what's wrong with your house?

[John Dirks Jr]

We call out stuff all the time on other houses. I bet we all have a few things to fix ourselves.

What's the top of the list to fix on your house?

I need to replace a rake board or two. BTW, what material should I use? Treated lumber, synthetic material or plain 1x?

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[Jim Katen]

We call out stuff all the time on other houses. I bet we all have a few things to fix ourselves.

What's the top of the list to fix on your house?

Several years ago, we were considering moving. Since I'm an inspector and since I built the house, I figured I'd be held to a pretty high standard of disclosure. So I started to make a list of defects -- not a home inspection report, mind you, just a simple list of defects. When I reached 51 pages, with no end in sight, I decided that it would be easier to never sell the house.

I need to replace a rake board or two. BTW, what material should I use? Treated lumber, synthetic material or plain 1x?

Is that an actual rafter or just trim? If trim, I think Azek is pretty cool stuff.

- Jim Katen, Oregon

[John Dirks Jr]

We call out stuff all the time on other houses. I bet we all have a few things to fix ourselves.

What's the top of the list to fix on your house?

Several years ago, we were considering moving. Since I'm an inspector and since I built the house, I figured I'd be held to a pretty high standard of disclosure. So I started to make a list of defects -- not a home inspection report, mind you, just a simple list of defects. When I reached 51 pages, with no end in sight, I decided that it would be easier to never sell the house.

I need to replace a rake board or two. BTW, what material should I use? Treated lumber, synthetic material or plain 1x?

Is that an actual rafter or just trim? If trim, I think Azek is pretty cool stuff.

- Jim Katen, Oregon

Its just trim.

[randynavarro]

We call out stuff all the time on other houses. I bet we all have a few things to fix ourselves.

What's the top of the list to fix on your house?

I need to replace a rake board or two. BTW, what material should I use? Treated lumber, synthetic material or plain 1x?

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Tear down. Re-build.

[Terence McCann]

We call out stuff all the time on other houses. I bet we all have a few things to fix ourselves.

What's the top of the list to fix on your house?

I need to replace a rake board or two. BTW, what material should I use? Treated lumber, synthetic material or plain 1x?

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Tear down. Re-build.

Are you suggesting dynamite????

[MTL_Inspet_Man]

cover it up with some flashing

letthe next owners inspector write it up........lol

[Brandon Whitmore]

I'd replace the rotted wood with something cheap, make sure water would not seep in behind the siding, and then build it out so there is some sort of overhang when re- roofing (triple the trim or something).

[Bain]

We call out stuff all the time on other houses. I bet we all have a few things to fix ourselves.

What's the top of the list to fix on your house?

I need to replace a rake board or two. BTW, what material should I use? Treated lumber, synthetic material or plain 1x?

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My 87-year-old house is a major work in progress, but one particularly dopey thing is that the exterior cable that energizes my A/C condenser isn't UV rated and isn't enclosed in conduit. It's just a piece of regular 10-gauge Romex.

When the condenser was installed, it was late in the day when the tech said he'd neglected to pick up a Liquid-Tite connections kit and would come back the next day to finish the project. I just wanted cool air in the house and told him not to worry about it . . . that I'd take care of it myself.

Every year, putting a piece of conduit on the wire goes on my list of stuff to do, but five years later, I still haven't gotten around to it. Umm, I do check the sheathing to make certain it isn't damaged. Luckily there's a huge pine tree that mostly shields the cable from the sun.

[John Dirks Jr]

We call out stuff all the time on other houses. I bet we all have a few things to fix ourselves.

What's the top of the list to fix on your house?

I need to replace a rake board or two. BTW, what material should I use? Treated lumber, synthetic material or plain 1x?

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54.98 KB

My 87-year-old house is a major work in progress, but one particularly dopey thing is that the exterior cable that energizes my A/C condenser isn't UV rated and isn't enclosed in conduit. It's just a piece of regular 10-gauge Romex.

When the condenser was installed, it was late in the day when the tech said he'd neglected to pick up a Liquid-Tite connections kit and would come back the next day to finish the project. I just wanted cool air in the house and told him not to worry about it . . . that I'd take care of it myself.

Every year, putting a piece of conduit on the wire goes on my list of stuff to do, but five years later, I still haven't gotten around to it. Umm, I do check the sheathing to make certain it isn't damaged. Luckily there's a huge pine tree that mostly shields the cable from the sun.

I bet you think about that wire when you write other ones up don't you?

I know when I write up rotten wood, I sometimes think about my own.

[Gibsonguy]

Don't even get me started, I think I have Jim's 51 pages beat...

[randynavarro]

We call out stuff all the time on other houses. I bet we all have a few things to fix ourselves.

What's the top of the list to fix on your house?

I need to replace a rake board or two. BTW, what material should I use? Treated lumber, synthetic material or plain 1x?

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54.98 KB

Tear down. Re-build.

Are you suggesting dynamite????

No, I was talking about my house . . .

Tear down. Rebuild.

[Brad Manor]

My place is 83 years old and been owned by countless generations of do-it-yourselfers. Every weekend presents me with a new project. We are currently shopping for a newer home.

-Brad

[Bain]

We call out stuff all the time on other houses. I bet we all have a few things to fix ourselves.

What's the top of the list to fix on your house?

I need to replace a rake board or two. BTW, what material should I use? Treated lumber, synthetic material or plain 1x?

Click to Enlarge

54.98 KB

My 87-year-old house is a major work in progress, but one particularly dopey thing is that the exterior cable that energizes my A/C condenser isn't UV rated and isn't enclosed in conduit. It's just a piece of regular 10-gauge Romex.

When the condenser was installed, it was late in the day when the tech said he'd neglected to pick up a Liquid-Tite connections kit and would come back the next day to finish the project. I just wanted cool air in the house and told him not to worry about it . . . that I'd take care of it myself.

Every year, putting a piece of conduit on the wire goes on my list of stuff to do, but five years later, I still haven't gotten around to it. Umm, I do check the sheathing to make certain it isn't damaged. Luckily there's a huge pine tree that mostly shields the cable from the sun.

I bet you think about that wire when you write other ones up don't you?

I know when I write up rotten wood, I sometimes think about my own.

Yeah, that and the gazillion other things. But just wait, when I finish with the old place . . .

[waynesoper]

The dishwasher talks too much!!