I've been fortunate that in all the crawl spaces in all the world (that I've been into) I hadn't yet found any of those nasty poisonous critters that tend to inhabit those dark nether regions of a house.
Until TODAY that is. Inspecting a brand new (one year, never been occupied) home in a subdivisiion north of Georgetown, Kentucky.
Fortunately I saw her before she saw me.
Pretty as she was, there was still an audible "pop" as gloved hands sent her to Heaven. Along with a short note in the buyer's report about treating the crawl space for spiders.
Worst I've ever ran into before (and still) was a snarling possum behind a piece of plywood in the dirt floored cellar of an older home in Georgetown, KY.
Today I had an occassion to visit Casey County, Kentucky . The morning was a bit wet as it rained almost the whole home inspection. Lord willing, the creek won't rise and flood the house I was inspecting.
Strangely enough, the property was located on "Dry Creek" Road. Just didn't look very "DRY" to me.
BUT, passing back through Liberty, Kentucky, I realized the rain had stopped. The sun hadn't quite come out, but look at the signs of spring in front of the Casey County Courthouse.
Blooming going on!
But the Casey Count courthouse square was a busy place. After five minutes, I gave up trying to get a shot without a moving car in it.
After seeing, this I noticed all kinds of blooming going on! Just not any good photo ops.
The other morning, I was out on my second run of the day (yep, I'm an early riser) and noticed a rainbow at sunrise over Georgetown, Ketucky. I snapped this picture and wanted to share it with y'all. I actually took several but shooting into the sun isn't exactly my strong point.
See the rainbow ends at both sides of the sun??
Yeah, there's a little snow on the ground, but it was gone just a couple of days later. That's what I like about the weather here. We get these little touches of winter, play, and then it's gone again. Not much extended cold weather around here.
As I returned from a home inspection in Willisburg, KY on Saturday, I saw this on the Bluegrass Parkway just south of Lawrenceburg, KY
Most of this is not water running on the surface of the ground. It's seeping out of the rock walls of a cut thru a hill leading down to the Kentucky River Bridge on the Bluegrass Parkway just south of Lawrenceburg, KY.
I see a lot of this type of ice when the weather gets cold enough.
When I woke up to let the dog out, the next morning, this is what greeted me as I opened the inside door. Yup, mother nature's artists had been at work overnight on the glass of the rear storm door. That's the sunrise shining behind it.
I was glad to have my long johns and insulated coveralls for the inspection. Kept me nice and warm.
AND, no it wasn't really that cold. I thought it was, until I talked to my sister in Northwest Nebraska, where the temperature was 10 below zero. It made me realize that 15 degrees above zero wasn't really all that cold.
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Well, Judith Reppert mentioned frost flowers, which piqued my curiosity. So I went and found a couple of pictures of them to share with y'all.
Pretty things aren't they?
I finally figured out what happened to me in grade school. It was the mercury, in the broken thermometers, that we played with.
Remember those little silver balls that would roll around, break apart and come back together. Roll them from hand to hand. Everybody thought it was pretty cool stuff back then. Did the teacher give it to us or did we break the thermometers on our own. Heck, I don't remember. I just remember how cool it was to play with the little balls of mercury.
While surfing around today, I ran into this article about a lady who had chosen to seal off her daughter's bedroom while she tries to come up with the $2000.00 an environmental company wants to charge her for cleaning up the remnants of a Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) that broke in the room.
Though the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and Snopes.com (Urban Legend Reference Website) now say that was a serious over reaction and overkill.
I didn't even know that CFLs contained mercury. Now, I find we need to recycle them as hazardous waste. Are CFLs worth all the hassle. It seems we don't have a choice. Congress passed an energy bill, on December 18th, 2007, that calls for regular tungsten filament light bulbs to be banned by the year 2014.
I hope that Georgetown, Kentucky soon develops a hazardous waste recylcing center for the bulbs as this ole Home Inspector has already changed all the bulbs in the house to CFLs and those few that stopped working have been put in the regular trash.
And if you didn't click on the links above to see how to clean one up when it breaks, here's a short summary of
The following steps can be performed by the general public:
1. Open a window and leave the room for 15 minutes or more.
2. Carefully scoop up the fragments and powder with stiff paper or cardboard and place them in a sealed plastic bag.
3. Place all cleanup materials in a second sealed plastic bag.
4. If a fluorescent bulb breaks on a rug or carpet:
Dang, I guess popping those long fluorescent bulbs in the trash can is a no-no too now! Guess I should have popped them and ran from the dust cloud it created. But no, I'd just fling another one.
