown liquid coming out of the stucco on under my covered entry and looking for possible causes.  I believe I have seen others on this site call it a cola like color...which is accurate.  I tried to clean it today using Dawn soap and water....using a firm scrub brush to no avail.  This is stained...and continues to leak.  I have a six year old home that I purchased a year ago.  The house had its original color and there we

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• Stucco siding brought onto the roof shingles??

  By Kristie Brown July 9

  My client had an inspection done and the inspector noted the following in the roof section: The shingles are touching stucco siding in various areas around the home. When we questioned the roofing company that recently installed the roof he said... "There is a flashing behind the stucco, and under the shingles, and the shingles are installed as close to the walls as possible. The shingles touching the wall should not have any issue in the future. The shingles have to be installed tight

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