Tag Archives: Structure

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  Cute Bungalow or Acute Jungle-alow?

  Posted on November 30, 2023 by mikew in Fix It & Use It

  Vegetation promotes possible wood destroying organisms Pacific Northwest cold winter months offer a relief from urgent yard upkeep. However, the lack of urgent does not equate to a lack of important yard upkeep. When outdoor plants go dormant it is time to attend to the foliage that has crept ever closer to our homes. Here […]

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  Explaining Post and Pier foundation

  Posted on March 20, 2017 by mikew in Fix It & Use It

  Have you ever heard of post and pier and wondered what that was? I had a recent home inspection that gave me the opportunity to explain this to a client. For those of you unaware let me try to explain… Most homes are sitting on a poured concrete foundation that outlines the perimeter of the house. […]

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  Foundations are out of sight, out of mind

  Posted on March 6, 2017 by mikew in Fix It & Use It

  Little is thought of or known about the foundation of our houses because we seldom see them. They are buried and built over, all the while supporting the assembled materials, furniture and people for a century or more! For those of you interested I thought I would briefly show you the most common type of […]

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  What’s a stud?

  Posted on September 19, 2016 by mikew in Fix It & Use It

  Not who, but what is a stud? A stud is part of the framing of our home. Underneath the wall sheeting called gypsum or sheetrock are the vertical wood beams. They are usually 2 inches wide and stand from the floor to the ceiling. There are hundreds and even thousands of these used in the construction […]

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  When you find an ant in your house

  Posted on May 16, 2016 by mikew in Fix It & Use It

  We have a lot of aunts who visit our house and I can say honestly that they are not a problem. We love Jenny, Becky, Bethesda, Katy, Aunty Julie and Aunt Natty to name a few. What about “ant” problems? First, truth be told, ants are not infringing on our territory we have built our homes […]

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