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A few more things you didn't know about Erby - The Central Kentucky Home Inspector
What areas of Central Kentucky are served by B4U Close Home Inspections:
Cities & Vicinities Served:
· Berea, Covington. Cynthiana, Danville, Dry Ridge, Falmouth, Florence, Frankfort, Georgetown, Harrodsburg, LaGrange, Lancaster, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, Louisville, Midway, Millersburg, Morehead, Mount Sterling, New Castle, Newport, Nicholasville, Owenton, Paris, Richmond, Shelbyville, Springfield, Taylorsville, Versailles, Williamstown, Wilmore, Winchester
Others upon request
Counties Served:
Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Campbell, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Franklin, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Harrison, Henry, Jefferson, Jessamine, Kenton, Lincoln, Madison, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Powell, Rowan, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Washington, Woodford
Others upon request.
How Much Do Central Kentucky Home Inspections Cost?
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Local: call Erby - The Central Kentucky Home Inspector at 859-797-3873 or 502-570-4054
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with as much of the information about your Kentucky Home as you have handy to obtain the B4U Close cost of your Kentucky home inspection. If you have a few minutes, I suggest you read the entire page about Kentucky Home Inspections Pricing differences. Inspection costs information
The cost of a B4U Close Kentucky Home Inspection varies based on the following information:
· Size of the house
· Age of the House
· Foundation type: Crawl Space, Basement, or slab
· Number of bathrooms
· Number of Air Conditioning/Heating Systems
· Type of garage
· Outbuildings or recreational facilities included or not included in the inspection.
· As we service a large area, the distance we have to travel to get to the property may also play into the cost.
Local: call Erby - The Central Kentucky Home Inspector at 859-797-3873 or 502-570-4054
Toll-Free: call Erby - Central Kentucky Home Inspector at 877-513-8235
Read why these customers were glad they HIRED ERBY to do their Kentucky Home Inspections!
Thank you very much for such a detailed report. I had no idea that when we asked you to conduct our home inspection that you would provide so much information. I appreciate the check list for home maintenance. This is particularly helpful because we have never owned a home prior to our townhome. I will keep the list handy and refer to it often so that we can take good care of our property. Thank you again for the education and inspection.
Robyn, Lexington, KY Home Inspection Client (20060926A)
I have had time to look over the report on the home inspection from last Thursday. I feel like you have done an excellent job. Sure brings a lot of things to light that the average person wouldn't know to look for. Xxxxx, my Son In Law was really impressed.
Ken, Harrodsburg, KY Home Inspection Client (20060921B)
Thank You for the outstanding job you did on the inspection. We bought and sold 9 houses and this was the only inspection that was ever done properly. It was helpful and we will use it to do the repairs with a system, instead of the guess work we usually do. Thanks again
Mike & Barbara, Stamping Ground, KY Home Inspection Clients (20050603)
Hello again. You inspected our home earlier this year at (address deleted), Mount Sterling and did an excellent job. Jennifer and I have since purchased a different home and actually got a great price on it - so much so that it was an offer we did not want to turn down. However, we do want an inspection done on the home. It is in Mount Sterling also and we would like to schedule an inspection. Please give me a call anytime. If possible, we would like to have the inspection done as soon as possible.
Matt & Jennifer, Mount Sterling, KY Home Inspection Clients (20041125)
I just wanted to extend our thanks to you for such a wonderful job. We truly appreciated the thoroughness of the home inspection and we feel much better. Hopefully, in 5 years when we sell this house we will meet again.
Chris & Rebecca, Danville, KY Home Inspection Clients (20050607A)
We will definitely be recommending you to family and friends who may need your services. Have a good day!
Joy and Robbie, Winchester, KY Home Inspection Clients (20050603B)
Thank you very much for performing the home inspection. I appreciate the time that was taken on all aspects of the inspection. Also, you were very helpful with the questions I had. I will be sure to refer your services to anyone I know that might be interested. This was my first home inspection, so I do not know how one typically should go, however I cannot imagine having a better experience.
Billy, Stamping Ground, KY Home Inspection Clients (20041126)
Thank you very much for this information. This is truly excellent customer service on your part. Thank you very much for your thorough inspection and your patience...
Michelle & Larry, Sadieville, KY Home Inspection Clients (20041030)
Thank you for sending the report. The support pages are great - a big help in anticipating costs, and the aerial photo is wonderful. Best wishes for a Happy New Year. I cannot express to you my appreciation for your diligence, professionalism, honesty and help over the past week. It has made a great difference to me.
Carol, Seattle, WA Home Inspection Clients (20041227)
Thanks very much for the documentation from the inspection last Wednesday. And for the aerial photo as well (and here I thought it was going to be a picture from the roof!)
Sharyn, Lexington, KY Home Inspection Clients (20050504)
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