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NewsCommercial inspection pricingWas looking for some feedback on pricing for a 9000 sq ft commercial building. It was formerly a nightclub ..dance floor ..billiards w/ bar. It has been closed for a year or so. This a pre listing inspection. Was wondering also what kind of documents you would think would be important to ask for if any....also does anyone have a formal commercial proposal I might present with...thanks in advance to all that respond.
Attached Thumbnails Need VA CE credits?The InterNACHI Central Virginia chapter is kicking off its membership drive with this awesome training event, taught by Kenny Hart. It will be worth 6 InterNACHI credits and we are trying to get ASHI to recognize it for credit as well . The State of Virginia does not pre-approve credit but you will receive a certificate for participating in the class that you can submit to the DPOR for credit.
Learn how to inspect the plumbing system like master plumber, Kenny Hart. Register here A second generation Master Plumber and Mechanical Contractor, Kenny Hart has nearly 40 years of experience in the mechanical fields. He holds a Masters License in plumbing, HVAC and gas-fitting. He has been certified by the Commonwealth of Virginia as a backflow device tester. He is a Virginia Certified Home Inspector and has been or is currently a member of ASHI, NAHI and InterNACHI. Kenny is the Past-President of the Virginia Association of Real Estate Inspectors. He served on the ASHI Technical Committee for three years, including one year as the chairman. There will be two classes for this event How a Plumber Inspects the Plumbing System-4 Hours With more than 35 years in the plumbing and mechanicals trades Kenny will share his somewhat unique look at home inspection regarding the plumbing portion of the work. This presentation takes you through the plumbing portion of a home inspection where Kenny will identify the more common defects and concerns home inspectors routinely find with this portion of the home inspection. But he will also go beyond that and focus on some of the more specific areas of concern. He will offer up a few tricks of the trades for finding defects and explain some simple cures. The extensive use of images, animations and anecdotal stories from the Master Plumber, HVAC Tech and Gas Fitter turned home inspector always makes this presentation informative and fun. Boiler Basics-2 Hours Boilers can be intimidating for even the most veteran inspectors. This class is great for beginning inspectors and veteran inspectors alike. Kenny will go over the operation of boiler systems and common defects to look for on your home inspections. Door Prize All participants get a raffle ticket for a door prize that no inspector wants to miss! Register for this home inspection education here Please Vote for Best Defect Picture for MayGood selection for this Month.
Please take the time to Vote and Participate. :):D #1 The garage door opener will fit NOW!!! #2 In a 130 MPH wind zone in Florida. #3 A well supported street light pole used as a beam... #4 Original brick column failed, added wooden makeshift log column, log column eaten by WDO, added another wood column, that too eaten by WDO. Then added an unsecured lolly column on a makeshift "footing". All columns like this. edit, one photo was not right side up... #5 Toasty #6 Who needs gusset plates? #7 This water heater vent pipe had negative slope and was vented into the masonry chimey with a huge hole in the side. There were bedrooms on the other side of the wall... I shut the water heater off immediately!! Inside chimney #8 Here is an old brick built tuck-under garage. Note that the floor is created with poured concrete over steel joist. The owner had a wood burning stove below which heated the lower level. All the moisture/condensation from the stove has caused Major Corrosion to the joist, literally eating them away. Would you park your car in this garage? #9 Gas boiler and water heater and NO CO2 detectors OH MY! #10 The TPR or TPV seems to be self replicating. Like an amoeba:roll:. #11 well it is "duct" tape.... maybe they should have used register or diffuser tape... #12 More deck issues.They sure know how to build them here. NOT!! Home Inspectors, where are they?As the last few days have passed I have read more about legislation then I ever have. Talked to so very educated people. Talked to two attorneys at DBPR and Rick Morrison.
I was able to get the recorded meeting from the last sit down. HOLY crap are we getting steam rolled. I don't think SINGLE inspector was there talkin on our behalf. They wanted just about ANYONE to automatically be a home inspector. Our lack of representation from the members makes me feel horrible (me included). Please please please get involved at whatever level an do whatever you believe in. Find people of similar mind set and talk amongst yourself and then find out how you can help. I have listen to 30 minutes of the meeting and we are getting screwed over big time. Not a SINGLE representative from our insutry speaking for us. No wonder the law sucks, they are listening to what they ae told, and its NOT HOME INSPECTOR and they defintelty do not have our best interest in heart. I urge you to sit down, and get involved...PLEASE!!! Poured basement wall,concrete-pitch was hardly the problemhttp://picasaweb.google.com/10104903...aterproofing06
Would ya please look at the photos and see why a new slab or mudjacking an existing slab etc does NOT fix whatever the actual problem(s) aka entryways are. Please tell my aging Bubba-butt how anything OTHER than what was done in photos would fix/repair/waterproof the REAL problems. Move in certified informationHi all,
I'm trying to figure out how the MIC thing works. I spent 1/2 hour trying to find info on the program. Is it a program or just a sticker and some signs?! Somehow you can get the reports onto FetchReports, but I can't seem to find out how to do this. Seems to be a great thing to hit the ground running with as I set up my new business. A unique pitch to Real Estate agents as well, rather than just "Hey, I'm the new guy in town. Try me out. (Please 8-[")" I'd appreciate any links you could supply. Thanks Folks Just off Lakeshore Dr, $$ area, got ripped-incompetencehttp://picasaweb.google.com/10104903...aterproofing33
