Thread: New Member - Walter Rose - Inspector - Bering Straits Region - Western Alaska

Howdy members:

My name is Walter Rose. I work for the Bering Straits Regional Housing Authority in Nome Alaska. I travel to remote isolated Native communities in Western Alaska to inspect about 150 homes per year. I've been at it for nearly three years, so I'm starting to get the hang of it.

The communities I travel to are not accessible by road. Construction materials either have to come in by air, or by ocean barge during the summer when the ocean isn't frozen. Temperatures can drop to 30 below zero during the winter. This, combined with strong wind, freezing rain, and a whole host of other hazards, means the homes we build up here have to be tough to survive.

The homes I inspect are all heated with fuel oil. I'm getting pretty handy at trouble shooting fuel oil fired residential hydronic heating systems. I see lots of Weil McLain GO series boilers... and a Burnham every now and then. We've been using Toyo OM-180 heaters for the past several years; I have experience with them as well.

The homes we build here are super-insulated and air tight. This works great at keeping the heat in, but moisture control becomes a big problem. I have experience with Heat Recovery Ventilators, insulated (thermopane) windows, insulated doors, exterior siding, metal roofing, vinyl flooring, and a whole lot of other things. I look forward to being a contributing member to this forum and thank everybody in advance for helping me figure out things that I don't yet understand.

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Hi Walter Rose and welcome to InspectionNews!

I'm Brian Hannigan and I created InspectionNews.

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If I can help you in any way just let me know.

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Hi Walter, great to have you aboard this fine inspection vessel that was christened, InspectionNews, that navigates the charted, as well as uncharted, virtual waters of North America's commercial and residential inspection shipping lanes.
Happy to have you aboard mate.
Please sign in to your general settings and review and act on how you wish to be seen within this magnificent community.

I see Captain Sir Brian Hannigan has piped you aboard and provided you with welcome provisions to aid you along your inspection journey aboard the good ship, InspectionNews.

There are rules, as iron sharpens iron, but no need for liferafts seeing the message board, MB, is moderated.
Typically/usually, stowaways and mutineers are keelhauled by other members before being thrown overboard for mutinous actions/acts or not paying membership fees, to which you can see are free.
But some think they deserve a better suite or higher commision and voice themselves as such.
But wait, mutineers are dispersed overboard to other MB's islands throughout North America virtual waters.

Walt, I hope you do not mind me calling you Walt, Walter, if you do, please say so. If there is anything you need please do not hesitate to ask me or other members. I am sure we will all help you feel right at home in your cabin along your home inspection journey aboard the good ship InspectionNews, and Happy to have you aboard.
Robert.

PS: I tend to be shy and not say much...

Welcome to the forum, Walter.