The apartment was dirty with mold. Insurance wouldn't settle. It was A.P. An OMG File. I was calling to investigate a 'mold' problem that turned out to be dirt, soot in fact. I asked my client why she thought there was mold. She brought out the air quality test report. As I was readi
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05/12/2011
"EXTREME ARCITECTURE" - An "Off The Shelf" Review "EXTREME ARCHITECTURE" Building for Challenging Environments by Ruth Slavid ISBN-13: 978- 1-85669-609-8 Challenging environments: The problems, and the thinking with design and technology applied to solutions, creatively and with imagination.
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05/11/2011
Tt Was, And There Was, Everywhere But That Was Not The Problem. Yes, It was mid winter, it was a condo, and there was snow and ice everywhere but that was not the problem they’d brought me in for. No their problem was quite obvious and visible, so they thought, but they didn't understand why. T
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05/08/2011
"GET YOUR HOUSE RIGHT" An 'Off The Shelf" Review "GET YOUR HOUSE RIGHT" Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid By MARIANNE CUSATO & BEN PENTREATH with Richard Sammons & Leon Krier Forword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales ISBN 978-1-4027-3628-5 This is a clear "do" & "avoid" (don't do)
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05/07/2011
If you're serious about GREEN, this blogs for you. Catherine Mohr builds green / Video on TED.com Green thinking You've seen or you will see many articles on 'building green' and good environmental practices. Some of the discussions are practical and to the point. However
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05/06/2011
I couldn't have said it better. If you follow this advise, points 1 and 2 you'll be ahead of the game and not have last inning up sets. This is a reblog, and I usually disable comments on reblogs. If you would like to leave a comment, click on the link below and leave your comment with the orig
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05/05/2011
One, Two, Three, You Can't Hide From Me! The First Clue Here the street face of the painted basement concrete wall is blistered. The other adjacent units are not. They have smooth solid paint surfaces. Blistering paint is caused by water escaping from underneath. This means the walls are we
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05/05/2011
"When Duct Tape Just Isn't Enough" An 'Off The Shelf' review. The TAPE - Did you know that it was made for the US Army in the Second World War to keep ammo boxes dry. It was used to patch anything from jeeps to boots. It stayed
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05/03/2011
Viewing Under Duress?.......Not Always A Bad Thing! We all appreciate good weather. It's nice , its comfortable and we are less stressed and more relaxed. For a home viewing , as well as property inspection it makes things easy too. You usually have access to every thing, lightings good, landscap
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05/02/2011
This wall looks pretty good, no problems here, right? Well maybe. But look up at the second story level. Look where the decorative front type brick meets the planer single colour side brick. You can see the joint between the two, right? The light whitish colour of the mortar, yes. Why is it like
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05/01/2011
