Bill Kibbel

It is a fold-out seat for use whilst on the phone.  I've only seen them directly below the phone niche.

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Repair the limestones with Lithomex.

Coat all with lime paint - the best permeable water repellent for limestone.

Both the above are lime based from St. Astier available at Andy DeGruchy's Limeworks.

My notes state that Crane ceased manufacturing HVAC products in 1968.

I've seen it in a few mills, a couple old factories, a very large church, a large city hall,  and several timber bridges.

I don't know what they were called in early buildings but a phrase used in the mid - late 20th century is nail-laminated timber deck and nail-laminated lumber deck.  I've seen it in plans as NLT decking.

I've seen hundreds if not a thousand without any failures.  There are heat resistant plastics/polymers that can easily handle the heat from a furnace and more.  

I have a car with a turbo that has plastic parts.  How many vehicles have water pumps with plastic impellers and housings?  there's even plastic valve covers now.   Gonna see all plastic combustion engines in some cars soon so makers can meet the 2020 CAFE standard.

Never seen it.

Guess 1.  A lightning arrester.  The second wire slowly discharges to a ground spike.

Guess 2.  A transformer for an in-ground mole or gopher zapper. 

Dust mask won't block Hantavirus.  Need a respirator with P-100 filters.

The manufacturers' instructions usually contain very specific details about if, where, and how the intake and exhaust piping can increase or decrease dimension. Same with direct exhaust water heaters.

After looking at just a few different manuals, you'll see there's no rule of thumb. More often than not though, a diameter increase for the exhaust is not permitted outside of the furnace cabinet.

7 hours ago, Catmando said:

The service line has one leg attached to a 70 amp breaker, and another leg attached to a parallel bus.

Both service legs are attached to buses.  The 70 amp breaker supplies a separate pair of buses below.

Don't need a single main breaker, but there are supposed to be no more than 6 breakers/disconnects in the top part to shut off everything.  The one pictured has 7.

I've seen square duct brushes but the smallest is probably 6x6".

Get a round brush and trim the bristles to square.

I've always relocated my laundry rooms so the dryer meets an exterior wall.

I don't like the term, but it's commonly referred to as water table trim.

I suggest getting with the folks at the NOVA ASHI chapter.  Most chapters welcome new inspectors, usually the first couple/few meetings before requiring membership. Many chapters don't meet in the summer though.

You're more likely to get folks to take you out if they meet you first and see a professional demeanor.

Woodpeckers going after carpenter bee larvae.

I've seen them in cast iron and stamped steel. The last one I saw was labeled NoCare and ran on DC.

Planer envy.

It's a laser sensor parking guide system.

He's an IT guy - the opener is plugged into a rack mount PDU. 

I'm picturing the couple of 300+ lb. fellas carrying the 22 Cu. Ft. freezer down into the basement.

Air Vent has a shingle-over vent that's almost 12" wide.  Commonly used with wide ridge beams.

It's about done.  Yes, moss & lichen are detrimental.

Today's wood shingles don't last more than 15 years here unless installed on spaced wood battens, without felt.  Only shakes are required to be installed with felt.

I once removed a 60 year old (documented) wood shingle roof off an historic building.  Trimmed 1/2" off the butts and reinstalled them over an accessory building.  That was about 28 years ago.

I'll bet anything Nicki G. is gonna be all over this cuz of the shirt logo.

Did you turn him on during the inspection?

That roof is a horrible mess.  Nothing correct with the installation and the later patching made it even worse.  It really doesn't look 4 years old.

It needs to come off.  I can't imagine any roofer willing to install something over that.

I also feel bad for the slate roof.  It looks like it got attacked by the bucket-o-tar guy that patched the low slope roof.

They got those numbers from the early '80s.

Why is a tree service quoting inspection fees?

I've put spacers (washers) on the anchor bolts to allow water to drain between the ledger and concrete.