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Category Archives: Bad Things
Most new homes don’t have traditional attics, but rather “attic crawl spaces”. These spaces aren’t really intended for regular use, or even for storage, but rather as utility spaces for air handlers, ductwork, wiring and ventilation. Often the roof trusses … Continue reading
One thing will stop me dead in my tracks when I approach a house: the smell of gas. There is no such thing as a “small gas leak”. Any natural gas or propane leak is an emergency to be addressed … Continue reading
I always cringe when I hear these touted as “safety features”. They are anything but. It’s a nightmare scenario: in the middle of the night, your smoke alarm goes off. You wake up to a house rapidly filling with dense … Continue reading
Recently I inspected an older home, and when the time came to go up into the attic I immediately spotted something suspicious along the edge of the gable wall. It looked a lot like some sort of animal waste, so … Continue reading
When Polybutylene was first introduced in the late 1970s, it was supposed to revolutionize plumbing. It did change the industry for a while, until the troubles began. It turned out that the “crimp” type fittings would corrode, and start to … Continue reading
