Dumb Question - Air Gap?

[wnapier]

>>>...So my advise would be tha same as Marcels only buy some construction tools and start fixing or building or even performing maintenance on the homes in your target area.>>>

Thanks for the advice Mark, it makes good sense to me. I have tools (other than car stuff), and have roofed, wired, sheetrocked, built furniture, etc. for years -- Just completed an addition up at my sister in-law's place where I added a couple bedrooms and a bathroom; doing the carpentry, wiring, insulation, sheetrock and some of the heating & plumbing (but not all of it, just the initial prep and later the fixture installations) plus a dang egress window....the town inspector put his final blessings on the project with a C/O a couple weeks ago; and since added a sub panel, along with GFCI and welder outlets to my garage down here last weekend so I could start on another funny car chassis for a buddy.

It's funny to me that you mentioned this though; last month while I was back in CT my father in-law (a retired civil engineer and the town engineer/public works director for the town of Berlin, CT for 35 years) suggested that I start a handyman business down here if I wasn't going to sell houses anymore.

25 years ago I was his mechanic (that's how I met my wife, he sent her to my shop one day), then his Realtor, now apparently his handyman, LOL.

Anyhoo, I've been self employed since I was 23. I'm used to starving for myself

Enough yakking & goofing off by me, I need to go back and figure out why I got only a 95 on the Electrical Module/Course tonight........I really expected to ace that one so it's bugging me..........

Al in TN

[ldapkus]

Al,
You can ace any online test by opening up the test on another computer to find your answers. Like an open book test.

[Wayne B. Wilson]

Now why didn't think of that.

[ldapkus]

Originally Posted by wwilson3

Now why didn't think of that.

Nobody said you were sharp as a tack Wayne.

[James H. Bushart]

Originally Posted by ldapkus

Al,
You can ace any online test by opening up the test on another computer to find your answers. Like an open book test.

Interesting.

How many ICC exams have you "aced"? They are all open book.

[Bob Elliott]

I think he is comparing the ASHI to the NACHI test.

In Illinois we have to take a state test anyway,so the association means less from that particular standpoint.

Personally I find all this difference in test method arguing a joke.
One might as well say a good paper test makes the Inspector or that if you score high you will do better in the field.

That just plays into people thinking they can be a Home Inspector with zero hands on trade experience.

As long as they take the "right" test they are somehow more qualified.
"What a joke."

[ldapkus]

The bottom line is verified certification.

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Originally Posted by belliott

I think he is comparing the ASHI to the NACHI test.

In Illinois we have to take a state test anyway,so the association means less from that particular standpoint.

Personally I find all this difference in test method arguing a joke.
One might as well say a good paper test makes the Inspector or that if you score high you will do better in the field.

That just plays into people thinking they can be a Home Inspector with zero hands on trade experience.

As long as they take the "right" test they are somehow more qualified.
"What a joke."

Bob, last year, an Electrical Contractor that does most of our work hired an Electrical Inspector because he lost his job as Code Enforcement for Electrical. They used him for a year on one of my jobs and thereafter and finally let him go.
The guy just could not do the work but new the code book inside out.
Had to wear gloves for everything and was always concerned about his hair etc. I new he was not going to last in working the trade. Did not have a clue on a Commercial Project.
There are a lot of people like that, whom can be book smart and not have a clue as to how things get done.
Having an idea as to why a code exist and why it was consumated and how work gets done plays a big part in the effectiveness of a Home Inspector also.
Like you said, passing all the right test or any test does not make them more qualified then the one taking a test with a low score but passing and has years of related background in the field.