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This is probably a video that Pella Window Company may not want you to watch. This video will show you what you can do to see if your Pella Proline Windows have hidden deterioration. If you have Pella Proline windows and you are still within your warranty period, you may be entitled to receive new windows. If you are within or past your warranty period, you may be entitled to sign up for the class-action lawsuit or even file your own lawsuit.

It began in late 80’s when Anderson Window Company introduced a Vinyl Clad Casement Sill Wood Core window. Unfortunately, this particular window had some exterior exposed wood on the lower sill that permitted water entry into the window sill vinyl casing resulting in wood core deterioration. On this particular home, you can see how easily one can push a shiskabob stick through the base of one of these Anderson window sills. Anderson was smart and quit making these windows. Pella on the other hand did not follow the same path.

In the late 90’s, Pella introduced the Aluminum Clad window under the PROLINE name. This was a mixed media window with an aluminum exterior covering. Unfortunately, this window design had some disastrous results due to water entering and becoming trapped within the wood frame. This deterioration usually occurs after the Pella 10 year warranty period. What I have found to work was simply spraying window washing liquid onto the window. The window cleaning liquid runs down the window and if the aluminum clad glass seal is broken, failed or delaminated, the fluid enters into, and gets behind the metal cladding where it becomes trapped. The sun cooks this trapped water and the window rots from the inside out. If this window cladding seal is still good, the water beads down and out, instead of down and in.

Fourteen years later, Pella still sends out these same or similar designed windows as replacements, except some like the sliding doors now have a bead of caulk. If the window beads the water down and out and away, you have a good chance that the window frame is still good. If the window is good, you should clean all the windows and all the frames. Wait for a coupled of hot days so the window interior wood dries up and then apply a good brand or white caulking. Don’t use clear caulk because it will get dirty and look bad after a couple of weeks.

If you do find bad windows and you are still within your warranty time limit, call Pella immediately. It has been my personal experience that the Pella’s response time is not that great. It took Pella two months before they came to evaluate my complaint on an 8 year old rotted window. Then it took Pella 2 more months to come to the home and make repairs. Their repair crew cut out the window and window flashing with an old saw blade that damaged my expensive plastic trim. They repaired the gauge damaged expensive trim with white caulking. One year later, I spent all summer trying to call Pella about more rotted windows. It took Pella 4 months to change a rotted Pella door and they charged me $550 to change one door that was only nine years old. While they were fixing the door, I showed the Pella’s door repair crew 9 more newly rotted windows. Pella sent me a letter that said I was out of my 10 year warranty period and wanted me to pay for the windows. I found the 9 year old Pella receipt, called them back, and said the warranty still had 1 more months. Four months later, Pella agreed and sent me 9 more windows. The windows still need to be replaced and painted. Pella knows that removing, replacing, trimming, and painting windows cost double what the windows are worth. Pella told me they no longer replace defective windows for free. So get out your Windex and test your windows and call PELLA immediately.
Please watch my other Pella and Anderson videos that show all the different ways these windows fail. This information is on my “Aluminum Clad, Vinyl Clad, Window Deterioration the Truth Pella Anderson” video or my Rotten Anderson Vinyl Clad Windows video which are both located on my Youtube Clevelandmarko channel.

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Once upon a time, there was an older gentleman who sold his home. The potential home buyer hired a home inspector. The Ohio cold weather zone home had a very large vented crawl space with 7 vents to the exterior. The home inspector told the potential home buyer that these vents were very low to the ground and when it rained, water would enter into the crawl space. This trapped water would evaporate in the crawl space and cause condensation, mold, and house musty odors. The home inspector also told the prospective home buyer that vented crawl space in cold weather zones such as Cleveland Ohio would permit cold air to enter during the winter permitting house floors to be cold and during the summer, it would permit hot moist air to cause condensation and rusting of HVAC ductwork. This was obvious because the past homeowner had already replaced some of the rusted deteriorated ductwork and left metal ductwork debris throughout this crawl space. Furthermore, the home had a 35 year old rusted flue modified furnace that was located in this wet, musty, moldy crawl space with open and not connected cold air return ductwork. Open cold air return ductwork mean that the furnace sucks air from the crawl space, from all 7 exterior crawl space vents, and not from the upper home. This means if the cat peed in the mulch, you could smell cat pee in your bedroom. The furnace flue was also modified with a homemade fan to suck combustion fumes and possible carbon monoxide up the chimney because the furnace flue was too long and the cold air return was not connected to the upper home causing crawl space negative pressure. The home inspector told his client that this was a bad design that would make the home smell musty, cost a lot of money to heat, and cool. The client asked the homeowner to repair these crawl space conditions prior to the sale of the home.