Can't remember how this homeowner found my dumb az but they'd already spent around $9,000 on waterproofing 2 walls......NO cracks,zero This house right off Lake St Clair eh. Some would think high water table......Not!!! So full excavation was NOT necessary...ever. Homeowner had always got water inside duh basement, UP HIGH...POURED walls One area was behind fuse box. Anyways, they call, i go over....hear the story from homeowner, say ok.....just to show him they did NOT need another excavation/FULL exterior waterproofing(another company came by before me, said thats what they needed!)....i said, lets run a hose, a water test from ground level down.....flood thwe shttttttttttttt outta/against these 2 walls. NO water came in, nary a drop....as i said, knew it wouldn't because there are NO CRACKS! lolol Only 1 rod hole if i remember correctly...shttt that can be fixed on the inside. Now that i re---TINK dis, some water may have come in where we ran water in a couple spots just below grade (some open mortar joints etc, unprotected bricks and joints below duh grade,see pics if ya like) Ok so i explain to homeowner....NOW we're going to run water ABOVE ground...against quite a few open mortar joints.....and yep,water enters,just like it has for 15 or 20 years. Tell him sir, you need an experinced-honest tuckpointing guy, and make sure he finds and gets ALL openings...if he does, you will not leak anymore. One thing we did was, dig down a tad and reseal bricks/joints etc just below grade....if ya look at pics you'll see some openings that were not/never sealed by 1st outfit who charged $9,000........lol Think i charged him $700 for the 2 walls, sorry but shttt, deserved that just for being observant n honest. Again, one company already waterproofed 2 walls when there were/are NO cracks. $9,000 IF if IF...there was 1+ cracks or a seam that was open etc, they'd have leaked when doing duh water test, yes sir, yes indeedy,uh huh. (well duh, one would see a crack on inside and or,water marks/stains etc on,along,bottom of seam-crack) And another (different Co), just came by and said....the sAME SHTTTTTTT! lolol Homeowner WOULD have been OUT around the same,maybe more money and.....STILL LEAKED!@!@!@!@!@!!@@ This is true man, shtt, can't make this crrrap up. One more point....lol sorry, WHO got pretty big dollars?????? No complaint ever made either and who the shtt got chicken feed for finding the actual problems, lolo, pizzes me off sometimes. And yes, in 1 or 2 pics thats one of my guys...lol, we don't, have never worn uniforms to 'appear' like some want us to appear, fc that! PB 2110M newsI just found this site that shows the states that have a settlement in effect for Vanguard PB 2110M pipe.
The M pipe is also problematic, the reason it was not included in the huge Shell Oil lawsuit is because the resin was made by a different company (MITSUI). http://www.vanguardmpipesettlement.com/ Federal Pacific Stab-Lok PanelsWhat do you guys think about Federal Pacific Stab-Lok Panels? I mean I know their history, and in my opinion, when found...I think they should be removed. I've reported their history, and asked for full evaluations before, and at other times, I've just plain asked for their removal. What I find is, when I ask for full evaluations, the panels almost always stay, with a little note saying...yes, the panels do have a history, but at this time, panel appears to be responding well. THE PANELS HISTORY IS...it usually does respond properly the first time. It's after that that the problems start occurring. And when I ask for the panels removal...it is almost always met with things like the panel has been in this home for 35 years without incident, what do you mean replace it.... How are you guys handling these things?
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Where is Bubber when you need him?I just finished inspecting a 1470 sq ft home on 15 acres of mountain property. I was told by the client that there was some minor moisture issues in the basement and they wanted to make sure I checked them out.
The home was built in 1958, 24 by 32 foundation, half unfinished basement, half crawl space. Surrounding property has a slight slope towards the home. When I got into the basement I found water running into the basement from the slab to foundation pour line. It ran across the floor in a channel which had been cut with a chisel and disappeared under the far foundation wall. This went with the water seeping through the poured concrete and concrete block foundation wall. The crawl space was unvented, had no vapor barrier and the dirt was almost like mud it was so wet, again, water was seeping through the foundation. We wont even get into the various forms of microbial growth that were found. Here's the good part, the seller was there and his comment was,"Oh, that not a big deal, it only does that in the spring for a couple months when the snow melts." I informed the client later (out of earshot of the seller) that it was a big deal and even if it only did it one day out of the year it was still a big problem. I advised my client to get a reputable foundation contractor out there to look it over and give them an idea of what was needed and how much money it would cost before signing anything else. I also told them as per Bubber if he starts talking inside solutions to run. I even went so far as to suggest they check out the forum and Bubber's thoughts on basement repair. Although I did mention that he is slightly coarse and I hoped they weren't easily offended. They have promised to let me know how it turns out. I can't wait. InterNACHI's website just got its 15 millionth unique visitor!InterNACHI's website has received over 100,000,000 hits from over 15,000,000 unique visitors.
http://www.nachi.org/inspection-leads.htm Onwards and upwards! Inspector Failure = Lives RuinedMy name is Andrew Smith and I am a resident of Willowbrook of Bradenton, Florida and a victim of shoddy construction along with my entire community.
Over the course of the last year we have been on the news on an almost non-stop basis and several of us have been fighting KB Home. I would like to ask the admins to use my website as an example of why its important to be an ethical and hardworking inspector. Thank you to all the inspectors who do the right things. http://thekbhome.com/pictures/ Andy 
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