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SUPER EDUCATION THURSDAY
February 22, 2007 The ASHI-NE Chapter Education Committee is
hosting its first 2007 full day continuing education
seminar, evening Chapter meeting and education
session on Thursday, February 22nd. Mark your
calendar now and join us for some exceptional
opportunities and receive 6 CEU’s for the day seminar
and 3 CEU’s for the evening seminar.
The day seminar should be fun and educational. In
the morning session, Bob Mulloy will repeat his
presentation “Decks are Dangerous” as presented at
the ASHI 2006 Conference in Anaheim, CA.
According to Bob, decks have become commonplace
in residential homes and are recognized as a desired
place for social gatherings. Unfortunately, the number
of deck collapses is increasing as more and more
substandard decks are built. This session will
propose that every deck be considered unsafe, until
the home inspector proves otherwise. Bob will follow
the deck construction process and will use numerous
photographs to describe construction defects and
samples of boiler-plated text for risk management.
Just as heating system technology has evolved
requiring home inspectors to acquire new inspection
techniques, safe deck construction has evolved
requiring home inspectors to recognize red flags and
to recommend safety repairs. After hearing Bob’s
presentation, you will never inspect a deck the same
way again and will understand why your focus should
be on critical connections.
During the afternoon session, OSHA will be present.
Mr. Kenneth Mestrella, former “electrical trainer for the
NFPA” and now and OSHA representative will be our
guest speaker.
This presentation will provide an overview of electrical
safety in the workplace focusing on the job function
and responsibilities of the home inspector. The
course will help identify the electrical hazards for the
home inspector and the home owner. Subject matter
to be covered includes hazard recognition, electrical
installation deficiencies, inspection of equipment that
may be energized, personal protective equipment that
may be required, and voltage testing
The evening Chapter meeting and education session
will offer another 3 CEU’s with a 2-hour education
session and 1-hour round table. Our guest speaker
is Ron Fallon, Vice President of Envirotech Clean Air,
Inc. Mr. Fallon is a certified Air System Cleaning
Specialist (NADCA), a certified Ventilation System
Inspector (NADCA), a certified Applied Structural Dryer
(IICRC), a certified Mold Remediation Specialist
(AIAQC), a Certified Restorer (NIDR), and a certified
HAZWOPER Worker. He is also trained in water, fire
and smoke restoration and odor control and has
provided the following extensive syllabus for his
presentation:
Envirotech Clean Air, Inc
http://breatheasier.com/ • Early History.
• Envirotech was founded in 1998 and has grown to a 50+ person company. • Founded to provide a Clean and Healthy Indoor Environment. • Envirotech is a founding member of NADCA (National Air Duct Cleaners Association) • Envirotech has been involved in the AIQA (American Indoor Air Quality Association) from it’s inception. • Envirotech is committed to Safety and Technical Training. • Safety Programs. • Envirotech holds 4 Million dollars of Mold / Pollution Insurance coverage. Envirotech Clean Air Services:
• HVAC System Cleaning • Mold Remediation • Emergency Flood & Fire Restoration Cleaning • Specialty Cleaning HVAC System and Duct Cleaning:
• Residential • Commercial • Exhaust Systems • Machine Exhausts • Dryer Ducts National Air Duct Cleaners Association
ACR2006–Assessment, Cleaning and Restoration of HVAC Systems • Project Evaluation
• Environmental Engineering Controls • HVAC System Cleaning • Coil Surface Cleaning • Remediation of Mold in HVAC Systems • Verification of HVAC System Cleanliness • Health and Safety HVAC System Cleaning Procedures:
• Lock Out / Tag Out HVAC Unit • Clean HVAC Unit • Negative Air & Cleaning Parts • Remove Vent Covers & Seal Opening • Place Duct Under Negative Pressure • Clean Toward Negative Air Machine • Wash Vent Covers • Seal Duct Airtight With Sheet Metal & Duct Mastic • Replace Vent Covers • Clean General Area HVAC System Cleaning Equipment:
Personal Protective Equipment: • ½ Face HEPA Respirator • Full Face Respirator • Chemical Resistant Gloves • Safety Goggles Cleaning Equipment and Tools:
• HEPA Negative Air Collector • HEPA Vacuums • Viper • Compressor • Cable Brush Mold Remediation Standards and Guidelines
