We already installed a game room for inspectors who are taking courses at the University/House of Horrors:
Portions of the flooring will be made of steel grates so that instructors and fellow inspectors can watch and communicate with student inspectors in the crawlspace below.
See-through…very cool Nick.
Awesome site. Thanks for sharing!
Sounds great. Can’t wait to it personally.
Looks like a fun project!
Hope to enjoy it someday down the road…
Updated time-lapse video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trQU7kzIEd8&feature=youtu.be
It shows the metal grates we are using for subfloor so that students can see down into the crawl space and so that the instructor can see the students in the crawl space.
It is fun!
The structural portion is a challenge because defects are desirable, but the structure must be safe. Also, it’s not just defects. In actual inspections we encounter conditions that we have to identify as defective, having deficiencies, poor quality work, ugly but OK, or OK. We’re including conditions that require judgement calls on the part of the inspector. The challenge expands when you consider that what might be considered a deficiency in one part of North America might be acceptable in another. Because part of InterNACHI’s mission is to educate their members in a manner that enables them to perform inspections in a wide variety of climate zones and in different jurisdictions, we’re trying to approach this project in a way that meets that challenge.
One of the ways we address such conditions is to identify them specifically and warn inspectors that they need to find out what’s appropriate in the areas in which they inspect, or help them identify areas in which adequately evaluating a condition requires special expertise such as engineering calculations or evaluation by a contractor specialist.
We got a hotel discount for those who are staying overnight:
Hampton Inn & Suites
6333 Lookout Rd. in Boulder, CO 80301 (1 mile north of class location)
(303) 530-3300
Email [email protected] to get a special room rate $99.
Room includes free parking, free breakfast, and free WiFi.
Free shuttle will be provided to and from InterNACHI Headquarters.
Today, CBS continued gathering footage for their upcoming TV story about the making of the House of Horrors.
Fantastic job Nick. I’m looking forward to the final results.
Kenton,
You guys are doing a fantastic job on this project. I may just fly out there (when this is complete) and walk through myself.
Is it going to air on a particular program?
Latest time-lapse video of the making of the House of Horrors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnY1njivC18&feature=youtu.be
WOW! Kenton is FAST! :mrgreen: Looking good!