PE, retired

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I discovered standing water in our crawl space first; but, it was our (widow) "roofmate" who contacted county building code enforc...

Mark A. Griffey Building Official shenandoah county, virginia Building Inspection & Code Enforcement - Building Inspection Mr. Gri...

many state building codes require that houses in coastal areas be capable of withstanding a category 4 hurricane with winds from 130 to 156...

many who bought new houses in the past 50 years know what this chart shows: File_Construction-non-farm-labor_1964-2003.jpg that the...

62,264 views from 2007 when I started this blog.  incredible! most of my posts these days are to my blog peretiredgoodbadugly.blogspot.c...

Ian MacLaren, a noted Scotsman, author of “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,” cared deeply about those around him. His oft-quoted words offer w...

More Rain, More Development Spell Disaster For Some U.S. Cities : NPR History of floods in Ellicott City | WUSA9.com I feel de...

Hondo  has left a new comment on your post " Silver Spring Transit Center ":  I lived in Sun City Hilton Head from 2008 to 2013....

When I was working, I was a civil engineer.  I was also a consumer, and I paid taxes. Now that I'm retired, I'm a taxpayer and a...

I started this blog in 2007 when I discovered that Pulte Homes was putting out false information about the nails that they substituted for ...

........... Pulte Homes' propaganda team pushes Pulte's shoddy houses ................................ while feeding at the ...

. Take it from someone who knows construction, and who made the mistake of entering into a contract with Pulte to build a new house. *  Y...

When problems occur with Pulte Homes' houses (they do regularly), Pulte Homes always says: "Pulte Homes is fully committed to cus...

. . Pulte Wall of Shame . . .......................... a public service announcement .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This is how Pulte Homes connects roof trusses at Sun Cit...

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