So you have high water pressure on the plumbing system. What should my water pressure be in the home? This is a great question and should look for some of the answers. From the 2015 UPC 608.2 Excessive Water Pressure. Where static water pressure in the water supply piping is Read more…
You would think that you would not see this type of work in a newer construction home. The image is from a home that is less than 4 years old yet the plumbing traps for the bathroom where not configured correctly. You can see that the trap can not see Read more…
Right now Chelan county ranks #2 in the number of Home Inspectors to population ratio at One Home Inspector for every 3800 people in the county. Kittitas County ranks #1 in ratio Home Inspector ratio with an One Inspector to every 3100 people. If you combine Chelan and Douglas together Read more…
Making sure your weather head is properly in place will prevent moisture intrusion into the electrical system which come with some added expense of repair. A weatherhead, or some may call them; weathercap, service head, service entrance cap, or gooseneck is designed to provide a weatherproof entry point where overhead Read more…
Along with rodents that can invade the home we can also have Shrews. Which actually are not rodents but an Insectivore in the Family- SORICIDAE. In Washington State we have about 9-10 species of shrews. Link from the Burke Museum- http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/mammalogy/collections/mamwash/soricomorpha.php Here is another link- “Small Mammals and Bats in Forests of Read more…
Not uncommon as electric furnaces age the connection loosed and then heat and burn. These connection should be evaluated time to time during servicing.
Che When evaluating homes for structural pests such as Carpenter Ants, Termites or Anobiid Beetles looking for small details can often be a determinate factor. As with Carpenter Ants it is often difficult to know if you have just wood shavings from construction or is actually ants doing the damage. Read more…
A relic of the mid 70’s wiring in residential applications was the Copper Clad Aluminum (CCA) Wiring. Due to the copper shortage of the mid 1960’s and early 70’s aluminum became an option as a cost effective materials for residential branch wiring. The issue was that these early aluminum alloys Read more…
