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    Wisdom from the Teacher's Chair: The Secret to Happiness and other matters.
    Paul Cummins
    • May 16
    • 1 min

    Wisdom from the Teacher's Chair: The Secret to Happiness and other matters.

    Florence of Florence and the Machine recently wrote a song with the lyrics: "Whatever you do best hurts the most!" Telling for these...
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    Sleeping in an Efficiency
    Paul Cummins
    • Apr 16
    • 1 min

    Sleeping in an Efficiency

    Murphy beds have at most a six-inch foam mattress; they take up a whole wall or fold into a cumbersome cabinet and have to be completely...
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    Friends and Oddities Found Along the Way
    Paul Cummins
    • Mar 8
    • 1 min

    Friends and Oddities Found Along the Way

    Love this job. Always new friends to make and new mysteries to solve. This happy, huge fellow graced my inspection the other day. Very...
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    Rethinking Gas Stoves
    Paul Cummins
    • Feb 19
    • 1 min

    Rethinking Gas Stoves

    Everyone has strong feelings about how to cook. Those old electric coils that rattled around were certainly awkward. However, electric...
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    Goldfish Can Drive: What's Limiting Us?
    Paul Cummins
    • Jan 26
    • 1 min

    Goldfish Can Drive: What's Limiting Us?

    Not having such a great day. Normally I would call it the Februaries but two years into Covid it's at a whole new level. Did you see the...
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    Some Design Tips for Best Showing
    Paul Cummins
    • Jan 13
    • 1 min

    Some Design Tips for Best Showing

    My Home Inspector recommendations are to set the HVAC fan to "On" instead of "Auto" to ensure fresh air in the home, and to add new...
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    The Art of Ruin
    Paul Cummins
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Art of Ruin

    Did a 1930's house today that will get a new life soon. These poignant photos share a beauty in the decay.
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    Excellent new design for tub mat!
    Paul Cummins
    • Sep 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    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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    Top View Mirror: Boon to the Bald!
    Paul Cummins
    • Jul 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    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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    Too many flues!
    Paul Cummins
    • May 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    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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    The Art of Inspection
    Paul Cummins
    • Apr 18, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Art of Inspection

    Psychedelic Skeletor?
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    Great financial tips for first time home buyers
    Paul Cummins
    • Mar 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    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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    Getting up in the world
    Paul Cummins
    • Mar 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    Getting up in the world

    Inspecting at Paws veterinary office on Connecticut Avenue.
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    Good News in a Bad Year:  My Angel Wife on TV
    Paul Cummins
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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    We're all stretched to the limit these days!
    Paul Cummins
    • Oct 26, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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    Too cute not to blog about...
    Paul Cummins
    • Oct 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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    Sign of the times: COVID summer gear
    Paul Cummins
    • Jun 5, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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    Building new the old way at Mount Vernon
    Paul Cummins
    • Feb 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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    100 Years Of Kitchen Appliances
    Paul Cummins
    • Jan 31, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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    Museums Need Home Inspectors Too!
    Paul Cummins
    • Jan 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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