Meth house need fast acurate advice.

[Barry Adair]

Originally Posted by gbeaumont

I have seen somewhere a list of the top 10 reasons to suspect a Meth home, Caoimhín, if it was a piece of yours please post it again, and again, and again.

Regards

Gerry

Hope one of these has the info you're requesting

http://www.squidoo.com/methlabsigns

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/director_staff/public_information/pr031103.htm

http://www.kci.org/meth_info/neighborhood_lab.htm

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/eh/ChemFS/fs/MethClnUp.htm

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Here is a very interesting article about Meth

http://springfield.news-leader.com/s...ansupthem.html

[Caoimhín P. Connell]

Thanks Gerry, and I hope everyone here also had a great Thanksgiving.

Recognizing a methlab can be tricky business due to both the false positives and the false negatives.

For example, we know that smoking meth in a house can contaminate the house to a greater degree than manufacturing. In Colorado, an home where meth was smoked and/or stored constitutes a methlab – under those circumstances, there aren’t many indicators.

Similarly, I was on a raid with a veteran cop who had raided dozens of labs, and had been through numerous classes. During an “attempt to locate” he encountered no less than about seven positive indicators for a lab including the equipment; that’s when I got the call – however, upon further evaluation, I found that each of the indicators actually had an alternative interpretation. In the end, the house was actually heavily contaminated, but not for the reasons initially thought.

So in the first case, there are false negatives (no indicators in an house that can be heavily contaminated) and in the second case false positives (indicators didn’t actually indicate a methlab).

When we put on our (free) classes, our objective is to simply provide the inspector with sufficient information to better recognize both the indicators, and the pseudoindicators; and then protect themselves.

Cheers, all!
Caoimhín P. Connell
Forensic Industrial Hygienist
www.forensic-applicaiotns.com

[Rodney Bailey]

Add Meth-Screening to your company. It is easy to do and requires no special training. The latest technology is here. I have had great success with the machine and bottom line it is paying for itself quickly. Use it to market to home buyers, medical field, child services, jails, hotels, commercial transportation etc.... The sky is the limit.

Check out this link : www.MethInspection.com or give me a call 888-867-5995.

I also sell the scanners and of course NACHI folks get a sweet deal!


We use the ID2 METH SCANNER to provide immediate qualitative results
of testing. The ID2 Meth Scanner is a hand-held, battery-operated, scanner for detecting all forms and concentrations of methamphetamine on virtually all surfaces, including skin, clothing, plastics, wood, metals and masonry. We can detect and verify the presence of meth at trace quantities (in the low nanogram range), without touching or disturbing the surface.



Principle of Operation – Photoemission from an optically excited surface is used to detect minute quantities of methamphetamine. The Meth Scanner uses an energy source to provide optical excitation at the appropriate wavelength and senses the resulting photoemission.
__________________
Rodney Bailey
A-1 Quality Inspection
www.InspectGA.com
706-235-1372

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

What's the deal Rodney? Retail is $5K NACHI members=$ ? Thanks

[ldapkus]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

What's the deal Rodney? Retail is $5K NACHI members=$ ? Thanks

Looks like Rodney's our newest vendor.

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Originally Posted by ldapkus

Looks like Rodney's our newest vendor.

Yes sir!

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Interesting though... on their "About Us" page, of the 3 Inspectors listed, 2 of them have Nachi ID#'s that will never exist, at least if Nachi maintains their current coding system. http://www.methinspection.com/3.html

Yep... tough room here for vendors... welcome to iNachi !!!

[Scott Gilligan, CMI]

Originally Posted by jjonas

Interesting though... on their "About Us" page, of the 3 Inspectors listed, 2 of them have Nachi ID#'s that will never exist, at least if Nachi maintains their current coding system. http://www.methinspection.com/3.html

Yep... tough room here for vendors... welcome to iNachi !!!

Looked for them on InspectorSeek and found the two members that you thought their member numbers would not exist, however I could not find the first member they have listed on their site with a more traditional member number. He might be from another area from their location listed on their website though.

http://www.inspectorseek.com/results...30161&x=19&y=7

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Originally Posted by sgilligan1

Looked for them on InspectorSeek and found the two members that you thought their member numbers would not exist, however I could not find the first member they have listed on their site with a more traditional member number. He might be from another area from their location listed on their website though.

http://www.inspectorseek.com/results...30161&x=19&y=7

Rodney Bailey Email: Rodney@InspectGa.com

- Certified Home Inspector (NACHI #103031301)

Current Nachi Coding: 103031301
10 = year 2010
30 = month 30
31 = day 31
301 = that days new member count

[James H. Bushart]

Originally Posted by rbailey

Add Meth-Screening to your company. It is easy to do and requires no special training. The latest technology is here. I have had great success with the machine and bottom line it is paying for itself quickly. Use it to market to home buyers, medical field, child services, jails, hotels, commercial transportation etc.... The sky is the limit.

