HOWILER ENGINEERING SERVICES INC

"PLEASE NOTE THE CLIENT/MEMBER NEVER CONTACTED ME TO DISCUSS ANY OF THESE CONCERNS, SO I NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE STATED ISSUES. I HAVE JUST BEEN MADE AWARE OF THESE CONCERNS ON 10/5/06. NOTE THE PURPOSE OF A HOME INSPECTION IS TO IDENTIFY DEFECTS, NOT OPINIONS OF HOW TO FIX THEM. AS A HOME INSPECTOR, I DISCOVERED SEVERAL RELATIVELY MINOR STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THE ENGINEERED ROOF TRUSSES THAT REQUIRED FURTHER EVALUATION BY THE TRUSS MANUFACTURER OR A LICENSED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. THE HOME SELLER HAD SOMEONE MAKE REPAIRS THAT WORSENED THE SITUATION RATHER THAN CORRECT THEM. THE CLIENT HIRED ME AS AN ENGINEER TO EVALUATE THESE REPAIRS, AND I FOUND THEM TO BE INADEQUATE. I THEN ISSUED A REPORT WITH SPECIFIC REPAIR NEEDS FOR ALL TRUSS DAMAGE, NOT JUST THE GENERAL ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN THE HOME INSPECTION REPORT (THE ENGINEERING EVALUATION WAS TECHNICALLY EXHAUSTIVE; THE HOME INSPECTION WAS NOT - IT JUST POINTS OUT DEFECTS IN GENERAL). I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN REVIEWING THE SECOND/FINAL SET OF REPAIRS. PLEASE NOTE THAT A LETTER DOCUMENTING THE ACCEPTABILITY OF THE FINAL REPAIRS (WHICH I WAS NOT REQUESTED TO PROVIDE) IS TYPICALLY CONSIDERED ADEQUATE IN LIEU OF ANY BUILDING PERMIT."