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Nolan Kienitz

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  1. Nachi Certification Exposed

    in Open Discussion Forum (Chit-Chat)

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    It seems to me that the new "formula" for success being taught to Home Inspectors is to love thy agent, and to consider the agent as the "client" and the person that actually hired the inspector as the "customer".

    I believe that Home Inspectors that are not qualified (knowledge wise) will soon find themselves doing something else for a living. While those inspectors that have perfected the art of "assisting" with the sale shall flourish.

    Steven,

    Excellent observation. Albeit I think your noted "formula" is just a routine that seems to get recycled every so often.

    When I transitioned from 'commercial' to 'residential' inspections 12-years ago the push via the HI schools (some, not all) in Texas was to make the agents/brokers your best friend. Some schools had classes (or portions thereof) on how to market and befriend the agents. Advice was given to "not upset" the agents as they can be your best friend or worst enemy and if you want to get work you need more friends than enemies.

    Goes without saying (so, I'll say it anyway) some HI organizations are the same way.

    I heard yesterday, via an inspector friend, that he saw a posting on another HI forum about an inspector bragging about doing 4 inspections every day recently as biz is so good.

    I can only imagine (NOT) what kind of report and inspection was provided to any of his clients.

    It is so very sad to continue to see such b.s..

  10. Steam

    in HVAC Forum

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    I'm starting to get a handle on it.

    One very nice benefit of steam is the boiler room. It's cold here, and I go down there and pull my chair up to all that tonnage of hot iron, and it's real comfortable.

    There you go ... warm/toasty. Get a card table, play some cards or dominoes and pour a glass of Makers Mark and you will be set.

    Of course, once you open the Makers Mark ... Chad will be on your doorstep in a heartbeat. [;)]

  13. Dirty areas around vents

    in Exteriors Forum

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    Hipped roofs usually have such a short ridge that they don't have enough clear opening to function properly. Add a little positive pressure in the attic and the soffit vents turn into gozouta instead of gozinta vents.

    That happens all the time, even on newer houses with prescriptive venting. I suspect that the air in the attics has never looked at the diagrams, which show how it's supposed to move.

    Attic venting is a chaotic system.

    Damn that "air" for not reading up on how we expect it to flow ... [;)]

  15. Home Advisor

    in Marketing Techniques

    Posted

    Slight drift, but in the same chapter ...

    When I get calls from the SEO folks and other such marketers I quickly ask them what is the address of the house they want me to inspect. I follow that with asking them questions about the house so I can provide a fee quote.

    I do this before they barely have a chance to start their marketing pitch about getting my website to the top of all pages in short order.

    I continue the push asking about the house to inspect and then I pause and advise them that if they called me the only reason should be to schedule a home for inspection that they have under contract.

    If this call is about anything other than that ... we don't have anything to talk about.

    In most cases they are caught pretty close to being dumbfounded and they either hang up without another word or I will politely hang up on them after telling them thanks for calling and giving me an opportunity to quote a home inspection fee for them.

    It becomes a game after a while.

    [;)]

  23. What does the NEC consider a sub-Panel

    in Electrical Forum

    Posted

    Thanks Chad, Jim Marc I appreciate it. It would make life easier if we all used the same language. Reading the code is like translating Japanese sometimes.

    It's done for job security.

    If everyone understood the rules and why they were written, there'd be no need for enforcers.

    OK ... you guys set this up all by yourselves ... and I can't resist!!

    +++++

    And then you add in the dialects from a Canadian and someone from Louisiana you really have some potato and ham soup or gumbo.

    +++++

    [;)][;)]

  24. It looked solid!

    in Open Discussion Forum (Chit-Chat)

    Posted

    That first photo...it looks like a large panel, makes it harder to figure where the joists are, even harder if nailing is sparse or completely absent.

    Hazard of the profession.

    You get injured?

    Marc

    Just a few scratch's on my leg. The hardest part was getting my dang foot back out of the hole without it pulling my shoe off! The ceiling below was a good three feet and full of blown-in insulation.

    This is the hole after I pulled my foot out!

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    You know ... the authorities could be using those "prints" for some forensic intelligence gathering. [:-bigeyes

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