"EXT" wrote in
anews.com:

It looks like one of those things people hire inspectors for. First to
check the house for problems and defects, second to find something
they can complain about so that they can try to get a substantial
discount off the asking price. I see no problems with the crack, any
attempt to patch it will make it look more of a problem than it is.
However, if you can find a very large washer with a hole that fits the
bolt, you may want to install some.

"Apple Berry Enterprises, LLC" wrote in message
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We have an offer on our house and the inspection was done Monday. One
of the items that came back was the deck ledger board under the bay
window has cracked all the way across. Its below the bolts as you can
see, but it is the entire length of the board. Any suggestions on how
I can fix this??????

a href="http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm188/msvaughan/?
action=view&current=ledger1.jpg" target="_blank"img src="http://
i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm188/msvaughan/ledger1.jpg" border="0"
alt="Photobucket"/a

a href="http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm188/msvaughan/?
action=view&current=ledger2.jpg" target="_blank"img src="http://
i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm188/msvaughan/ledger2.jpg" border="0"
alt="Photobucket"/a

Any and all help is appreciated.


Home inspections are a good thing when the buyer is not educated enough.
But think about it. What would people think if the HI said everything is
good? Ans: Why do I need a home inspector? I would have been fine and
saved $x00 bucks.

HI must at least justify their fee at minimum.

BTW, you can always say no to an item. You figure if they have put
deposit down and have paid for a HI and whatever else, they want the
house. If you're in a hardpressed area where sales are shot to ****, Nike
- Just Do It.