IICRC S520 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Mold Remediation New York City Guidelines EPA Guidelines America Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) IICRC S520 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Mold Remediation Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification IICRC The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration Certification (IICRC) is a non-profit certifying body for the flooring inspection, floor covering and specialized fabric cleaning, and disaster restoration industry. Organized in 1972, the IICRC currently represents more than 3,500 Certified Firms and more than 33,000 Certified Technicians in 30 countries. The IICRC, with participation from the entire industry, sets standards for inspection, cleaning, and disaster restoration. Mold Remediation Procedures
• Identify and repair the source • Contain the work area • Control work area pressure = Negative/Positive • Remove or Protect Contents • Remove moldy building material • Dry Structure • HEPA-vacuum and clean • HEPA Air Scrubbing Mold Remediation Equipment:
Personal Protective Equipment: • Full Face HEPA Respirator • Tyvek Suit • Gloves • Dry building materials • Post remediation testing Cleaning Equipment, Tools, and Supplies: • 6 mil Fire Retardant Poly • Strapping • HEPA Vacuums • Wire Brushes Contents:
• Most items that have not received direct wetting or have visible mold growth can be cleaned. • Exceptions are: mattresses, box springs, pillows, etc. • The cleaning or disposal of contents is the most complicated and emotional portion of a mold remediation project. • Even less guidance then a structural remediation • Decontamination, storage or disposal of contents Post Testing
Emergency Flood & Fire Cleaning IICRC S500 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification ASCAR International NIDR Guidelines for Fire and Smoke Damage Repair In closing I urge you to register early for “Super
Thursday” as it is sure to fill up fast. Fill out the
registration forms and attend this unique day of
continuing education and professional growth. If you
have any topics you would like to learn more about in
future seminars or know of a good speaker or field
trip, please contact me.
Bob Mulloy, Education Chairman
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Important Notice & Call to Action to all ASHI members !
We are writing to notify you that the American Society
for Testing & Materials (ASTM) will host an
organizational meeting to discuss and vote on the
development of consensus standards for inspection
of Residential Dwellings on February 19, 2007. The
meeting will be held at the request of the National
Association of Home Inspectors (NAHI) in conjunction
with their Annual Conference at the Riviera Hotel in
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Your Board of Directors has officially expressed its
opposition to this meeting and to the prospect of
ASTM moving forward with standards development in
home inspection. ASTM has confirmed that the
original request to consider development of standards
came from NAHI a year ago. In response, ASTM
contacted segments of the industry including real
estate practitioners, state housing authorities, and
government agencies to determine if there was an
interest in consensus standards. ASTM indicates that
interest was expressed and a meeting took place in
September of 2006 where the decision was made to
host the February organizational meeting.
Until only a few weeks ago, ASHI was not consulted or
invited to participate in these discussions nor were
any other home inspector associations other than
NAHI. We believe the process ASTM has followed to
date has been flawed and influenced by political
motives.
ASHI opposes the proposed creation of ASTM
inspection standards because we believe they would
dilute or replace ASHI's existing industry standards
which have been carefully crafted over time, standards
which are based on the practical experience of untold
numbers of professional home inspections. We
believe this would directly undercut our continuous
efforts to build the integrity, independence and
professionalism of the home inspection profession
and would harm our membership which believes that
our profession should seek the highest levels of
expertise rather than regress to the mean in a likely
ASTM homogenization of the competing industry
standards. Such a result would also work to the
detriment of home buyers and sellers across North
America who depend on genuinely proficient
professional ASHI inspectors to help them buy and
sell homes safely and intelligently.
