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Isn't it Just Amazing: Tradesmen I have been around construction since my father started taking me to work with him, I think I was 5.  I won't say how long ago that was, but it was before cars had fins.  After, what seemed like a millennium of designing systems for homes and industry I have come ...
11/15/2010
What are the things that you don't know about your home?  They are all the important things that you don't know are important until you need to know them.  Now is that clear to everyone.  Did you ever notice cracks in you grout lines?  If you did there is something going on that may be a problem....
11/10/2010
What are the things that you don't know about your home?  They are all the important things that you don't know are important until you need to know them.  Now is that clear to everyone.              Now what to discuss today. Hmmm, let's see.  How about doors, or more specifically locks on door...
11/08/2010
  What are the things that you don't know about your home? They are all the important things that you don't know are important until you need to know them.  Now is that clear to everyone.              I've talked about it and now we'll address it, the service panel.  Also called main breaker pan...
11/03/2010
Do you know where vital home services are located?  If you have ever needed to shut something off I'll bet you do now, if you didn't before.  In the last ten years as a residential home inspector I have been amazed at the number of homeowners that can't instantly rush to a major system shutdown....
11/02/2010
     One of the most aggravating things at my house are having the plugs fall out of the outlets when I'm using whatever it was at the other end of the cord.  In an older home you can have this happen repeatedly because the tension on the contacts inside the outlet lessens over time.  If you hav...
11/01/2010
What are the things you don't know about your home?  They are all the important things you don't know are important until you need to know them.  Now is that clear to everyone.  Ok, here's an example: You call the plumber because the garbage disposal is acting up.  All it does is hum, kind of a ...
10/31/2010
As a teenager I was intrigued by the reports of ghosts in my hometown of Dayton.  There were always plenty of reports and I missed investigating very few of them.  Most, unfortunately or fortunately (depending how you look at it) turned out to be bogus, but a few succeeded in raising the hair on ...
10/14/2010
MERV is a number that is assigned to a furnace filter to help the consumer (and contractors) gauge what filter should be used for a specific environment.  MERV stands for Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value and someday hopefully it will be printed on all filters. Although now an international indu...
10/05/2010
The Reds Post-Season The Reds are ready for their first post season game in an eon or so.  Wednesday, October 6 at 5pm the Reds will take on Philadelphia in the first playoff game of this season.  Philadelphia, winners of the National League Eastern Division, finished their season with 97 wins an...
10/05/2010
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