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Top Five Failed Building Practices: Part 5 of 5 Asbestos Insulation

Submitted by Alan Gould on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 4:40pm
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Here is the final installment of the five-part series, The Top five Failed Building Practices.

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Top Five Failed Building Practices: Part 4 of 5 Federal Pacific "Stab-Lok" Electrical Panels

Submitted by Alan Gould on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 9:42am
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Here is the fourth installment of the five-part series, The Top five Failed Building Practices.

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Top Five Failed Building Practices: Part 3 of 5 Polybutylene Pipes

Submitted by Alan Gould on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 3:35pm
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Here is the third installment of the five-part series, The Top five Failed Building Practices. You can read Part 1: Aluminum Branch Wiring here, or Part 2: Fire-Retardant Treated Plywood here.

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Top Five Failed Building Practices: Part 2 of 5 Fire-Retardant Treated Plywood

Submitted by Alan Gould on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 12:01pm
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Here is the second installment of the five-part series, The Top five Failed Building Practices. You can read Part 1: Aluminum Branch Wiring here.

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Top Five Failed Building Practices: Part 1 of 5 Aluminum Branch Wiring

Submitted by Alan Gould on Thu, 01/21/2010 - 10:58am
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Here is the first installment of the five-part series, The Top five Failed Building Practices:


The good old days weren't always so great for home construction. Some products have become standards, like copper electrical wire, asphalt roof shingles and poured concrete foundations. But others that were once widely used have proven to be much less successful, and sometimes hazardous.

Here are what many in the industry consider the top five failed building practices:

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Holiday Fix-Ups

Submitted by Alan Gould on Fri, 12/18/2009 - 11:50am
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They’re coming!  The holiday season is upon us. A time that often equates equal parts joy and stress.  Whether you’re preparing for out of town guests, or just getting through the holiday’s themselves, our time seems to squeeze down to a fraction of normal.  With shopping, preparation, cooking, and yes, even some merriment, there isn’t any extra time for oh, say, home maintenance.  With all that is going on a small plumbing leak or even a faulty smoke detector can become a big deal. 

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Bringing Out the Best At Inspection Time

Submitted by Chrissy Doremus on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 9:47am
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A dozen or more times a week, I enter a stranger’s house to perform what’s become an expected part of most real estate deals—a home inspection. 

As an inspector, I thoroughly go over the house, concentrating on its working condition. Than, I present a report to the buyer that describes the house and its systems, good, bad and occasionally, ugly.

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