From my experience, the majority of roof leaks originate at one of the many penetrations through the roof line found on the vast majority of homes. Some of these penetrations include roof vents, dryer exhaust vents (on newer properties), satellite dish fasteners, and a host of other penetration
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02/11/2012
This is a great opportunity for home buyers in the Portland, Oregon metroplex. The people involved in this event will be p;roviding a wealth of information. Free and Pizza!Home Buyer Workshops and Forums in Portland Home Buyers in Portland can attend a FREE homeownership workshop sponsored by R
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02/08/2012
Got another great review today! What a wonderful surprise! This is what makes my job so worthwhile: "Where to start? My husband and I moved here from out-of-state, saw our home once, fell in love with it, and promptly made an offer. This was a long-distance purchase and we wanted to feel secu
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01/06/2012
Drip edge flashing, while not technically "required" in most municipalities, is a good idea, and if it isn't present I will often find problems on homes. Subsequently, whether there are problems or not, I will always call out missing drip edge flashing (with a couple notable exceptions...) in a
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01/04/2012
No. Not at all, generally speaking... It is quite common for me to go to homes where foundation vent blocks are being used. Sometimes these blocks are actually "flaps" which are built in to the vent screen framing, and others are Styrofoam blocks that people found at Home Depot. Other people bl
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01/04/2012
With the radon tests collected today (among those I collected and set), I have now moved into the 50+% (percentage) for homes that have high levels of radon (meaning >4pCi/l). One this morning was on a house in Portland that had levels of 9.7pCi/l, and, as mentioned, over 50% of the homes I have
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01/02/2012
Most of the epithelial cellular damage is not caused by breathing in radon gas itself, which is removed from the lungs during exhalation, but by radon's short-lived decay products (half-life measured in minutes or less). When inhaled, these decay products may be deposited in the airways of the l
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01/01/2012
JANUARY 2012 IS THE NATIONAL RADON ACTION MONTH, AND THE VIDEO ABOVE HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO ACCOMPANY THIS YEAR'S AWARENESS MONTH. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD YOUR HOME PROFESSIONALLY TESTED FOR RADON, CONSIDER DOING SO THIS MONTH. YOU NEVER KNOW: IT COULD SAVE YOUR
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01/01/2012
You have exactly one life in which you will do everything that you will EVER do. Act accordingly.
01/01/2012
