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By William Decker, CRI, CPI, CMI Please Note: I live and work in the Chicagoland area. My comments are based upon that although many of the issues are the same all over the country. Different states and municipalities have different …
Decker Inspection ServicesPosted on by Will Decker
I had a client call me the other day. Townhome style house in the northwest side of Chicago. Originally built in 2006. Client stated that house was never finished, structure, roof, interior framing, electric, plumbing done, but no drywall or …
Decker Inspection ServicesPosted on by Will Decker
By William Decker, CPI, CMI, Decker Inspection Services In our area (Northeastern Illinois) there have been some heavy rains, recently. In fact, 2008 had the most rainfall of any recorded year and this year (2014) has been very cool and …
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By William Decker, Nick Gromiko and Kenton Shepard An ice dam is a ridge of ice that forms at the edge of a roof and prevents melting snow from draining. As water backs up behind the dam, it can leak …
By William Decker, Nick Gromiko, Rob London and Kenton Shepard NOTE: We recently received a letter, from the North American Insulation Manufacturer’s Association, asking us to remove this article because they disagreed with it (actually, because it slams a product …
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OSB vs. Plywood. Which is best? By Nick Gromicko, William Decker and Rob London Oriented stand board (OSB) and plywood are wood structural panels made by compressing and gluing pieces of wood together. While OSB and plywood appear similar and …