Last One To Post Wins!!

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Good Evening

[Joe Keresztury]

Now that's a guy who never smiled.
Part of the caveman team

[Joe Keresztury]

Is this oldies but goodies nite? Marcel you've got Alfred H here, Jeffs got Rodney D, performing on another thread. 2 great ones. One that scared the hell out of you, the other that made you laugh so much you p----- yourself.
True oldies but goodies- Old school.

[Casey Patten]

Joe, you sound like you've got lots of energy...want to finish my report for me?    I'm lacking motivation for some reason!

[Joe Keresztury]

LOL Casey, I took a break from finishing my own. And here I go back to the finishing touches. I am having a frozen Margarita while doing it though- trying to mantain energy to finish it. I am getting to the final stretch  thank God

[Casey Patten]

I'm just getting killed by this one...lots of wiring issues, kind of like "Where do I even start"...

[Joe Keresztury]

I've got a fairly easy builders one year warranty report. The homeowners even took my cheaper option offer of report w/ no pics. Only the second one to ever do that. So this ones fairly easy, since I spend to much time on pics and actually adding comments , circles, arrows, etc on pics.

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Joe... you need another option... pics with no comments... no arrows, etc... you know that pics worth 1000 words thingy!!!
 

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

BTW... draggin on my report also...

Draw and report was easy...

The HI one... with all the interruptions from the storms... having to keep securing my system from lightnings storms... just about giving up for tonight... but can't... it's due by first light!

I Love My Job !!!

I really do... I just hate writing reports!!!

I need a secretary to follow my butt around, writing as we go. She types, I sign. I like that idea!!!

[Casey Patten]

You'd never get anything done! 

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

You'd be surprised what I would accomplish!!!

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

BTW... get back to work!!!





LOL !!!

[Joe Keresztury]

Casey, are you done your report yet? Stick a fork in me I am done.

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

No he's not!

I'm close... but searching for a graphic I have but can't locate at the moment!

UGH!

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Hope you guys finished your reports and got some sleep.

The last HI, I took 160 pictures and wrote nothing down. New way of taking notes. Sure cuts down on time in the field, but increases review time during the report. Works well though, but have to take more pics. I tend to see stuff and forget to take a photo sometimes. Memory recall brings it back though. 

[Casey Patten]

Marcel, I took almost 400 pictures on yesterday's inspection.  Dom's going to laugh at me, I know...this was a "fun" house!  And no Jeff, I'm not done yet!  Should be in about an hour though...I hope!

[Marcel R. Cyr]

400, wow, I never took that many Casey. Must take forever to review. If it is that bad, I would have made a recommendation for a D-9 dozer. 

[Casey Patten]

I would LOVE to do that...esp. since client lives out of state and wasn't there.  Feeling obligated to put a lot more pics in than normal...Jeff was talking me off the ledge last night, so I'm working on concising! 

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Well, good luck Buddy. 

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Marcel,
350-400 is about my average for 2500 sq/ft home. Keep in mind though, most homes I inspect are well over 25 years old. Did a 2004 a couple of days ago, in fairly good shape... 232 pics.

I threw my pen away a couple of years ago. One of the best moves I ever made. Saves a lot of time on-site. At first takes longer reviewing for the report, but faster as you get used to it. I take a general view shot of all exterior elevations and one or two of each interior room. This helps to refresh my memory as to what, where, which, etc...

I always take multiple shots of all data plates, just in case. You'd be surprised what a flash will wash out.

Basically, if I see it, a pic gets taken. It's all practice, practice, practice. Sooner or later, you are taking pics without realizing it. I sometimes have to stop and decide not to take a pic of something.

Back in the office, this is what I do to save on review time. (Note: I save all pic's taken in seperate file. I download all pic's into a "Complete Photo File". This file is saved for as long as the entire report file is saved. Next, I copy the "Complete Photo File" into a "Report Pics" file. This is my working file...

Next... I review each pic in the "Report Pics" file, and delete those that will not make it into the report. I will use a pen and notepad at this point to copy data plate info for research, and to make notes of the "little stuff" that I may forget, and of anything in the pics that I didn't actually see on-site. Something always shows up in a random pic of an area that your focus was on another issue, Such as a spliced wire 12 inches to the right of a fubar'd j-box/conduit issue.

Anyway, when first "cut" is made, I check how many pics are left in the file. If too many, I do another pass, and "get tougher" on which pic's will stay!

Complete report as your normal procedure dictates.

Just a little insight for ya! Yes, takes extra time at first, but I will never go back, if I can help it. And yes, I will be ordering a new 'backup camera' next week.