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Do you have floor joists in your crawl space that look like the one to the left? In case you can’t tell how bad it really is,just click on it to see a bigger version. When you do,you’ll notice the ‘furries,’as one of my friend called the microbial infestation growing on that wood. What’s going on here? Why is stuff growing on the wood down in the crawl space? Continue reading 3 Reasons Your Crawl Space Has High Humidity &Grows Stuff May 10th,2011 | Tags:Crawl Space | Category:Air Quality,Crawl Space,Design,Home Inspection | Leave a comment | So,I was out on a field test with a new HERSrater the other day,and we took a look up in the attic. The scuttle hole is right next to the closet where the natural gas water heater lives,and the flue comes up into the attic right there where we poked our heads up. The photo at left shows the flue pipe going up and then making a turn before exiting the roof. See that little offset there right above the turn? If it looks like it’s not making a good connection,that’s because it’s not making a good connection. In fact,when the new EVER rater went up there first,it looked worse than what you see here because he’d already put the two sections near each other when I got a chance to take the photo. Continue reading Combustion Safety Rule #1:Remove Exhaust Gases from House April 25th,2011 | Tags:Air Quality,Combustion,ventilation | Category:Air Quality,Combustion,Home Inspection | Leave a comment | The term “green”is being increasingly applied as an easy way to identify products,including building materials and new homes,as having a better or smaller impact on the environment. That’s fine for marketing slogans and advertising headlines,but it’s also dangerous if the product (or house) isn’t truly sensitive to its environmental impact and is simply trying to Continue reading Greenwashing:Beware! July 8th,2010 | Category:Air Quality,Building Green,energy star,Green Living,Green Risk,Stimulus,Tax Incentives,Thinking Green | Leave a comment | Source:Energy Rated Homes of Mississippi ERHOM joins the National Recycling Coalition,Keep America Beautiful,and various other national and state organizations in recognizing America Recycles Day on November 15. America Recycles Day is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to encouraging Americans to recycle and to buy recycled products. Celebrating its 12th year,the Continue reading America Recycles Day –Nov 15 Fireplaces are energy hogs and if not kept tight during the summer months can also act as thieves,robbing you of your hard earned cash. Continue reading Fireplaces Suck! |  Trades Topics Place Type
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