HouseFax Proposal

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HouseFax Proposal

• Mina Francis

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What is HouseFax?

• HouseFax would be a an internet based
  information service providing the public with
  accurate and up to date history reports of any
  structural building in the continental US.

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History Report Content

• Ownership History
• Basic House Components
• Household Pests
• Environmental Concerns

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Purpose of HouseFax?

• To ensure you that your house did not look like
  this before you moved in

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Sample Issues

• This five year old home had not had the main
  ground wire tightened to the ground clamp.
  Failure of this could lead to hazardous fault
  currents not being interrupted. A serious safety
  risk!

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Sample Issues

• This is an example of a masonry chimney that was
  showing signs of settlement. This chimney was
  added after the house was built.

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Sample Issues

• Here we find (outlined in red), the brick veneer
  was rebuilt since it failed as there was
  insufficient support from below. And a section of
  much needed angle iron installed to help support
  that rebuilt brick veneer.

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Sample Issues

• These are very hard "finds". The discovery of an
  underground oil supply line is very difficult and
  in most cases not detectable during a standard
  home inspection.Take a look at the copper lines
  (circled in red), coming in below the electrical
  panel.

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Sample Issues

• When certain trades are installing different
  components there are sometimes conflicts for
  space. Here we see a joist severely cut with no
  additional support added. This can result in a
  weak floor in this area.