Barry Stone
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Dispute over water pressure divides buyers, sellerMar 05, 2017 5:00 am - Q. As a licensed engineer, I take exception to the findings of the home inspector who just evaluated my home. According to the inspection report, the water pressure in m...
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Your water heater needs to breatheFeb 26, 2017 6:00 am - Q. Many of your columns involve disagreements between sellers and home inspectors. I am one of those dissatisfied sellers. Here's the problem. My water heater is install...
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Why won't my new stucco won't adhere to exterior?Feb 19, 2017 5:00 am - Q. We just bought an old home that was totally remodeled. One of the upgrades was a new color coat on the stucco walls around the house. The sellers and their agent assu...
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No safety glass in old houseFeb 12, 2017 5:00 am - Q. Our home was built in 1960 and has three large patio windows. The middle one is a sliding-glass door, with a stationary window on each side of it. Last week, the glas...
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Wood stove too close to wood panelingFeb 05, 2017 5:00 am - Q. We've been trying to sell our house for nearly five months, and last week some people offered to buy it. Then along comes their home inspector, and now we've got prob...
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Why old pipes remain after re-pipingJan 29, 2017 5:00 am - Q. Our home was built in the 1950s, and all the original water pipes were galvanized steel. A few years ago, we hired a plumber to replace the old piping with copper. No...
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Why are my roof shingles curling?Jan 22, 2017 5:00 am - Q. Lately I've noticed that the edges of my roof shingles are curling. This comes as a total surprise because the shingles are only 5 years old. How could they be wearin...
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Determine proper solution for water under houseJan 08, 2017 5:00 am - Q. The home I'm buying has a drainage problem under the building. Whenever we have heavy rains, there is standing water several inches deep in the crawl space. The selle...
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Stress lines may need more than a face liftDec 04, 2016 4:00 am - Q. We live in a two-story home which is about six years old. For the past three years we've had ongoing problems with hairline drywall cracks. We've patched them several...
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Spaces in deck rails unsafe for childrenNov 25, 2016 5:00 am - Q. Our house is in escrow, and the buyers are demanding we change the railings on our deck. Their home inspector says the deck rails are not safe for children because th...