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Written by Glenn Stewart
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Friday, 20 November 2009 17:04 |
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Last week during a Fremont home inspection, I had just finished entering an inspection comment into my pocket PC about the wide spacing at the railing.
As I turned around, I saw this little girl pushing on an installed clear plastic barrier... Thank goodness for children safety products.
The white vertical posts in the photo are called balusters.
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Written by Glenn Stewart
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Thursday, 12 November 2009 18:53 |
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As I rounded the side of the house during a recent San Ramon house inspection,  I noticed a damaged air conditioning condenser... Yep, another attack by a male dog.
The main component of a central air conditioning system is the condenser unit that sits outside the home. This unit consists of a pump called a compressor, coils, cooling fins, a fan and an electrical system.
The fins are made of aluminum and the urine of male dogs acts as a strong alkali on the fins. The fins will corrode, crumble and
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Last Updated on Thursday, 12 November 2009 19:02 |
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Written by Glenn Stewart
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 15:51 |
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What Did Your Home Inspector See?
It was hot summer day and I was on a house roof at a Livermore home inspection.  I looked up to see this glass shed in the next door neighbor's backyard with what looked like a bear watching me.
I did a double-take... It was definitely staring at me. I walked to the left... the eyes followed me. I walked to the right... the eyes followed me. I waved my arms, but those eyes seemed to follow my every move.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 November 2009 22:23 |
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What to do with extra bricks... |
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Written by Glenn Stewart
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 06:44 |
This is from a Hayward home inspection and from the looks of this under-the-house support configuration, it may not survive even a modest earthquake.  This is pier and post construction. Building requirements call for a concrete footing poured in the ground with a concrete pier (shown in the photo background) placed in the wet concrete footing. Next a wood post is cut to fit between the top of the concrete pier and a floor support beam. If the above pier-post configuration fails,
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 November 2009 07:01 |
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Written by Glenn Stewart
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Monday, 26 October 2009 05:25 |
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Orientation: Photo taken under a 23 year old house below the kitchen sink during a Castro Valley house inspection.
As I was inspecting the crawlspace, all that was visible to me in my prone position from a distance, was this circular mound of dirt about 6" high... a giant gopher berm? What was this?
When I was about 8 feet away, someone was running water at the kitchen sink and it simultaneously came out the pipe with a pretty good velocity. It seems that every time the dishwasher was run or the water was turned on at the sink over the years... It discharged onto the soil below.
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