Adventures of Sable and the Unicorns
The Mountain/City Kitty and Her Unicorns
Saturday, April 8, 2023
Bear Foraging For Insects In Downed Tree
Friday, April 7, 2023
Our local bears first spring visit
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Have You Ever Seen A Unicorn? - Introduction
Pay close attention or you will miss all of the fun and amazing information!
Hello, allow me to introduce myself. I am Professor Mama April Unicorn, mother of the Baby Angel Unicorns. You may have noticed that one of my Angels travels with our inspectors addressing issues of concern, for your enlightenment, in this blog. Now that you have seen a Unicorn, my task is to introduce you to a Home/Building Inspection Unicorn. Interesting, when The Old Man (that would be Chris D. Hilton for those of you who are behind) had this wild crazy idea of finding a forest animal as a company mascot, determined that there weren't any, but that a mystic Unicorn actually represented our Inspection Company better than any other animal everyone thought that he was being immature, childish, silly, and had totally lost it, especially his bride GrandPam (that would be Realtor, Pam Hilton, for those of you who are behind). Let me become 100% serious and advise you that Unicorns are a fascinating, well addressed, concept in the world of business with courses taught on this subject in the finest business universities. Here is one example:
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Is this missing from your range?
Note sticker on new range
Mama hides the cookies high in the cabinet above the range. The range provides a step stool/ladder for the egressive child. Mothers have also been injured by placing a heavy turkey or ham on the door tipping everything cooking on the range top over on them. Earlier ranges were manufactured of much heavier material so this wasn’t an issue.
Anti-tip brackets have been required by Underwriter Laboratories (UL) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for all free-standing stoves/ovens manufactured after 1991. From our experience over 90% of kitchen stoves lack this critical safety feature (sometimes even in brand new construction!). Manufacturers have incorporated anti-tip brackets into their stove designs since well before 1991. All self-standing stoves (ones that are not built-in to a wall or counter) manufactured since 1991 are required to be supplied with an anti-tip bracket and, of course, the appliance installer should install the bracket. This almost never gets done.
Part 304.1 of the IRC (International Residential Code) states: 304.1 General. Equipment and appliances shall be installed as required by the terms of their approval, in accordance with the conditions of the listing, the manufacturer’s installation instructions and this code. Manufacturer’s installation instructions shall be available on the job site at the time of inspection.
Saturday, March 25, 2023
GrandPam, Her Kitty, Bear and Dead Birds
Doesn’t Sable look so innocent? Right, nether is she or her mother GrandPam. Sable is watching for birds to either run into a window and knock themselves unconscious or fly too close for her pounce.
Thursday, March 23, 2023
What Are These Homeowners Breathing?
Home inspector, Doug Simmons, drags me into the attic, sits me here and makes a photo. When I realize what is going on I am thankful he had the forethought to cut the furnace off before involving me. Ouch, this is hot!!! Even baby unicorns know this is potential deadly dangerous. WOW, a completely disconnected attic furnace flue. Doesn't get much more alarming than that. Remember that Doug is also a Winston-Salem Firefighter. He was not pleased with this, sending the "Old Man" a text.
"How is this for a CO (carbon monoxide) monitor post?"
Our home inspectors (www.chrisdhilton.com) have observed issues like this many times in storage rooms, closets, crawlspaces, basements and attics.
Yes, potential issues like this is one of the reasons every home should have carbon monoxide detectors.
Does yours?
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Sable's Favorite Cookie Baker
Bear Foraging For Insects In Downed Tree
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Photos of future adventures will be here This is the first in an ongoing series of posts about “Angel’s Home Inspection Adventures”. Over ...
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SABLE - I never had a relationship with a kitty before. GrandPam had one, Cinder, for 22 years and we learned how to ignore each other. I ha...
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This is roughly twenty feet from our house up an embankment above second floor level. Sable was outside this morning. It has rained most of ...