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Re:Mercury Spill by tadfisher on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:05AM (#10358280)
The true villain in this story is the home inspector who was incompetent enough to miss a decommissioned upfeed hot-water heating system, a sure indicator of the presence of elemental mercury in the home.
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Re:Mercury Spill by jandrese on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:20PM (#10361686)
Home inspectors are by and large useless. They exist because the laws say they must exist, but they don't have a strong regulatory body making sure that they're competent. Once the house is sold they're gone.

For the most part they're just yet another guy who takes a cut whenever a house is sold.

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