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2011
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Water weighs approximately 8 lbs per gallon.... In a large household, it's conceivable to flush a toilet, take a shower, run water in a sink, and have both the washing machine and dishwasher discharging water at the same time... a lot of water weight flowing through a drain/waste pipeline. With...
10/29/2011
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There’s a term used when two electrical wires are connected to a single circuit breaker lug called ‘double-tapping’. For most home inspectors, double-tapping or double lugging is one of the top observations found in electrical panels. In the photo, there are 4 pairs of double-tapped electr...
10/24/2011
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The crawlspace… You know it as the dark, creepy place under the house, filled with spiders and other critters. For the plumber, the electrician and the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) contractor… It’s the shallow unfinished space beneath the first floor to provide access to t...
10/21/2011
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Merriam-Webster: Definition of SIGN: 6b - something indicating the presence or existence of something else Every so often, home inspectors encounter mushrooms in damp crawlspaces. When water seeps into a crawl space for many reasons, it creates the perfect environment for mu...
10/17/2011
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Sometimes the home inspector discovers more than one condition requiring attention from a single photo. A 10" floor beam supporting a 1986 Danville, CA house subfloor had been over- notched to accommodate a drain pipe from an addition... Not to mention that the cut end of the beam wasn’t support...
10/10/2011
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When ordinary window plate glass is broken, it breaks into angular shards which are very sharp, and can seriously injury someone… not so good. One of the major disadvantages of plate glass is that it can be very brittle. For this reason, safety glass is used in situations where glass might be b...
10/06/2011