The home buyer responded and stated that the home inspector was wrong on several items, and disagreed with the home inspectors conclusions. This disgruntled homeowner stated that the home inspector who has inspected over 14,000 homes in the last 25 years did not know the difference between a ducted, and non ducted HVAC cold air return system. He stated that nothing was wrong with his non-ducted cold air return system. This homeowner further stated that the home inspector was very reckless, ignorant, and unprofessional for making a comment about his very nice house. Finally, the homeowner said he was not going to make crawl space repairs and that there was nothing wrong with his house. The prospective homebuyer decided he did not want to deal with this homeowner, nor did he want to deal with his crawl space, so three days later, he found another home which he bought.
So what did we learn boys and girls?
1. Cold airs returns must be 100% sealed and must be connected to upper home.
2. Vented crawl spaces are not desirable in a cold weather climate zone. The crawl space should not have vents to the exterior. It should be insulated on the perimeter walls and is should have a proper vapor barrier. Finally, it should be heated, cold, and de-humidified.
3. Finally, that there are many homes for sale and you do not have to deal with unreasonable sellers.
The end. This has been short stories by Marko Vovk at www. Housinvestigations.com. Please rate and subscribe. Marko is also on Face book and on Youtube under the name ClevelandMarko.

This is a short skit from ‘The Jim and Marko Show” compilation. Jim Nemastil and Marko Vovk teach exiting continuing fun education classes on very interesting topics. Both certified ASHI home inspectors have taught 2 hour, 4 hour, 8 hour, and two-day classes all over the US. Both Inspectors have been inspecting homes and buildings for over 25 years and have over 25,000 combined home inspections. Both Consultants have University degrees and each hold numerous licenses and certifications. Please call Marko Vovk at 216-924-8378 or email Clevelandmold@aol.com
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Two home buyers were in the process of buying a twenty-year old home. Their home inspector indicated that all the basement cupper plumbing, gas piping, metal ductwork, and structural metal fasteners were all rusting and corroding. They were not sure if it was radon gas, a prior methamphetamine laboratory, a prior moonshine distillery, corrosive air, corrosive water, or other that might be causing this anomaly so they hired a residential forensic investigator. This inspector immediately suspected that this appeared some type of a moisture problem. He suspected this when he saw the poorly installed south west facing moisture absorbent Cultured Stone Cladding. He knew that most early Cultured Stone installations in residential homes might not have had the “Rain Screen” installation. A rain screen would have included a gap behind this manmade material to allow water to drain down and would have included a sealed membrane behind the Cultured Stone that would not let water enter into the wall cavity. He also noticed that the home had two large entrance columns structures that commonly have hidden unknown foundation conditions. He knows that this type of entrance column design may have hidden foundations moisture problems. Furthermore, he smelled musty odors when entering the home at the front door that was located between these two entrance columns. The residential investigator went down to basement and removed some of the insulation that was hiding these two column foundation cavities. He stuck his camera into these hidden structural cavities and took photos. The photos showed that these areas were cold, moist and condensation was occurring permitting musty odor, mold and deterioration joists, and timbers. He knew condensation was occurring because the temperatures in these two hidden cavities were much colder then other basement areas. He placed several humidity data loggers at these two hidden column foundation locations and he placed data loggers at other locations in the home for comparison. He wanted to see if moist air is was coming from these two hidden column foundation cavities. He turned on the HVAC fan and inspected the basement cold air return ductwork. He found out that the basement cold air return ducts were not 100% sealed and were sucking air from the basement. He found out that the basement was under negative pressure and moist air came out of the two hidden column foundation cavities. Furthermore, his humidity probes results proved that these two hidden column areas had higher humidity and that more grains of moisture existed in the hidden column cavity air than the air in the basement. He found out that even with the HVAC system being off, the hidden column foundation with high humidity had higher vapor pressure than the large basement area and that this high vapor pressure would travel to the lower vapor pressure that existed in the larger basement. He concluded that the hidden front column foundation cavities were significant moisture generators and that these grains of moisture traveled into the basement through negative pressure caused by the HVAC cold air returns that were not 100% sealed. Additionally, moist air is lighter than dry air and moist air will rise up. This is why it rains. These grains of moisture rose up into the ceiling joist pockets. The humidity was higher in the ceiling joists then on the basement floor. This conditions along with the summer air conditioning cold supply ductwork that was also located in the upper basement cavities made the basement air in the upper cavities cooler and dew point condensation occurred on all meal causing corrosion, stains and rust. He told the clients they needed to dry out the hidden cavities and waterproof these hidden foundations areas. He told the clients to run a basement dehumidifier to lower the basement humidity. He also told the clients to and seal the basement cold air returns to minimize the cold air return duct leakage and open several supply registers to help slightly pressurized the basement. Finally, he told the clients that the exterior Cultured Stone Cladding that existed on the front of the house might need to be removed and properly installed with a proper rain screen installation at some future date. Thank You, this has been short stories by Marko at http://
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One upon time their was a very nice condominium resort in Panama Florida. This twelve story high rise building had a dark parking lot because the main building light bulb burned out. The couldn’t change the light bulb because they needed a 160 foot ladder and the largest ladder sold at a Panama City Home Depot was only 40 foot tall. The light bulb was very high in the air and they couldn’t reach the light bulb from a hall or a window. They called a big construction company to bring out a 200 foot tall crane. They shut down the parking lot and put up caution tape so the beach people would not get injured. The construction company spent the early morning setting up the crane. When the crane was set up, they changed the burned out light bulb. The crane company then spent the rest of the morning taking down the crane. The crane left, and the parking lot was opened up again to all the beach people. A home inspector named Marko was on vacation and filmed this entire event. He was very puzzled why anyone would build a big building that requires the employment of a crane company simply change a light bulb. After pondering the bewildered inspector finally realized that this was a very good architectural design that created jobs, and that this was good for America because American needs more jobs. The end. This has been short stories by Marko Vovk at http://
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My name is Marko Vovk I have been a Cleveland home inspector for 25 years. This informative video will explain what to expect during your home inspection. Please listen to the entire short video. For your enjoyment, I have also provided you with a Panama GULF sunset video. In the 1980’s, I inspected high rise buildings and ran a construction material testing laboratory. During that time, I also obtained a Civil Engineering degree from Cleveland State University. I purchased, and rehabilitated many homes, and started inspecting homes in 1986. Since then, I have inspected over 13,000 homes, and have been a full time cleveland home inspector for the last 25 years. I am an ASHI certified home inspector, have state licenses in radon, wood destroying insects, and lead paint. I have certifications in combustion carbon monoxide analysis, HVAC air balance diagnostics, I am a Certified Indoor Environmentalist, a 203K consultant, a certified residential B1 International Code Counsel inspector, an author of a popular mold book, hold one US patent and have taught many seminars throughout the USA.