Check out this link : www.MethInspection.com or give me a call 888-867-5995.

I also sell the scanners and of course NACHI folks get a sweet deal!


We use the ID2 METH SCANNER to provide immediate qualitative results
of testing. The ID2 Meth Scanner is a hand-held, battery-operated, scanner for detecting all forms and concentrations of methamphetamine on virtually all surfaces, including skin, clothing, plastics, wood, metals and masonry. We can detect and verify the presence of meth at trace quantities (in the low nanogram range), without touching or disturbing the surface.



Principle of Operation – Photoemission from an optically excited surface is used to detect minute quantities of methamphetamine. The Meth Scanner uses an energy source to provide optical excitation at the appropriate wavelength and senses the resulting photoemission.
__________________
Rodney Bailey
A-1 Quality Inspection
www.InspectGA.com
706-235-1372

Most of the law enforcement officials that I have spoken to on this subject tell me that it is not the presence of meth that poses a danger to someone who comes across a "meth house", but the presence of the various poisons used to manufacture it. They tell me that these chemicals can work their way deep into carpeting fibers and lay undiscovered for years until a toddler crawls across on his hands and knees, puts his hands in his mouth, and (croak)...whamo.

Is your device limited to detecting only the finished product? If so, wouldn't anyone declaring a house "clear" (providing for a reasonable person to conclude that the house is declared safe) after using your device be leaving themselves open to a wrongful death lawsuit?

[Rodney Bailey]

Being a 21 year veteran police officer and 10 year veteran home inspector, I feel that meth screening and testing is an important service to offer clients.

I agree that the precursors to manufacturing meth are hazardous to your health and can be found almost anywhere. It would be an extremely rare case to find a home grossly contaminated with only meth precursors and not have been used for manufacturing meth.

Meth-screening and testing does involve looking for evidence of existing visual precursors, but tests for meth residue only. Any home that has been used as for manufacturing methamphetamine will test positive for its presence. The residue from a meth lab has been proven and documented by the National Jewish Medical & Research Center to be toxic to health. Meth contaminated homes are a health hazard and I would definitely want to know if I was buying one.

http://www.nationaljewish.org/about/mediacenter/pressreleases/y2006/ondcp-cert.aspx

The ID2 Meth Scanner testes down to 100 nanograms and full beam, which is within all state cleanup level requirments.

Thanks for the response.

As far as membership - I have been a NACHI member since 2003. Nick grandfathered us in as an office certification and we are in good standing.

Results for NACHI03031301 Name:Rodney BaileyContact:E-Mail Rodney BaileyInterNACHI ID:NACHI03031301City: RomeState/Province: GACountryUSACertification Status: Member in Good Standing, through March 12th, 2010The International Association of Certified Home Inspectors, Inc. is a non-profit organization helping home inspectors maintain inspection excellence. For more information about InterNACHI, visit www.nachi.org.

[Rodney Bailey]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

What's the deal Rodney? Retail is $5K NACHI members=$ ? Thanks

I can get the scanner at a $750.00 discount for NACHI members. The delivery time is around 30 days. Call me if you are interested. Thanks

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Originally Posted by rbailey

As far as membership - I have been a NACHI member since 2003. Nick grandfathered us in as an office certification and we are in good standing.

Results for NACHI03031301 Name:Rodney BaileyContact:E-Mail Rodney BaileyInterNACHI ID:NACHI03031301City: RomeState/Province: GACountryUSACertification Status: Member in Good Standing, through March 12th, 2010The International Association of Certified Home Inspectors, Inc. is a non-profit organization helping home inspectors maintain inspection excellence. For more information about InterNACHI, visit www.nachi.org.

Rodney,
Apologies if offended, but we get more than our share of undesireables on this forum, thinking we are "easy pickin's". We all have to look out for each other around here. When I noticed the ID#, I called it out. Glad to see that you are actually a member. Appearently, on your website, you placed the number 1 at the front of your ID number, thus the invalid coding.

Jeff

[Rodney Bailey]

Not offended...you should check out folks. I get sick of all the spam solicitations in my in box. Have a great one dude.