Roy's Blog, Inspecting the Southwest, El Paso, Texas

                                 Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.  Russell Baker (1925 - )   A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.  Wi...

                                                                                        ~ Life is Good

Today for Motivational Monday I going to try something a little different and post them in a video accompaniment with music. If the video is to fast just hit "the stop button" to read, if do not like the music, turn the volume down to read the messages. Well hope you all enjoy it.                ...

~ Life is Good

  I often see newer homes built within the past 10 years with multiple cracks in the poured walls of foundations, as well as in the floors and am asked by buyers why this happens. There are many answers to this. If you have ever tiled and grouted a floor, you will know that the grout manufacturer...

It's a little technical, but I think Charles Buell did an excellent post and wrote it to were everybody can understand the differences between grounding and bonding on a home electrical system.   WARNING:  This post has the potential to cause one’s eyes to glaze over!        In my blog I usually ...

                                  OK, I do not know about the rest of you, But I'm a big fan of Speechless Sunday and Wordless Wednesday here on A/R. I look forward to both of these days of the week at A/R. I like to see the photos of other individual that they post and see if the author and the ...

  Some times I wonder what installers of certain kitchen devices are thinking. It is convince, cost or both, maybe just plain laziness. The photo above one can see a electrical activation switch and outlets combined, which not uncommon. The problem with this switch being located here, is well; i...

    This is a title that will not endear me to many of my fellow tradesmen, but really, are you tired of stupid home inspectors flushing your deals down the toilet? You know the ones I am talking about. They put on the air of being "God's Gifted" know-all see-all's to the real estate industry but...

                                                                                  No back-flow device present on hose bib.   All homes come with many different types of back-flow devices to prevent cross contamination of drink water and non potable (dirty water). They are present through out the ...