Paul Kondzich
01-25-2008, 12:40 PM
I thought I had heard it all about mitigators in this area. Well here is a new one, the charge was $1475 for the system (2 penetrations 1 fan.) This is a "Stage 1 " system, which does not guarantee anything, does not retest, nothing. The buyers have contacted me for another test (original result 17.6)
If the results are still high the company will come back and it will become a "Stage 2" mitigation (whatever that is) for an additional $1175. I am not sure if they will go by my results or they would retest. Anyway with that being said I went this morning to start the second test, and for some reason made it a point to grab the camera. I went around back and was surprised what I saw. This was the first system I have seen here that actually came from under the eave. The only problems were, it was not 10' off the ground. It was within 4' of an openable window. There is also a gable vent above it, I dont know the exact distance because the roof was an iced. So anyway the agent gets the mitigation guy on the phone, and he says I dont know anything, and home inspectors arent qualified to give opinions on mitigation systems. ( Even though I have taken the AARST & NEHA exams.) Oh well another day of dealing with idiots. Oh the best part was the fan wasnt working. It was plugged into a garage outlet. So I went out to look at the fan and its a low voltage motor, but was plugged into 120 V receptacle.
If the results are still high the company will come back and it will become a "Stage 2" mitigation (whatever that is) for an additional $1175. I am not sure if they will go by my results or they would retest. Anyway with that being said I went this morning to start the second test, and for some reason made it a point to grab the camera. I went around back and was surprised what I saw. This was the first system I have seen here that actually came from under the eave. The only problems were, it was not 10' off the ground. It was within 4' of an openable window. There is also a gable vent above it, I dont know the exact distance because the roof was an iced. So anyway the agent gets the mitigation guy on the phone, and he says I dont know anything, and home inspectors arent qualified to give opinions on mitigation systems. ( Even though I have taken the AARST & NEHA exams.) Oh well another day of dealing with idiots. Oh the best part was the fan wasnt working. It was plugged into a garage outlet. So I went out to look at the fan and its a low voltage motor, but was plugged into 120 V receptacle.