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  1. Bill Kibbel
    I'd be willing to do what I can. We would need Mike B to set up some "scaffolding" to do the work from. A webzine type home page would be a great start.
  2. Bill Kibbel
    So I met this guy last weekend - I'll call him "Chad". Drops a plain brown paper bag, wrapped with tape in the back seat of my car. I get home a couple days later, opened it to discover his vintage porn collection. 110 years old. Even the advertisements are full of really cool illustrations and diagrams.
  3. Bill Kibbel
    Happy TIJ-Bday. Just talked about this site with Chad yesterday. We've brought up several times that there could/should be much more than just discussion forums. We've still got members that could regularly contribute to populating the site with articles, insights and resources for all inspectors. Or, it could turn into a handful of us old farts just bitchin' about all these young-uns.
  4. Bill Kibbel
    Could it be new construction bloom that was never cleaned? It's usually not from the brick. The soluble salts are mostly from the mortar in contact with the brick. Not only in-between, but the mortar behind too - if adhered directly to block. In addition to water entering into the wall, high alkali cement in the mortar, contaminated sand and/or admixtures containing calcium chloride as an accelerator could be the source. The reporting is ok, except I've never met a porch specialist.
  5. Bill Kibbel
    I like #3, a portrait of malefic but necessary infrastructure. I kinda like #2. I much prefer viewing the backs of buildings in cities. I'll walk the alleys all day. Facades aren't the real character. Behind, there's all kinds of additions, random appendages, odd shape protrusions and inconsistent mechanical components that make a much more interesting composition. A photo form the 1940s in lower Manhattan.
  6. Bill Kibbel
    I think you're always welcome at TIJ (we've built up a tolerance). Might even be some respect here for your experience and insights. I've visited other forums and very briefly joined the facebook groups. I saw exactly what you described. It produced thoughts of the ignominious demise of our profession.
  7. Bill Kibbel
    Pretty sure it's a primitive clothes washer. The gear shift thing lowers and controls the agitator. The raised rim is where the wringer clamp on.
  8. Bill Kibbel
    No sir, recent recreation.
  9. Bill Kibbel
    This is part of a plantation I inspected. Built of hewn logs, but it looks like they were sliced in half. Documented to be a slave dwelling until the plantation owner family fled to England for the duration of the civil war.
  10. Bill Kibbel
    Yeah, a little weird. Us normal kids just blew up or shot everything we ever owned.
  11. Bill Kibbel
    Folks often ask how long I've been doing this. My reply is often followed by "you must've seen everything". This immediately triggers a barrage of shit I've never seen before. There was another one in the carriage house too.
  12. Bill Kibbel
    A spouse's retirement always eradicates the long established balance in the home. There are so many stories. This is one reason I refuse to retire (it would result in my quick demise}. The other is that my financial advisor said I can easily retire at 94, with enough to live comfortably for 11 minutes.
  13. Bill Kibbel
    Cool. The 70s! I had the Banana Splits lunch box and then the Jetsons. The thermoses lasted 3-2-1... and I'm drinking broken glass.
  14. Bill Kibbel
    One of the few times I've used a drone was to fly into interior of a church steeple belfry. The access from inside was permanently sealed and it was about 90+ feet from grade. Ima gonna invent a drone that can remove the screws and covers from electric panel boxes and pry open crawlspace hatches.
  15. Bill Kibbel
    The deeper the strip be, the more jagged be the crack.
  16. Bill Kibbel
    The industry calls it thin brick veneer. Most folks still call it Z-brick - brand name of the original and largest manufacturer. I call it lick'em-stick'em brick'em.
  17. Bill Kibbel
    Thanks Les. Merry Christmas to you too.
  18. Bill Kibbel
    The 3-lamp tester isn't real accurate for analyzing a problem. A multi meter or even a wiggy would probably give better info. Of course, an experienced electrician would ve the safest Since everything was working before, I would suspect the individual outlet was the problem. Replacing it would be my first action.
  19. Bill Kibbel
    Panning for gold produced a big Jowers nugget!
  20. Bill Kibbel
    Heard about him many times. Sorry to have never met. Didn't know he was in VA - we had a place not far from Waynesboro. You wrote a wonderful tribute. Sorry you lost such a great partner and friend.
  21. Bill Kibbel
    This is a must read! The name might be known to some. https://orleanshub.com/colehill-in-holley-honored-with-historic-home-award-by-landmark-society/?fbclid=IwAR2GmYiNViD6idoEq_5Rz9MQprKbQSDaGT1jCpGjZ74FdVs8A6tUX6kZGKI
  22. Bill Kibbel
    But, I'm going to use his explanation for clients. https://twitter.com/i/status/1720082568845172989
  23. Bill Kibbel
    You wouldn't want to compare any other type of water heater size to an oil-fired system. The Becket oil burner heats water very quickly, so the tank size is usually smaller then gas, electric or HP units. There are several factors considered - the number of occupants used by many contractors as the sole determination is not accurate. Incoming water temp (varies buy location), number of shower heads and their flow rates, amount/size of bathtubs, simultaneous or back-to-back shower or laundry use, kitchen and dishwasher use are probably some of the items that likely need to be considered. Rheem probably has a form (maybe an app) that may give the data numbers to calculate the demand.
  24. Bill Kibbel
    They are 32 gallon storage capacity - I think that's around 120 litres. The serial # says it was born in February 2005. Most oil-fired water heaters here are that brand. Some of them include manuals that are written only in French.
  25. Bill Kibbel
    Grow lights?
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