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When Professionals Disagree

7/27/2015

 
        Anyone who has been in any trade, business, or life, long enough knows that people will disagree on subjects they claim to be knowledgeable about. Home Inspectors run into this maybe more than most (less doctors, auto technicians, and IT specialists).

        So a home inspection report gives a thumbs down on the foundation with the caveat to get a structural engineer in to validate what's going on with the foundation wall that is bowed outward. Seller jumps in to be helpful (and close the deal) and hires an engineer that says "A-Ok".  First-time buyer logically says, "Hmmm, who should I believe?"

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Multi-Zone HVAC Installations

7/12/2015

 
          We've been on several new home construction inspections recently, and three of them had Multi-Zoned Split System heating and A/C installations with electronic diverter valves installed in the ductwork. While these slick new electronics are (or would be) great at saving energy by regulating and limiting heating and cooling based on the desired setting of "the thermostat in the zone', they have all failed in two major areas. 

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    by Donald Masters

    MD Licensed Home Inspector

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