Take Advantage of Vern's Experience


Vern's RESUME:
  • 10 Years High End Victorian Restoration and Remodels – Carpenter & Foreman
    1. Working on one project at a time.
    2. Performing all trades.
    3. Opening up older homes teaches you what worked and what did not.
    4. While no one has X-ray vision, Restoration work teaches you to visualize what’s possibly hidden inside the structure’s cavities based on visible evidence on the outside.
  • 15 Years New Home Construction – Superintendent & Project Manager
    1. Large New Home projects for some of the largest builders in the country.
    2. Supervised the construction of over 2000 homes from site grading and improvements to home completion.
    3. Often completing from 1 to 4 new homes a day.
    4. Having 200-300 homes under warranty at one time.
    5. If you allowed poor materials, techniques, or workmanship to be used, you did not have one problem, you had 300 problems.
    6. You learned what materials and techniques worked and what did not, hopefully very quickly.
    7. Quality Control Becomes a key for success
  • 13 Years Fine Home Building & Remodels – Builder & Project Manager
    1. Taking the lessons of the first 25 years to a new level
    2. Custom Homes to 10,000 square feet, and 5 million dollars.

Vern's EXPERIENCE:
I have performed the following inspections on every home I have built, or have personally supervised the construction of.  I created punch lists to be corrected by our sub contractors before the inspections by structural engineers and building inspectors.  I then would walk with the building inspector during his inspection of all items below and get any items he came up with corrected.

  1. Grading Inspection
  2. Erosion Control Inspection
  3. Foundation Inspection
  4. Under Floor Plumbing, HVAC, and Electrical Inspection
  5. First Floor Carpentry and Structural Inspection
  6. First Floor Subfloor Fastening Inspection
  7. Framing (Carpentry) and Structural Inspection through roof Framing
  8. Earthquake Structural Inspection, Interior
  9. Roof Deck nail, underlayment, flashing, and Earthquake Hardware Inspection
  10. Roofing Inspection
  11. Exterior Structural Shear and Earthquake Hardware inspection
  12. Exterior Moisture Barrier Inspection
  13. Exterior siding/cladding inspection
  14. Electrical, Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation Inspection before Insulation Inspection
  15. Insulation Inspection
  16. Drywall Nail Inspection
  17. Garage Slab and Driveway Inspection
  18. Final Building Inspection, All interior and exterior finishes and equipment
  19. Final Grading and Drainage Inspection

QUALIFICATIONS:
  1. Over 28,000 Building Progress inspections with reports performed
  2. Over 28,000 building Progress inspections performed with building inspectors
  3. Over 56,000 total Building Progress inspections
  4. Over 2000 complete building inspections performed
  5. Certified by Home Inspectors of USA to perform home inspections
  6. Certified by the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors  (InterNachi) to perform Home Inspections
  7. Continuing Education related to Home Inspections that never ends.


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