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I don't call for engineering review often with foundation cracks.  When I first started inspecting homes, I had several agents complaining about home inspectors (imagine that!) that would over-emphasize concrete cracks.  In some cases, the agents were right.  One of the advantages of being code-c...
10/28/2009
I get clients chuckling at the inspection because I have a line in the agreement that states that they will read the report.  They think I'm joking. Then I get a phone call from a client that I did an inspection for in August.  He has issues with his furnace.  Well, okay. But I marked it as 40 ye...
10/21/2009
Neve str pull on Superman's cape.  A couple that were clients of mine when they purchased their home in Pullman had a company install a wood stove in the family room.  Since we had some roof leaks initially, they were cautious about putting another hole through their roof and asked me to follow u...
10/20/2009
Sometimes, all it takes is one quick pass through the house and you know you've got a doozy on your hands. In this house, I made it to the closet in the converted garage.  It a bad picture but it was a cramped space.  I ended up writing a book just on the stuff in this closet.   
10/20/2009
I thought this was interesting. The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction (ReCHAI) finds dogs do a better job of getting older adults out for exercise. ReCHAI sponsors several projects that attempt to further the understanding and value...
09/29/2009
Below is an email to my running friends with a race report about the Inaugural Sandpoint Half-marathon in Sandpoint Idaho.  It was a pretty course, well-organized and the people were just wonderful.  Very nice race and a nice addition to the running schedule.   Howdy everybody!  Numbers first, I ...
09/21/2009
I don't remember getting into my doddering years.  After all, I'm still nimble, I can still beat some of the junior high girls in a foot race (if I make it long enough to bore them) and I almost always can find my way home. So I was a little surprised to receive an email from the Whitman County A...
09/19/2009
This handy little map from the folks at Moody's is a bit pessimistic but interesting.    Especially insteresting to me is the pattern at the coasts.  There are definitely some places where the pain will continue for a while.  Moody's doesn't expect  California to recover until 2030.  Ouch! When d...
09/19/2009
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Well, we're finally into the home stretch on Home Inspector Licensing.  I can't say it's been a fun process but it definitely has been a long overdue one. I took and passed the test early in June - though not without a few glitches along the way.  First, the test permission form was sent to my ol...
08/08/2009
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I've made a change to a previous blog entry and deleted some information at the request of another inspector. His complaint was that the post that I made in February indicated that he was not licensed - which was true in February as he did become licensed until April 29th, 2009.  However, I belie...
07/13/2009
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