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My blog is intended to provide information related to home inspections in Seattle, surrounding communities and anyone else interested. Sometimes I will provide information that has nothing to do with home inspections. Enjoy!
RECENT BLOG POSTS
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12/23/2015
Homeowners would be lost without outside water faucets.Can you imagine life without them?As a home inspector I get to see lots of them, and one of the most important things about inspecting outside faucets is attempting to see if they leak—especially the frost free type.There are many places that...
12/23/2015
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Everyone is familiar with the term “B-Movies.” Like the name implies, they are movies that do not make the “A-List.” I am not sure there actually is an A-List, but the B-Movie List has meaning even if some of the movies on that list are more worthwhile than some of the movies with critical acclai...
12/13/2015
No, this is not some sort of UFO---it is a dining room light fixture.It is probably not a good sign when the color of the fixture is the result of standing water inside the fixture.When you have roof leaks this bad it may not bode well for structural components above.In this particular instance, ...
11/30/2015
I wish there was a way to write this without sounding like my typical rant about the qualities of fiberglass insulation, but alas that would have to be the fault of fiberglass insulation.I am not sure why, but it seems builders (insulation contractors) like to change from fluffy types of insulati...
11/24/2015
The house I want to talk about today, originally had a three car garage.Very early in the life of the home, perhaps dating even to the time of construction, someone decided one of those garage bays would become living space.In this first picture you can see the closet doors built to enclose the w...
11/21/2015
  This is a revisit (with some tweaking) of a post I did a few years ago.  Now with the release of several videos by my friend, Forensic Industrial Hygienist, Caoimhín P Connell, I thought I would use it as an introduction to those videos.  The videos are of a two hour presentation he did for rea...
11/15/2015
 I find the tenacity of vegetation amazing.Just the tiniest crack where dirt and moisture can be contained and/or found will result in an opportunity for some plant to thrive---or at least attempt to thrive. I am sure there are metaphors that apply to humans as well.At a recent inspection I found...
11/01/2015
A common problem with cement board siding products (and some other types of horizontal lap siding) is that older installation guidelines called for caulking the joint instead of flashing the joint.This has proven problematic over time as caulking the joint results in unsightly surface appearances...
10/25/2015
If you flush the toilet and it sounds like there is some sort of jet engine in the tank, it may be a compressed air, assisted flush, type tank. These flushing mechanisms work REALLY well but some of them, like the Sloan Flushmate III/503, are problematic and a fairly serious safety issue.There ha...
10/18/2015
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My blog is intended to provide information related to home inspections in Seattle, surrounding communities and anyone else interested. Sometimes I will provide information that has nothing to do with home inspections. Enjoy!

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