In the wonderful world of home inspection we often to get to see some wonderfully creative moments. Here was such an example. Someone rightly thought they should upgrade the ventilation and add a bath fan to their older home. Now I often suggest that adding a bath fan as a Read more…
We do not think about it, but cooking is a major contributor to indoor air contamination. Cooking produces odor, moisture, and air pollutants in homes. Indoor air contaminants from cooking can exceed suggested guidelines for some some contaminants such as ultra-fine particles, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and aldehydes. (Pollutant Exposures Read more…
“Building Code Of The Day”Question: Manufactured Home Exterior Doors, must they have a Landing?A) Yes B) No C) All exterior doors D) Only two doors E) I do not know Answer: http://www.ncwhomeinspections.com/Building+code+of+the+Day+Manufactured+Home+Exterior+Doors+must+they+have+a+Landing
Based on the 2017 NEC- GFCI protection shall be provided for lighting outlets not exceeding __________ volts installed in crawl spaces. A) 120B) 125C) 150D) 240 The Answer is- A, 120. This is a new requirement added in Section 210.8(E) for the 2017 NEC. The substantiation provided with the public Read more…
Most people have heard of Asbestos and there are plenty of sites and literature on the dangers of this material. During a home inspection I found these relics of the past. What we have here is vermiculite, specifically Zonolite which was an insulation material produced by the W.R. Grace company Read more…
Creative lighting in the yard.? Or should we call it the the hanging lights of Babylon? Anyway this is not a proper of safe instillation and there are rules for exterior lighting. The references are from the 2014 NEC but these are very similar the the current edition. 410.36 Means Read more…
Tis the Season when your furnace will show you that is not performing as it should. As the temperature started to drop I noticed that the furnace was not producing heat as it should. Temperatures at the registers where below 100°. Electric furnace should be over 100° at the registers. Read more…
Sometimes you just have to wonder what they were thinking. Here is a DIY’ers version of multitasking.
One concern is to have a noncombustible surface in a garage. Here is an example where there was asphalt installed in the garage. Asphalt is allowed by exception in carports but not allowed in garages. Another issue with asphalt is that it is not structural surface and is susceptible to Read more…
Sometimes you got to be careful where you crawl in crawlspaces. Here is an example of a potentially dangerous splice. This crawlspace had signs of water, when mixed with minerals in water can become conductive which could lead to someone being shocked or injured. You must install a box or Read more…