Nolan Kienitz

Heard about this on the news this evening and my wife found the link at the Chicago Tribune. Homebuying in 2011 likely not good.

Images would be helpful.

Many choices in Texas, but you have to do your research. NAHI has very little presence/visibility in Texas. ASHI and Lone Star ASHI has some presence and Lone Star ASHI often teams up with TPREIA for very good CE. INachi has members around the state and one or two regional units that meet periodically TPREIA is the newer Texas HI organization. Excellent for CE. TAREI is the oldest Texas HI organization. Tends to be pricey. Personally I would lean to TPREIA due to their focus on CE for the membership. My $0.02 comment about the national organizations is that I just don't think they provide the value you may be expecting ... especially in today's market. They both have their pluses and minuses, but you would be wise to build your own analysis spreadsheet for what you think will work for you.

A fellow inspector friend of mine sent me the below text in a message earlier today along with the link to the BOAT (Building Officials of Texas) newsletter. Certainly makes one wonder. Quote The Dec ’10 Building Officials Association of Texas (B.O.A.T.) newsletter has an interesting article on “What am I Required to Fix?â€

Kiel, Ultra Fire rapid-charger (does two cells) I bought two Tenergy 2600 mAH cells with the charger/TK-11 well over a year ago and all are working fine. Have not had any failures at all. Will be adding the TK-15 to the kit before too long. As noted above one can't go wrong with more light, almost same size flashlight AND using the same batteries.

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Wind rules for shingle fastening is a different animal along the Gulf Coast. I don't inspect down there anymore and they have changes the rules over recent years. I recall a mention about such when I was at a Certainteed class in the past year or so in Dallas. Don't have details.

Builder of starter homes in the D/FW market was doing steel in a few developments. This was within the past 5 or so years. I've done a couple.

Been slow off/on for last several days. This AM it is a tad slow.

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Nice and timely background for TIJ. Merry Christmas to everyone.

Push comes to shove - Reboot your 'puter, server, router, etc., etc.. I find that I have to occasionally reboot my FIOS box along with my wireless router. Just to clear things out.

Must be a Windows 7 item. Kurt M. -- Is that the OS on your system that was giving you a similar hiccup?

JD, Now you've done it!!! Watch out ... Kurt M. will be on this in a heartbeat []

JK - Correct on ages for each. I used to have one like the brown model. I referred to it as a Business Coupe. Mine was a '29.

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I've used Go-Daddy for the past 10-years for all number of things. Great folks, great service.

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Scott, So good to hear that timing was in everyone's favor. Your sharing is very helpful. I've been a T-1 diabetic since 1967, been wearing insulin pumps for 25-years and CGMS (glucose monitoring) devices for 2+ years. Also been on statins for some BP and Cholesterol "tweaking" ... seeing as how I'm a diabetic. The statins can create their own list of side-effects that I'm also dealing with. I've lost 25 pounds over the past 3+ months and have about 5 to 10 more to go. I see my endocrinologist on Wednesday and am hoping that statins for the 'tweaking' can go away due to weight loss and a far better diet. I'm hopeful I can stay ahead of any more problems. Again ... your sharing has been great and I'm so glad that you are doing OK.

Get rid of "any" kink in the primary condensate drain as it routes to the DWV below the sink. Debris, mildew, etc. can collect (at the kink usually) and cause a flow restriction then things would back up and the flow would then start coming out of the secondary. HVAC folks often us a heavy rubber-type hose (almost a radiator hose) and they will often have a kink or sharp bend from the PVC that is coming out of the wall below the bathroom sink to the drain just above the P-Trap. Sometimes the turn is "too sharp" and causes a kink and thus possible restriction of condensate flow.

Phillip, Congratulations to you and your bride.

From an inspection comment "writing" perspective this is a great comment. "pipe just drewling (spelling correction to: drooling) all over the place" I have got to put that in the list of possible comments. Kathy - Thanks for the good description (to the point)! A lot of good comments here. Reach out to Darren.

Mike in Canada ... Thanks for the color adjustment for the slider bar at the right side [^]

I had an extremely high security clearance during my tenure at AT&T Labs .. I still have connections as well. []