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InterNACHI's new Stucco Identification Field Guide

First time I have seen.....

Infrared technology is an excellent tool to map the distribution of trapped water in insulated flat roof systems. In most cases, it provides 100% inspection coverage of the roof surface and often allows an experienced thermographer the ability to trace roof leaks back to their source.

If you have an oversized HVAC unit for the sq ft of the house, could it drop the temp so fast it leaves the moisture in the system and caused the unit and ducts to mold ? Is this possible? Thanks for your help

Hope you have an awesome birthday!

Those of you who are Home Inspectors without a contractors license...

http://www.contractorsassociation.org/nick-gromicko/

He is NOT on our side, he is on HIS side....be very very careful, he is playing both sides of the fence...

You can't support both in Florida and maybe he is the CAUSE of the legislation. If you not part of the solution, your part of the problem.

I did email him last night and BCC numerous people so they know it went through asking for his help. He has failed to respond, which in my book speaks volumes...


Russ Hensel

I found a stair step crack in the brick veneer and mortar in the house I am currently buying.

Can this be an issue?

What is the cause of this kind of crack?

Please help me. thanks you.

I am buying a house and have an inspector checked the house. But he didn't report the check in the picture.
Please help me check the strair step crack in the brick veneer and mortar as shown in the picture.
Can this be an issue?

Please help me.

What can be the cause of this kind of crack?

Mike

I inspected a brand new home that had a floor drain next to the furnace & the weird thing to me was that it did not look like a floor drain that is about 8" in diameter. It is about 3 or 4 " in diameter & absolutely no slope in the concrete floor around the hole. It is Pvc but don't see a cleanout like you would on a normal floor drain. Am I to old or is this something new for floor drains.
The builder says he will direct all the drain lines directly into the pipe but when I inspected there was moisture traveling across the floor away from the pipe/floor drain??

Aluminum windows do a pretty good job of warming up a room.... in the summer, it may be what some homeowners want, but I'd say most... don't.

Attics in the triple digits already, Summer seems to be here already :shock: where'd spring go?
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I have been doing home inspections and insurance inspections since 2008 and have been a licensed building contractor since 2002. I worked for a general contractor building houses prior to 2002 for many years.

I'm looking for the latest opinion on a Federal Pacific Panel.

I just did a home inspection this morning at Fort Myers Beach.

The home is a duplex / piling 2 story house. It has (2) 200 amp Federal Pacific main panels. From the original construction.

The home is used 100% as a vacation rental property.

The owner added a Lee County permitted pool in 2012.

In order to add the pool pump and heater, the electrical permit required a new main service panel. FPL changed the meters to an underground service from an overhead service at that time also.

Now the house has: a new meter, a new 200 amp square d disconnect, that feeds into an original Federal Pacific 200 amp panel. The other side of the house has a new meter, a new 200 amp panel with the pool breakers, that feed into an original Federal Pacific 200 amp panel.

I am familiar with and fully understand the New Jersey Fed Pacific cases etc. and breakers not tripping etc.

Even though the report formats and home inspector associations call out the federal pacific issues (what is an intelligent answer to give to a home purchaser and realtor) when calling out the FPE panel (even though the county permit approved the installation and FPL hooked up a meter to it after installation) How do you tell them that this needs to be changed. It was permitted and approved in 2012.:neutral:

Hi Everyone,

I performed an inspection today and saw there is glazing at the garage pedestrian door. As I recall the garage pedestrian door should be solid core with fire rated material. Does anyone know should this be allowed?

Thanks
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Virginia Beach home inspection company Safe House Property Inspections continues to add additional value with each home inspection. Clients now have live tech support available for their home at anytime.

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I am going to recommend testing to confirm if desired, just wondering if anyone is familiar with this covering ...1950's boiler plumbing.It has a cloth like covering at outside that I havent seen before.
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Just inspected a house in which the copper water supply lines have turned black in the small utility room. The pipes at the fixtures are fine. There is a battery backup for the sump pump in this utility room. Wondering if this is the cause of the darkening due to sulfur gas being produced by the battery. Didn't notice strong sulfur odor however. Can't determine any other reason. Also, does this darkening of the copper accelerate deterioration/corrosion of the pipes and do I need to bring it up as a defect.
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Furnace dated 1977 A-coil dated 2010 A/C unit dated 2001. I noted two dryers installed on the liquid refrigerant line one at the A-coil and one at the outside unit which alerted me to the fact someone had no clue what they were doing.

I felt the supply air at the register with me old crusty hand and it did not feel cold as I would have expected with the outside ambient being only 85 degrees.

Normally I would have stopped operation at that point and just called the unit out as not cooling properly. Old stubborn me I go for my gauges just to make sure, I do not want some clueless contractor coming up with some off the wall statement
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Need Wind Mitigations and 4's ran.....

PM me.

Performed an inspection last week. Had an issue where a stranded wire was split and shoved under either side of the breaker's lug in the main electric service panel. Reported this as incorrect and a qualified electrician should repair.

Seller's realtor reports: electrician insists there is no problem with this, though he could put smaller connectors on, but then you'd have to add a wire nut to the wire (i.e. MORE connections). Electrician says it is solid and not loose and there is no problem.

What I need is some clarification or code to give to the realtor to back up my findings.
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