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Meth Home Nightmare - Summit County Ohio 2008-03-25 12:55:51 This is a follow-up to my original post, Meth Home Nightmare
. The complete story as printed in the Akron Beacon Journal can be read at, Akron Beacon Journal - Meth Home Nightmare.This story gives you an idea of the problems that a buyer may encounter if purchasing a former Meth Home. The chemical residue that is left behind can effect young children in a very serious way, but also adults.A couple of very informative sites that I have found for testing, testmyhomeformeth.com and MAPP-SD Home, have a lot of very good information.This drug addition effects all classes of society in this country. It does not discriminate at all, and seems to have hit the mid-west areas the worst.I hope this information will help everyone to understand the seriousness Read more:Summit
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Crane Collapse in NYC 2008-03-17 21:04:20 I would like to ask everyone to keep the victims of the recent NYC crane collapse in your prayers. It appears that most where construction workers and a few residents/visiters that where in the adjacent buildings that where crushed. This is a Huge tragedy, one that will be scrutinized, criticized, analyzed, investigated, inspected and throughly studied by the engineering and construction community. The NYC Building Dept. is a very powerful force in NYC, and this will no doubt change some things in the near future.Having been in the commercial construction business for 25 years, structural steel erection specifically, this touches my heart deeper than other things. I worked in NYC last year for several months and it just so happened that I visited
I Need Some Opinions 2008-03-12 19:00:35 I need some opinions. I'm considering purchasing a new ladder. I have been looking at the multi-position models. I think I like the one that extends to 21' as an extension ladder or about 10' as a step ladder. Does any one own and use these type of ladders? And what do you like and dis-like about them? I like the fact that they fit in the back of a truck nicely. I would prefer not to use a ladder rack on top if I can. Opinions
and reviews will be appreciated. Thanks
Why is a CREEK in my basement? 2008-03-04 15:04:05 With spring on the way (Yeah), gutters and downspouts are going to be the most important system on the exterior of your home soon. Effectively removing the water, by the gallons, from the roof of your house is the most important issue to a dry and structurally sound foundation.Now lets take a look at some comparisons. These photos shows you an example of a gutter system that is not only easier to keep free a debris, but are in fact quite clean. This is from a heavily treed area as well.This is to the right of the downspout. This is to the left of the downspout. This is a downspout connection to the underground drainage. Now lets take a look at some not so good gutters and downspouts. Its no wonder this basement has Read more:CREEK
Gettin Soggy With The Big Thaw 2008-03-03 17:26:09 Here in NE Ohio, It snowed 8 to 10 inches last week and was around 20 to 25 degrees. Today it is 60 degrees with a major cold front coming around the corner in a few hours with rain changing to freezing rain. Good time to see how well your gutters and down spouts work and how well your basement keeps the water out. I wish you well if you live low and near a creek or river with 2 - 3 inches of rain forecast.I have been out in Summit County hitting open houses, marketing and networking myself the past 4 weeks. Great way to meet Realtors and pass out brochures. I also took some time to take a look around the houses and focusing on the basement mostly. I noticed that a lot of effort is being put into "Thorough Sealing" basement walls
FOR ALL NE OHIO REALTORS! 2008-02-27 10:28:46 Hello To All, I would like to take a moment of your time to introduce myself. As you may have noticed, I'm a Home Inspector serving Summit and surrounding counties in NE Ohio. I guess you could say I'm the new guy on the block. With over 25 years of experience (hands on and management that is) in the commercial and residential construction industry, I have started my own business to provide you, your clients and my existing customers with a service based on quality and customer care. My slogan is "Fair and Reasonable Prices, But Above All, Dependable and Honest". You can see more about me at the following links.www.inspecthost.com/drhhomeinspection enough about me, here is how you can benefit. As part of my services, I provid
Meth Home Nightmare 2008-02-26 00:17:05 Recently in my local newspaper, there was a story on a young woman with young children that found themselves very ill from the effects of a methamphetamine home. This young mother had bought what she that was her dream home for her and her children, it has become her nightmare. She had to vacate the home and has been forced into dealing with not only litigation against the seller but now also foreclosure on the property. I'm not sure if any permanent health problems for the children exist, but they all became very ill of the exposure from a year of living in the house. She finally realized what the problem was through research and contacting the local law enforcement agencies until she found that the county sheriff dept. made the raid that busted the m Read more:Nightmare
"Would You Buy This House?" 2008-05-03 23:29:30 Last week, while on an inspection, I was asked "Would you buy this house?" numerous times by both the husband and wife. They are planning to buy a house from a FSBO, an investor flipping this house. The main reason for the question was a past roof mold issue, which appeared to have been eliminated by a new roof with the exception of residual mold still present. The much larger problem and threat to their health was the crawlspace. It was saturated with moisture, even some standing water in a few places. One of the visible problems was sealed-off vents, ALL 10 of them. I explained that this could be one of the main problems, inadequate ventilation, as well as no vapor barrier present. I also report that the water supply lines and sewer Read more:House
Stairs and Handrails, WARNING, Danger Will Robinson 2008-05-21 10:26:09 One of my favorite tv shows as a kid was "Lost in Space". It was ahead of it's time in the early 70's. The best character on the show was "Robot". He was always there to warn eveyone and save the day. He certainly would have sounded many warnings if they had stairs and rails on the ship, but it had a huge ramp and an elevator. Oh, there was also an emergency ladder fr Read more:Stairs
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Condensate drain lines 2008-05-21 15:52:30 Condensate drain lines must be properly terminated in a floor drain or to the outside of the house. Excess water and moisture can become a very serious problem in your home if these drain lines flow into your home improperly.
Here is a photo of a condensate drain from an HVAC unit. A very common and neseccary component.
Now here is the problem. This line MUST drain t
Wood Decks need Attention Too 2008-07-07 21:25:40 Many people build, our have built, nice beautiful decks on their homes all the time. But like everything, it needs attention from time to time. It seems that decks, like many things, get over looked and even forgotten about when it comes to maintenance and repairs.
This wooden set of stairs looks normal enough. Close to being up to code. BUT...
As you can see this
Take a vacation and then all H@#* brakes loose 2008-07-06 19:37:09 Well I took a vacation with my beautiful wife to the outer banks of N. Carolina.
My first REALvacation in 10 years, and did this alot.
Did this a lot too (I love doing this)
We checked out the lighthouse a well, very cool for me, I like heights.
Finished every day off with a beautiful sunset with my beautiful wife.
Well, back to the real world. 20 mes Read more:brakes
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