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Post 446

Some roof vocabulary to know:

Barge board - a boaed that conceals roof timbers projecting over gables.

Beam - a long piece of wood or even steel that supports the roof - in a group that can form a truss.

Cornice - the overhanging part of the roof, that sticks out past the walls.

Eave - this is the beam ends of the roof of the home. That creates the cornice and allow water from the roof to drip off away from the walls of the home.

Fascia - this is the edge of the cornice.

Gable - a triangular roof.

Rafter - parallel beams that support the roof. Similar to how the joists support the floors and ceilings of the home.

Soffit - this is the underside of the eave.

Truss - the framework of beams, kind of like ribs, that support the roof of the home. Usually triangular.

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God Bless America, The land we love

Retired U.S. Navy, Captain Dale Baker

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A home inspection from Dale, will give you peace of mind, so you and your family can enjoy the things you like to do!

Knowledge is Your Power For The Freedom of a Worry- Free Home!

When buying, renting a Home or Commercial Properties in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Windsor County, Vermont, or nearby Counties. When "Good Enough" Isn't, call Baker Home Inspection and Consulting to schedule, Your Inspection.

Phone: 603-826-4207

Mobile: 603-477-8072

19 April 2009-Posted at: http://bakerhome.activerain.com and Localism.com

Baker Home Inspection and Consulting Blog

Owner

You are always welcome to visit

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Post 445

There sure are many different styles of roofs which accentuate different architectural types or provide a particular function. The geographical location, as well as the style, will often determine the type of roof used on a home. There are several types of roofs that are commonly used in the construction of homes today.

The flat roof - has no slope or just enough to allow for drainge, no more than a ten percent incline.

The shed roof - has only one slope to it.

The gable roof - has a gable at one or both ends and sides that slope in two opposite directions from the ridge.

The rainbow or also known as the whaleback roof - has a pitched roof with sides that have a slightly convex slope from the ridge.

The gambrel roof - is sloped in two opposite directions from the ridge, with each surface divided into two sections with different piches. The lower section has a steeper slope to the outside walls. This kind of roof is also known as a barn roof.

The mansard roof - has two slopes on all four sides of the structure, with the lower slope being the steeper of the two.

The hip roof - has four sides sloping from a center ridge, with hip rafters that extend from the ridge to the outside corners of the structure, creating sloping, triangular ends.

The intersecting roof - has two or more ridges meeting at different angles, creating hips and valleys. This is also called a hip-and-valley roof.

The dormer roof - has a projection built out from a sloping roof, often with a window in it. The projection provides added interior space, and may vary in form, having a gable roof, shed roof or another roof type that complements the rest of the home.

God Bless America, The land we love

Retired U.S. Navy, Captain Dale Baker

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A home inspection from Dale, will give you peace of mind, so you and your family can enjoy the things you like to do!

Knowledge is Your Power For The Freedom of a Worry- Free Home!

When buying, renting a Home or Commercial Properties in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Windsor County, Vermont, or nearby Counties. When "Good Enough" Isn't, call Baker Home Inspection and Consulting to schedule, Your Inspection.

Phone: 603-826-4207

Mobile: 603-477-8072

18 April 2009-Posted at: http://bakerhome.activerain.com and Localism.com

Baker Home Inspection and Consulting Blog

You are always welcome to visit

By the time we compete the Inspection, you will know the Home or Commercial Property better than the owner does!

Post 444

Something First Time Home Buyers across America-Yards can have in common!

Do you know what is silvery gray, and sometimes black little critter's, that weigh just about nothing at all. But sure can do a great bit of damage to your lawn?

Will take a look, and meet this little critter. That is on the most Wanted list, for yard damage.

Okay mugs heres the plan, lefty you take point. Digger you take care of the get away tunnel. and the yard will be ours.

Moles belong to the order Insectivora so they are insectivores, and not rodents. The major part of their diet is comprised of worms, insects and their larvae. Moles are known to require half of their own weight in juicy worms daily to survive. Upon finding a worm, they quickly pin its writing prey to the ground with its forefeet. Now with the assistance of its dexterous snout, the mole then locates the worm's head and ravenously begins to tear and swallow chunks of its juicy snack.

Moles live only for about three years, but in that short time, they sure can do a lot of incredible damage to your lawn. They can dig dozens of tunnels through out a lawn fairly quickly. They destroy the grass and that enable weeds to grow. In areas with crops, Baby Face Mole and his gang's mole holes can kill or stunt the growth of the plants.