Our opposition is an effort to not only protect ASHI's
Standards and Ethics, it is an effort to protect you. We
are sending representatives to the meeting on the
19th to vote against this proposed action, however we
need your help in ensuring that ASTM is aware of the
opposition. The meeting is open to all interested
parties and you are strongly encouraged to attend.
Visit the ASTM Web site at www.astm.org for more
information.
Please consider using this template to express your
concerns and opposition in writing to ASTM:
Template in Microsoft Word (.doc) format
Template in HTML (.html) format
The contact information for ASTM's Director of
Developmental Operations is already included on the
template letter. Since there are only a few days until
the organizational meeting on the 19th, we ask that
you email your letter to the ASTM Director at
ppicarie@astm.org. Please also make sure to copy
2007 ASHI President Frank Lesh, at
ashipresident@ashi.org
Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely, The ASHI Board of Directors |
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I was asked to install some interior trim work in a
house while the owners were on vacation for a week
in Texas. The night before they left I received a call
and we went over the list of interior trim to be installed
and then the owner said "By the way, while you're
there could you please look after the cats (3), clean
the litter box a couple times and make sure they have
food and water?" Of course I said I would (labor
charges apply).
All went well during the week as I installed door trim,
baseboards and toe kick board under the kitchen
cabinets. The cats were well fed and the litter boxes
cleaned. The owners returned, and I went back to the
house the other day to bring the owner a bill and get
paid for the work and also to take measurements for a
fireplace mantle they want me to build for them. I
received payment for the work and was about to leave
and the owner said: "When you come back to install
the mantle would you put this piece of toe kick board
in place next to the dishwasher?" I looked a little
confused because I knew I had installed all the kick
boards while they were gone.
Well, when they came home from vacation they saw 2
of the cats sitting on top of an upper wall cabinet in the
kitchen with their eyes larger than life and appearing
very out of sorts. Then the noise started -- Meow,
Meow, Meow. They expected to see the other cat
coming from around the corner or down the hall
however there was no cat to be seen. They began
looking all over for the cat while following
the "Meowing" noises. straight into the kitchen. They
checked all of the cabinets and closets in the kitchen
area to no avail and then they saw a small white paw
reaching out from under the cabinet to the left of the
dishwasher -- Oh no!!! I had sealed the cat in under
the cabinet when installing the toe kick a week earlier.
The owner had to take off the toe kick to release the
cat. Once released the other cats came down off the
cabinet and returned to a normal state of mind. All
cats are doing well and the owners still want me to
build the mantle.
These days, Bob keeps pretty busy remodeling
houses in his hometown of Graft on, MA. You can
shoot him an email at RGCaldwell@aol.com If he isn't
too busy riding his Harley, playing with the kids, or
hiding small animals in interior walls, he'll get right
back to you.
Robert G. Caldwell, guest columnist |
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•Member name: Jack Ahern
•Company Name: Jack Ahern Home
Inspection Service Company
•Doing inspections since: 1996
•ASHI Member/Candidate since: Candidate
since 1999, Member since 2001
•If I weren’t a home inspector, I’d probably be:
Florida Golf/Beach/Pool Bum-6 Warm Months; then
Maine Golf/Pool/Hot Tub Bum-6months. Squeezing in
some inspections.
•Why I joined ASHI .Recommendation
Professor Scuduto. Continuing HI specific education.
Having supper & seminar meetings with other olde
pharts, learning stuff, swapping lies & telling war
stories
•Previous jobs held : Material and Project
Manager Dymo Industries 5yrs
Valve and Piping Procurement Specialist General
Dynamics Quincy 16yrs
Marine Piping Specialist Sales—New England W&O
Supply Jax. Fl. 5yrs
Acoustical Contactor-Self Employed-New England
Ceiling Masters 25 yrs
Handy Man Service- During Tuition Years(Columbia)
4yrs
•My burning desire is: Shoot my age on a Golf
Course and get at least 1 hole-in-one. Become
Maine’s Sampling/Testing Representative-
Guinness/Knob Creek
•One thing no other chapter member knows about
you: As a youth I played trumpet and/or
soprano bugle for Holy Name Band-Northeastern
University Band-Boston College Band-Lt. Norman
Prince Drum and Bugle Corps- Needham olde pharts
parade band.
