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Oil tanks

February 1st, 2011
Had the opportunity to inspect a home in West Vancouver that home was built in 1958. Homes between 1950 to 1970 have a good chance of having had oil as fuel source for a  oil furnace.  This raises the question, has the tank been professionally removed or is it still in the ground and if so what is its condition.  Oil tanks can be expensive to have removed, and even more so if it has been l ...

Rainscreen Condo Inspection - North Vancouver

January 21st, 2011
This morning I had the opportunity to inspect a condo in North Vancouver, Roche Point that is currently having it's building envelope refurbished with Rain Screen Technology. There is a large number of buildings on the North Shore that unfortunately are going through this very timely and expensive process. So when buying a condo and trying to deterime how well a building's exterior is perform ...
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