Marc

I inspected a 5K SF sugar plantation house yesterday that was built in 1903. It was floated on a barge from Plaquemine, LA to St.Louis to be in the World's Fair, then brought back and sold in the same town. This house has windows with a feature I've see many times but never had a name for them. They're about 9 or 10 feet high (front elevation only). The lower jamb is at floor level and the lower sash opens high enough that a person can enter almost as easily as an entrance door. Anyone have a name for that? Thanks. It's for the report.

I doubt the breaker's connector was engineered for that. Also, paralleled conductors need to be same material, size and length, so that the current divides evenly between them. Write that baby up.

Upside down.

In case you think that turning off the main breaker means that the panel is dead. The sensor that tells the generator that the utility source is dead may be connected to the panel itself instead of upstream of the main disconnect.

I can bring any blower motor to my AC wholesaler, without any part numbers, and in seconds he'll have a new blower motor on the counter. Look for a wholesaler near you.

Not your fault. Someone from an inspector FB page saw it, propagated it.

Chad's photos are currently making their way around FB home inspector pages. It's like a virus, resurrected.

My understanding is that squeeze-out is something you'd expect see on a molten asphalt mopped-down installation.

Yeah, that's what comes out when you inhale too many hydrocarbons. Just joking.

National builders are some of the worse builders I've seen. Something went dead wrong with that pour. It may or may not be an issue later. Builder may well fight you fiercely, claiming it's not an issue. I've seen it happen in my own area to a friend of mine.

Yeah, sure, but what about when the latch is engaged with the window in a slightly open position? This latch can do that.

When it's latched in an open position, what's keeping someone from sticking their hand inside and unlatching it?

Running trap The only application for 'running' trap that I've ever heard is on the condensate drain line for the indoor section of a split-style AC system. I don't recall it being used in plumbing.

Mitenbuler is also very fluent with brick, but he isn't couillon like this guy so...I'd feel safer talking to him.

I never really understood the difference between them two until now. You can explain all you want but until I get the 'why', It doesn't stick. Good post. Who are you? Haven't seen you around here before.

Someone griped about cold rooms in an older home, so they added the fan coil to further tap into the boiler capacity?

I gave up on checkbox reporting and report writing software at least a decade ago. I use Word for Mac now, to allow my report writing template to float and evolve. My current template is extremely simple, basically a numerical list of the write-ups, with headings and subheadings, arranged in order of gravity and relevance. It still takes me 2 to 4 times as long to write a report as it takes me to do the inspection. The inspection is just about gathering the data. Writing it is where I earn my fee.

That document doesn't say that a circuit to a detached must be buried, rather it simply gives the spec for a buried line. It does not treat aerials. JMHO The requirements for an aerial might be such that it's near impossible to do it in a heavily populated area.

So I've confirmed, but its crosses a pivotal threshold. It's exceedingly poor practice of a legislature to grant that power to an administrative agency. JMHO

The standards don't dictate that hazards be corrected. I hope no state legislature ever passes language like you mentioned in bold. All hell will break loose when a legislature, or board, starts telling inspectors how to report on a house that the legislature, or board, has never seen.

I've installed that product many times, long ago. It was very popular for a while. It can be cleaned only on the aluminum foil side (outside). If it's disintegrating or dirty, get a professional to replace it with something else. Don't mess with it yourself.

Lucky. Here's to continued good luck.

Your iPhone already has it installed so that's why it still shows up. If the hardwire connections to the WLAN are good, you may have nothing more than a WLAN failure. Try getting a new one. Check the warranty.

I wouldn't hire you on account of you reaching out to agents on your website. I want my inspector to answer only to me because its me that's hiring you. Agents have their commission to look after, not the house.

First of all, those contractors are conflicted with rendering an objective assessment of your systems because selling those systems is what they do. When parts get difficult to find because the system is old, the fan motors are the last to have that problem. Had one myself this past Friday. This condenser unit was so old that it was beyond dating...that's OLD. Counterman took one look at it, asked me what it came off of (medium temp condenser unit) and returned 60 seconds later with a universal replacement that matched perfectly. Get a plumber to run you a plumbing drain, with gas trap, to a location close to the indoor section in the attic. Move the condensate pump to storage until it collects a thick layer of dust, then toss it. I won't consider them dang things. Too many callbacks, accidents.