Have You Lost Your Marbles?

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Originally Posted By: roconnor
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Bring one of those big kids marbles with you on an inspection … and not to play with the homeowners kids … icon_lol.gif


Works great to see if floors (without carpets of course) are sloping towards a section of the house that may be settling ... and even help ID severely deflected floor framing ...

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Robert O'Connor, PE
Eagle Engineering ?
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I am absolutely amazed sometimes by how much thought goes into doing things wrong

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Originally Posted By: jschmidt
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Oconnor-


A very good tip . Where do send it have it calibrated ?


James Schmidt

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Originally Posted By: roconnor
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The marble only needs to be certified by the IMA (International Marble Association) … icon_wink.gif

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Robert O’Connor, PE


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NACHI Education Committee


I am absolutely amazed sometimes by how much thought goes into doing things wrong
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Originally Posted By: jonofrey
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Man I love those marbles. I am guilty of using them just to see the reaction from some people.

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Inspection Nirvana!


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Originally Posted By: Blaine Wiley
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Living in Golf Heaven, I like to use Golf Balls. I hear Professional Equipment has these at affordable prices icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif


Blaine

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Originally Posted By: roconnor
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And the marble must meet ASTM-F963 (actually true) … icon_eek.gif


http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/DATABASE.CART/REDLINE_PAGES/F963.htm?E+mystore

And my big marble wasn't cheap ... I had to trade my son a bunch of baseball cards to use one of his ...

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Robert O'Connor, PE
Eagle Engineering ?
Eagle Eye Inspections ?
NACHI Education Committee

I am absolutely amazed sometimes by how much thought goes into doing things wrong

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Originally Posted By: psabados
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If they don’t meet certification are they Branded? How many supervised roll alongs are required and where to they stamp their Logo? Would dice be marble’s in training?


Paul

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Originally Posted By: bsmith
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With all the gear I bring with me on inspections - the trusty marble always gets a humorous response.


Bill Smith