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2008 

I ran across this yesterday while doing a home inspection. It was the first time in a few years that I have seen "vermiculite" in an attic. Vermiculite is a substance that has been mined, predominately from Libby, Montanna and distributed by a company called "W.R. Grace". It was widely used for ...
07/31/2008
Green, Ohio is a small incorporated city, which lies about 1/2 way between Akron and Canton. It was formed as a city in 1991, out of several small hamlets, (most notably, Greensburg). It was the strong deisre to keep the Green school district separate from the City of Akron's that was the drivin...
07/30/2008
Our Summit County Waste Management Authority has recently started a "Get Caught Green Handed" campaign, where they put a small green hand sign in your yard if you fill up your recycling bin. A small incentive for a very wothwhile project. They also now have a program where you can take all of yo...
07/27/2008
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Warning, this blog has nothing to do with real estate, or home inspection. Enter at your own risk! Ok, Charles Buell had so much fun with his whatzit blog, that I decided to challenge your knowledge with this. First one to tell me what it is with the correct name(s) and I will give you a free Se...
07/25/2008
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Yesterday, I did an inspection where the real estate agent was slightly held up in late afternoon traffic. She arrived about 10 minutes late, and looking very tired. She said she had been going strong since 7 am when she attended an early moring meeting, had 5 appointments, not including this on...
07/25/2008
New to this area, is point of sale inspections, which are mandated inspections by the city (or county in this case) to have certain items inspected, and signed off on before a sales transaction of real estate can be transfered. Summit County has just enacted the following legislation: MANDATORY ...
07/23/2008
I am giving away FREE GAS for the rest of this month, and August as a new promotion. Did the title and the next line get you? Thought it would.  I recently started this new promotion to give a $25 gas card with every home inspection, and so far, it seems to be working quite well. Far better than...
07/20/2008
I am still relatively new to AR, compared to many who have been here a year or more. Lately, it seems I have been seeing a whole lot of posts that are basically complaining about the "points system" or the "abuse" thereof. Most of these complaints appear to be coming from the long time members, a...
07/19/2008
Stark County is centrally located in Northeast Ohio. It is one of only a handful of counties in the country that is bordered by 8 other counties, and has a population of just over 378,000. It's 581 square mile area (including 5 sq miles of water) was named for John Stark (Aug 28, 1728- May 8,1822...
07/17/2008
This is a picture of a large double-hung vinyl replacement window installed "sideways" as a slider. This is a very common occurrence in this area, since several vinyl window manufacturers used to tell installers and homeowners that thier windows could be installed this way, with no problems. Wha...
07/14/2008
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