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Talked to a fire inspector yesterday and he said something that stuck with me
He was checking a house I'd just swept in Boulder and asked if I'd looked at the outside of the flue. I said I always do a visual from the roof... but he pointed to a hairline crack in the clay liner near the base, from the ground. He said, 'That's a draft killer and a spark path... you can't always see the big problems from the top down.' It made me rethink my whole start-to-finish check. How many of you guys make a full walk-around a standard part of your job?
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elizabeth2201mo ago
How often do you miss the small stuff from up high?
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jamie7942d ago
Three years in a 14th floor apartment and honestly I don't really miss much. Like, I used to think I'd miss hearing kids playing in the street or the birds at 6am but up here you can still hear all that if the windows open. The thing that gets me is when neighbors ask about it like it's some deep emotional thing. It's just a view. I mean, I've dropped a few french fries off the balcony and watched seagulls fight over them, thats about as deep as it gets for me. Maybe it's just my building but the "small stuff" is still right there on the ground when I walk my dog.
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rosed321mo ago
Honestly it took me a while to get used to the view from my new place. You start to notice different things, like patterns of light or how the whole neighborhood looks when it rains. It's less about missing the small stuff and more about seeing a bigger picture. What kind of small things do you find yourself looking for?
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