Safety Vents Improperly Installed At Home For Elderly, Disabled
WOWT
Channel 6 News Fact Finders alerted city inspectors and what they found was startling. City inspectors returned to 35th and Lake streets to inspect again because Fact Finders alerted them that many important safety devices might not work in the event ...

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Azom.com
Fight the Battle Against Hazardous Chinese Drywall with Handhelf XRF Analyzer
Azom.com
Thousands of homes contain drywall now suspected to be the source of these problems. The Oxford Instruments X-MET7000 handheld XRF analyzer being used for drywall inspection. Detecting strontium has been determined to be a good corollary to identifying ...

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Don't Forget a Home Inspection with a New Construction Home
RisMedia.com (press release)
Unfortunately, many people who purchase new construction homes put a lot of trust in their builder and opt not to perform a home inspection. REALTORS® can help their clients take a proactive approach to identifying underlying problems in new homes by ...

Belmont College Workforce Development/Community Education Department announces ...
The Daily Jeffersonian
The online offerings will include home inspection courses, as well as IRS (Internal Revenue Service) tax preparation courses. These classes are completely web-based and can be taken at the student's convenience, when and where they want.

TN Health department puts inspection reports of nursing homes online
The Tennessean
Dipti Vaidya / File / The Tennessean With a prod from the federal government, the state Health Department has posted on its website thousands of pages of inspection reports on licensed nursing homes across the state. The posting marks the state's ...

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Health department puts inspection reports of nursing homes online
The Tennessean
Dipti Vaidya / file / The Tennessean / ean With a prod from the federal government, the state Health Department has posted on its website thousands of pages of inspection reports on licensed nursing homes across the state. The posting marks the state's ...

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Don't be a flake when it comes to shoveling snow off a roof
The Seattle Times
The majority of homes I have inspected over the past 30 years have been constructed to withstand this type of added weight, normally close to 20 psf. You can hire a home inspector or a carpenter to check your attic and roof bracing to make sure it will ...

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Check home's permit history before buying or selling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Some planning departments won't allow you to take out a permit to do additional work on your home if there are outstanding or expired permits that never received final approval from a city building inspector. The buyer of a home in the hills above ...

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Ask the Inspector: Shingle fatigue
Leader-Telegram
This also tells me that whoever installed the shingles did not take out a permit because the municipality the home is in requires one for that type of roof work. Otherwise the building inspector would have made them strip the roof and start over again.

Darien Home Inspector Finds Little Problems Before They Become Big Problems
Patch.com
Prince used this opportunity to take his career in a different direction, starting his own business in Darien doing home inspections. He invested his separation pay in his own education, working at various print jobs to support his family.

Should Real Estate Agents Attend The Home Inspection?
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Many real estate agents don't attend their buyer's home inspection because someone has told them that this increases their liability. I completely disagree. It's their conduct at the inspection that puts them at risk, not their presence.

Seminar will introduce first-time buyers to real estate investment
The Daily Citizen
“We'll have two lenders there — Alliance National Bank and First Bank of Dalton — and a home inspector, Precise Home Inspections,” said Mike Maret, principal broker at Coldwell Banker/Kinard Realty. “So if anybody has any questions about home ...

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Home repairs: Which jobs come first?
CNN
"There's no homeowner's manual that tells you when to do what," says Naperville, Ill., home inspector and structural engineer Mark Waldman. Emergencies aside, the project that could cause the most damage and expense if left unfixed is the priority.

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Your Place: More about dampness in Shore home
Philadelphia Inquirer
Home inspector/engineer Harry Gross in Cherry Hill reminded me that we once talked about sealing off the crawl-space vents with vapor barrier and insulated walls as the best approach for this region. But when there is a lot of moisture, as there may be ...

New York Daily News
Auxiliary cop caught with kiddie porn
New York Daily News
An NYPD auxiliary cop was caught with a slew of sickening kiddie porn at his upstate home, the New York State Police said. Daniel Sayer, 59, was arrested and charged with two felony counts of possessing child pornography, officials said, ...

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Astrid M. Laramee, 96, of Worcester, inspector
Boston Herald
By Herald staff Astrid M. (Sjoblad) Laramee of Worcester, a retired company inspector, died Wednesday in the Christopher House Nursing Home in Worcester. She was 96. Born in Worcester, Mrs. Laramee was a lifelong resident. She worked as an inspector at ...

Health department puts inspection reports of nursing homes online
The Tennessean
With a prod from the federal government, the state Health Department has posted on its web site thousands of pages of inspection reports on licensed nursing homes across the state. The posting marks the state's effort to come into compliance with a ...

Belmont College offers online courses
New Philadelphia Times Reporter
The online offerings will include home inspection courses, as well as IRS tax-preparation courses. These classes are completely web-based and can be taken at the students' convenience, when and where they want. Registration for the spring quarter is ...

Ask the Home Inspectors: Why even order a home inspection?
Victoria Advocate
Online, they found a cozy-looking home in a nice neighborhood. The couple scheduled a walk-through at once. A day later, the Victorias put in an offer to buy the home. Instead of hiring a home inspector, though, the couple opted to save a bit of money ...

Inspector: Fire victim had little chance to survive
Battle Creek Enquirer
Battle Creek Fire Inspector Ralph Britton, left, digs through debris looking for the cause of a fire Monday morning at 42 Willow St. / Trace Christenson/The Enquirer A Battle Creek woman had little chance to survive an early morning house fire, ...
Woman Dies in MI House Fire; Couple EscapesFireEngineering.com
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