Paul Cummins
Excellent new design for tub mat!
This plastic lufa-like substance can be used inside or outside the tub to prevent slipping and provide a pleasant experience for your...
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Paul Cummins
Jul 7, 20211 min read
Top View Mirror: Boon to the Bald!
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Delta-Flynn-Tilt-Mirror-1-per-pkg/1003011622 This Flynn tilt mirror allows for a good view of your whole head:...
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Paul Cummins
May 30, 20211 min read
Too many flues!
Just because it's a new build and costs over a million bucks doesn't mean there will be fewer problems. This unit had only two...
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Paul Cummins
Mar 27, 20211 min read
Great financial tips for first time home buyers
Did you catch this in the Real Estate section of the Washington Post this week? I have taught at some of the classes mentioned and...
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Paul Cummins
Mar 10, 20211 min read
Getting up in the world
Inspecting at Paws veterinary office on Connecticut Avenue.
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Paul Cummins
Dec 31, 20201 min read
Good News in a Bad Year: My Angel Wife on TV
Piece from Channel 9 on preventing evictions, (click on image) yet this is only part of her work. Melanie is head of outreach for Christ...
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Paul Cummins
Oct 26, 20201 min read
We're all stretched to the limit these days!
What a wild time! Masks we can't breathe through and that fog our glasses. Thank Goodness we have work and are managing to stay healthy....
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Paul Cummins
Oct 13, 20201 min read
Too cute not to blog about...
This is Bella, our quarantine grandchild proxy. She's full of affection and enthusiasm and rarely watches the news... Watch her cruise...
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Paul Cummins
Jun 5, 20201 min read
Sign of the times: COVID summer gear
Yes that's sweat on my bald pate and the shirt is soaked through for the second time that day!
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Paul Cummins
Feb 24, 20201 min read
Building new the old way at Mount Vernon
Note the overlap of shingles on the ridge. Today we would cover the ridge with cut flaps from asphalt shingles or with metal flashing. ...
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Paul Cummins
Jan 31, 20201 min read
100 Years Of Kitchen Appliances
Back to color in appliances. Please, no avocado, harvest gold or dusty rose! The retro look in this new kitchen hides lots of advances...
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Paul Cummins
Jan 28, 20201 min read
Museums Need Home Inspectors Too!
Here is a Rodin sculpture in the Kreeger Museum (we have him to thank for GEICO) with failed seals in the windows behind.
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Paul Cummins
Jan 28, 20201 min read
Old Joists Meet New Joists in Old Town Alexandria
Same strategy hundreds of years apart.
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Paul Cummins
Jan 28, 20201 min read
Dystopian Flamingoes
Inspected 1847 house in background. This display captured the feeling of a grander time for this neighborhood. Hard not to take in the...
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Paul Cummins
Sep 19, 20190 min read
New Home Maintenance Books in Spanish!
Ask for a copy during our next inspection!
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Paul Cummins
Jul 15, 20191 min read
Building Museum Great on a Hot Day!
Washington's Building Museum has a feature called LAWN. Built on scaffolding is a turf hill with hammocks and corn hole games. On a...
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Paul Cummins
Jun 28, 20191 min read
Simple Beauty
OK, this is the best photo I've taken this year. Photosynthesis happening on pots in our fish pond. Enlarge it if you can on your...
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Paul Cummins
May 6, 20191 min read
An Intimate Experience
When my aunt would come visit she would open our closets looking for I don't know what. I remember how odd I thought that was...too...
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Paul Cummins
Apr 25, 20191 min read
Get Lots of Questions About Home Warranties
Well, as with any insurance, they're betting against you. They're trying to get you to make a monthly payment forever that maybe you'll...
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