Managed a Ski House Killington Vt. and a Beach
House Falmouth, Ma.-10 yrs
•What do you enjoy doing when you aren’t
inspecting homes?: Finishing my extensive
renovations in Needham and Bridgton. May buy some
POS and renovate it in Bridgton, Maine for fun and $$
•Favorite Quote: Never enough time to do it
right—always enough time to do it over.
•Education: B.S. Industrial Technology
Northeastern Univ.
Continuing Ed. Home Inspection
Northeastern Univ.
•Family information: Daughter Heather and
her Hubby-Live in
Farmington, Maine
Two grand-daughters Zoe-
6 and Gretchen-4
Daughter Alison Deceased
Son John J. - soon the next
Needham Firefighter
Wife Kathleen- Retired
Guidance Director
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The ASHI NE Chapter maintains a library of
educational books, video tapes and CD’s for Chapter
members and candidates to utilize for personal and
business growth. Those who wish to sign materials
out may do so for a fee of $16 per item ($10 per
tape) which covers two-way shipping and handling.
Library materials may be used for a two week period,
beginning on the date of shipment. Those who fail to
return library materials on time will be assessed a fine
of $1 / day. If the materials are not received back
within two months of date of shipping, you will be
charged the cost of replacement. To sign materials
out, there is a form that is posted on our web site
that is to be completed and sent to the executive
office. It is always recommended that you call the
executive office to check on the availability of an
item. Once this form is received, the executive office
will ship the items out with a postage paid return
envelope. The list of the materials that are currently
available in the chapter library is on the web site as
well.
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Walter Perry, executive director of the ASHI NE Chapter
has announced that the executive office of ASHI NE
will be moving by the end of February. As of March 1st
the new office will be located at 53 Regional Drive in
Concord. The building is also known as the Suffolk
Building. Anyone in need of driving directions should
contact the office and ask that they be faxed or
emailed to their attention.
Perry indicated that the new location will provide more
efficient use of office space with good meeting
facilities and ample parking. The move resulting in a
new office will have no impact on the delivery of
services to the membership. The only thing that will
change is ASHI's mailing address. The new address
effective March 1st will be ASHINE, 53 Regional Drive,
Suite 1, Concord, NH 03301.
We invite everyone to stop by and visit us at the new
location.
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President
Jim Morrison /
james_morrison@earthlink.net
Vice President
Mike Atwell /
m.atwell@rcn.com
Secretary Lisa Alajajian /
homequest1@comcast.net
Treasurer
Tom Towle /
tom@hdbco.com
Immediate Past President
Paul Kristenson /
absinspections@comcast.net
Directors
Ken Bates / aceinspector@verizon.net Paul Cornell / pcornell@inspecthouses.com Paul Rogoshewski / paul@harmonyhomeinspection.com Council of Representatives
Paul Kristenson / absinspections@comcast.net Lisa Alajajian / homequest1@comcast.net Bill Sutton / wsuttoninspector@hotmail.com Committee Chair
By-Laws: Mike Atwell / m.atwell@rcn.com Communications: Mark Forkey / mark_forkey@msn.com Education: Bob Mulloy / rmulloy@verizon.net Legislative: Jim Morrison / james_morrison@earthlink.net Membership:Ernest Simpson / esimpson@evergreenhomeinspection.com John Romano / romanohomeinsp@aol.com Executive Director
Walter Perry /
wperry@choiceonemail.com
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We look forward to seeing you at our chapter meeting on January 25th.
Sincerely,
ASHI New England
email:
clough@choiceonemail.com
phone:
800-248-2744
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