You can try any number of home remedies that will serve as repllents and oerhaps drive them away. One common remedy is castor oil diluted with water. But do remember, although some homemade repellents may serve as a good defense for a while, the very moment they are weakened in any way, Baby Face and his gang, may reappear under your lawn quickly.

Eradicating Baby Face Mole and his gang, is not at all easy.

Many folks have tried it and failed. But don't let yourself be discouraged if your first attempts do not pan out. Just keep at it and you may just find a way to get rid of the gang that has been invading your lawn once and for all.

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God Bless America, The land we love

Retired U.S. Navy, Captain Dale Baker

A home inspection from Dale, will give you peace of mind, so you and your family can enjoy the things you like to do!

Knowledge is Your Power For The Freedom of a Worry- Free Home!

When buying, renting a Home or Commercial Properties in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Windsor County, Vermont, or nearby Counties. When "Good Enough" Isn't, call Baker Home Inspection and Consulting to schedule, Your Inspection.

Phone: 603-826-4207

Mobile: 603-477-8072

18 April 2009-Posted at: http://bakerhome.activerain.com and Localism.com

Baker Home Inspection and Consulting Blog

Owner

You are always welcome to visit

By the time we compete the Inspection, you will know the Home or Commercial Property better than the owner does!

Post 443

First Time Home Buyers - Your children, and power lines that are near trees sure don't mix!

Please never allow children to climb any trees that are in or around power lines. When you have become aware of any dangerous situation, you can call your electric utility company and they will send a crew out to trime or even take the tree down and eliminare the hazard for you. Be sure to plan ahead when you are planting a tree or threes in your yard, and locate them away from any and all power lines that are your yard. Or even plant a low growing species that will not grow tall enough to end up interfering with any power lines or creating a safety hazard.

God Bless America, The land we love

Retired U.S. Navy, Captain Dale Baker

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A home inspection from Dale, will give you peace of mind, so you and your family can enjoy the things you like to do!

Knowledge is Your Power For The Freedom of a Worry- Free Home!

When buying, renting a Home or Commercial Properties in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Windsor County, Vermont, or nearby Counties. When "Good Enough" Isn't, call Baker Home Inspection and Consulting to schedule, Your Inspection.

Phone: 603-826-4207

Mobile: 603-477-8072

15 April 2009-Posted at: http://bakerhome.activerain.com and Localism.com

Baker Home Inspection and Consulting Blog

Owner

You are always welcome to visit

By the time we compete the Inspection, you will know the home or commercial property better than the owner does!

Post 441

The interior finish of a swimming pool is rarely perfect and sure don't usely remain so.

In particularly the swimming pools with colored plasters, and certainly they don't if the chemical balance of the water has not been properly maintained, over time. Calcium and other minerals sure have a tendency to eat through the material and mar the finish. This is also equally true of swimming pool tiles, on which mineral scaling sure is not uncommon but can also be difficult to remove. Sometimes even the harshest adrasives can not remove some of the scaling, which sometimes has to be removed using bead-blasting, which will in turn reduce the luster of the tiles. Such imperfections are only a cosmetic significance. Just like the decks around the swimming pool tends to develop cracks that are most times are only a cosmetic significance. The commonest are usely small, and are often described as being curing fractures. Some will contour the outline of the swimmimng poolor even the structural wall of the swimming pool, meets the surrounding soil. But most times these have little structural significane. Then you have the cracks that are larger and have resulted from seismic motion, or from the ground settling due to poorly compacted soil, or the presence of expansive soil, which can very will be equally destructive, but this should always be confirmed by a geo-structural engineer. Now any ceacks in the shell of the swimming pool should always be dey tested or evaluated by a specialist.

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God Bless America, The land we love!

Retired U.S. Navy, Captain Dale Baker

A home inspection from Dale, will give you peace of mind, so you and your family can enjoy the things you like to do!

Knowledge is Your Power For The Freedom of a Worry- Free Home!

When buying, renting a Home or Commercial Properties in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Windsor County, Vermont, or nearby Counties. When "Good Enough" Isn't, call Baker Home Inspection and Consulting to schedule, Your Inspection.

Phone: 603-826-4207

Mobile: 603-477-8072

12 April 2009-Posted at: http://bakerhome.activerain.com and Localism.com