During the inspection, I will take photographs, digital recordings, and if you are present, I will explain these findings and answer your questions. After I inspect the exterior and garage, I will bring my computer, camera case, and my testing equipment into the home. I will ask you and your agent a few questions that will be needed to generate the inspection report. I will try to test all outlets, switches, windows, doors, plumbing and much more. Additionally, I will pay close attention to building science conditions, potential moisture intrusion conditions, mold, pests, energy waste or thermal bypass conditions, HVAC balance, and much more. Furthermore, I will look at and interpret certain house repairs, alteration, installation, and moderations that may indicate past house issues that may or may not have been disclosed. All house rooms, closets, bathrooms and kitchens will be inspected. If you want any appliances inspected, we will inspect them. If a dishwasher or bathroom Jacuzzi comes with the home we will test them. We do not inspect pools, water treatment systems, ponds, saunas, irrigation, alarm, phone, cable, satellite, forests, dog fences or other sub-systems. After I complete the upper and main level inspections, I will take a break and download and transcribe my voice recordings. During this time, you can measure rooms, or even go to Star Bucks.

After this small break, I will inspect the foundation walls with a moisture meter. I will inspect the joists, beams and columns, water heater, plumbing, and sanitary pipes. I will use a gas meter and check for leaks at the furnace and at the hot water heater. Depending on exterior ambient temperatures, I will test the AC differential temperatures, and the furnace operation. While testing the furnace and the hot water heater, I will test for flue draft and for combustion. Sometimes we will drill a very small hole in the metal flue so we can test the flue gas with our combustion analyzer and monometer. After we determine that the major appliances are safe, we will seal up the small drill holes with special steel tape. We are probably one of the only inspectors in this area who are certified in combustion analysis. These tests are very important because roughly 1 out 25 gas appliances is dangerous. Additionally, the electoral panel cover is removed for observation and all basement elements are inspected and tested.

Finally, we inspect the attics, crawl spaces, and anything else that has not yet been inspected. For an averaged sized home, the inspection takes 3 to 4 hours. For larger homes, we may have to finish the report at our office and email the report to you. At the end of this inspection, you and your agent will receive a CD with the inspection, voice recording and photos. The report is a 28 page checklist with an extensive 2000 plus word typed and number executive summary.

If you have a well, septic, or pool, you need to have these inspected prior to my inspection because these type of repairs can be extreme and may alter your dissension on buying the home. If you want a radon test let me know at the end of the inspectioin and I will place it. Radon is an additional $150 added fee to your home inspection fee which is usually about $325 unless you have small condominium or a large home. I hope this video answered your questions. If you have more questions or want to set up and inspection, pleases call or text Marko at 216-924-8378. You can also email Marko at Clevelandmold@aol.com
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Trailer Trash The Death of an American Trailer Park
This was a once fun place for families to swim, boat, water ski, pick nick, party, drink, fish and to gather. It was once an affordable enjoyment. Throughout the decades, this place put smiles on thousands of faces. Then all the rules, codes, zoning, and government became involved. They said that this fun party vacation land did not have running water, did not have sewer, did not have street lights and it was not paved, The builders, developers politicians and government said this trailer summer park was undesirable, not safe and they wanted CHANGE. Now the people are gone, the trailers and huts are abandoned and the trailer park is a wasteland that is occupied by ghosts, coyotes, stray cats garbage, high tension wires and trains. COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER:

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THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN TRAILER PARK BY MARKO VOVK is This is 100% educational video that shows what is happing to American Trailer Parks all over the USA. This is happening to trailer parks in many USA cities. The song being used “The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel” was played on an out of tune piano by my 12 year old child. The song is a short, out of tune, with numerous key playing mistakes. The song also is sad and it was used as a parody to symbolize and show that rules, codes, zoning, government, politicians, developers, and lawmakers sometimes make bad, improper, and wrong decisions that do not always help the people, the collective or society.