• Traveling Engineer 67: A lake in the theater room
    Jul 15 2025

    Nobody wants things like tot, mold and termites in your basement. Keep your foundation dry and I t will take tare of you

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    4 mins
  • Traveling Engineer 66: OMG everywhere
    Feb 26 2025

    Buckling, cracks and overlong spans - oh my!

    When a home is old, chances are good that it wasn't built to today's standards. That's bad enough, but add funky additions by grampa Joe's brother in law and the ravages of time and weather? Now it's getting a bit much. This home needs a capable buyer

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    5 mins
  • Traveling Engineer 65: Bad contractors
    Feb 24 2025

    Come contractors are good. Others belong in jail. Here's what to learn from the second kind.

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    4 mins
  • Traveling Engineer 64: Tiny house time
    Feb 18 2025

    Ok it was the middle of cactusville. And the tiny home blossomed from 130 Square feet to double that. 18 acres. The dude was pretty interesting though and I enjoyed meeting him. We got him covered with the county

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    5 mins
  • Traveling Engineer 63: Giving to takers?
    Feb 16 2025

    We all want to serve humanity, even if sometimes it doesn't help our wallet. But sometimes you wonder if you're just enabling a taker. This was one of those moments

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    5 mins
  • Traveling Engineer 62: Math in my nerd head
    Feb 6 2025

    I had a professor once who could do math in his head. I wanted to be nerdly like that too. Here's how I use that skill now

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    5 mins
  • Traveling Engineer 61: slab crackery and contractor quackery
    Jan 30 2025

    If the contractor makes you sign a non disparagement clause, what might that tell you about the contractor?

    I ruined an agent's day today but protected two of my favorite clients

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    5 mins
  • Traveling Engineer 60 Horizontal crack in the foundation
    Jan 22 2025

    What does it mean when there is a horizontal crack in the foundation? I'veseem this a lot lately

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    3 mins