Barry Stone
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Seller stunned by home inspector's 'nitpicking'Jul 15, 2016 6:00 am - Q. We finally found buyers for our home, and everything was going smoothly until we were invaded by their home inspector. Now they're hitting me upside the head with a r...
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How should a garage door be tested for child safety?Jul 01, 2016 5:00 am - Q. The buyer's home inspector was testing my automatic garage door closer to see if it would reverse for child safety. He placed a cardboard box in the door's path, and ...
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Seller unhappy about drain trapJun 24, 2016 1:00 am - Q. I've got a bone to pick with the home inspector who was hired by the people who are buying my house. He says my bathroom sink needs a plumber because the drainpipe do...
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Gas pipe flagged by home inspectorJun 17, 2016 5:00 am - Q. We bought our home about 25 years ago. At the time, it was all-electric. After a few years, I installed a propane tank in the yard and ran about 100 feet of buried ga...
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Air conditioner not correctly installedJun 08, 2016 1:00 am - Q. The people who are buying our house hired a home inspector. He reported two problems with our heating and air conditioning system, and neither seems to make sense. Th...
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Home inspector missed window defectsJun 03, 2016 1:00 am - Q. We bought our home about six months ago, and our home inspector found no problems with the windows. He said he opened and closed all of them, and they were all workin...
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Two kinds of electrical safetyMay 27, 2016 3:00 am - Q. I've seen ground fault outlets (GFCI's) in bathrooms and garages for many years, but now I'm hearing about arc fault breakers (AFCI's) for bedroom outlets, and I'm wo...
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Often no permit exists for converted garageMay 20, 2016 2:00 am - Q. The studio apartment I'm renting is a converted garage. Is there any way to know if this conversion meets code and was approved by the city? A. If the garage conversi...
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What to inspect in an atticMay 13, 2016 2:00 am - Q. The people who are buying my house hired a home inspector. When he was inspecting the attic, I climbed his ladder and watched what he was doing for about 10 minutes. ...
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Damaged air ducts not reportedMay 06, 2016 3:00 am - Q. Before buying our house, we hired a home inspector. He found a few minor problems but said nothing about the air ducts under the house. After moving in, our first gas...