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John Arnold
09-19-2009, 11:10 AM
The next good storm that comes along ...
wayne soper
09-19-2009, 11:15 AM
Looks like a broker I used to know:D.
David Argabright
09-19-2009, 07:07 PM
Looks like it's ready to go. Was the chimney lined? Was the chimney even being used? Was it being used for a wood burning fireplace or an appliance vent?
John Arnold
09-19-2009, 07:11 PM
Looks like it's ready to go. Was the chimney lined? Was the chimney even being used? Was it being used for a wood burning fireplace or an appliance vent?
Oil fired furnace and water heater vent, but there's a second one for a fireplace that most likely looks the same. I couldn't get a picture of that one.
Nick Ostrowski
09-20-2009, 01:48 AM
Philadelphia chimneys are always an adventure John. But this one is nothing that a bucket of tar can't fix ;).
John Kogel
09-20-2009, 06:12 PM
Wow. Do you guys ever get to inspect modern homes? Every house in that burb looks like it's over 150.:cool:
Jerry Peck
09-20-2009, 06:22 PM
Wow. Do you guys ever get to inspect modern homes? Every house in that burb looks like it's over 150.:cool:


John,

Those 150 year old homes ARE the newer modern homes. :D
John Arnold
09-20-2009, 06:42 PM
John,

Those 150 year old homes ARE the newer modern homes. :D

That one was about 80, which is kind of typical. Most of the houses I inspect are between 60 and 100.
Nick Ostrowski
09-21-2009, 08:01 AM
That one was about 80, which is kind of typical. Most of the houses I inspect are between 60 and 100.

Cooincidentally, the air filters on the furnaces in these houses are also 60 - 100 years old too.
John Kogel
09-21-2009, 02:32 PM
Cooincidentally, the air filters on the furnaces in these houses are also 60 - 100 years old too.Yes I can imagine the dust is pretty thick in some of the corners of those old places. In my area, 50 years is old, 100 years old is a historical site, "heritage home". :)
Anything older than that has melted away in the rain by now. :)
We do get a few of the old ones and they are always an adventure.
When a client asks about a stain in the plaster on a 100 yr old house, I have to explain that the place has had at least four roofs and they were probably leaking before they were replaced, so yeah, there's going to be a few stains. :)