Welcome to another round of Questions of The Week!
Questions of the week:
Please Read the Introduction and requirements, changes may have been made.
A member of the Award Committee will post a question, at a random day/time.
A competing member may make one post per question thread to answer the question and the member’s winning entry must have all parts of the question answered completely in that one post. Editing your one answer post allowed will result in disqualification.
Winnings will be limited to no more than three times in a given year, the objective is to allow as many Members a chance to win as possible.
Any disregard to the above and divulging the correct answers or giving hints/references will cause a disqualification.
So please refrain from participating if you have already won in the maximum for the Year.
First correct answer (as judged by the Awards Committee or Poster of the Question) wins.
The lucky winner will get a case of “Now that you’ve had a Home Inspection Books” shipped to them at their address on file. Make sure your Address on File with Inachi is correct.
Winners of the Question of The Week shall request their prize by emailing fastreply@nachi.org and submitting their Mailing address for shipping.
Allow 2 weeks for delivery.
**At this time, responses are open to all inspectors who have not won during this calendar year.
If no correct answers, the responses will then be open to others at a time determined by the committee.
A big THANKS to Daniel Levia & Marcel Cyr for questions.
- What does it mean when saying a door has a wind?
2) What is a door jack used for?
- In case of _______ it is seen that the allowable bearing pressure on the soil is not exceeded, even under the worst conditions.
a) Withdrawal of moisture from the sub-soil
b) Transpiration of trees and shrubs
c) Unequal settlement of the sub-soil
d) Atmospheric action
4) To avoid _______ the foundations should be taken beyond the depth up to which rainwater cannot reach.
a) Unequal settlement of the soil
b) Horizontal movement of the earth
c) Atmospheric action
d) Withdrawal of moisture from the sub-soil
- Due to the _______ the roots of trees planted near a building may extend up to the foundation level and may absorb the moisture.
a) Withdrawal of moisture from the sub-soil
b) Transpiration of the trees and shrubs
c) Atmospheric action
d) Unequal settlement of the soil
EXTRA CREDIT: What Song Lyrics?
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I ain't gonna miss you when you go
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