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October Dinner/Zoom Meeting: Manufactured Homes with Gunnar Alquist

Truitt & White Conference Room 1817 Second Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

The art of inspecting manufactured/mobile homes, including a quick history, a brief overview of some of the more common types of factory-built housing, the differences between manufactured homes and mobile homes, and how they differ from site-built residential construction. He will cover some of the more common code differences, commonly found issues to look for…

$45

November Dinner/Zoom Meeting: John Taecker of Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

Truitt & White Conference Room 1817 Second Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

The 2022 California Residential Code will be in effect starting January 1, 2023, and John Taecker of UL will cover the significant changes in the new code. He will also cover topics important to home inspectors, such as: smoke and CO alarms, fireplace inserts, fire and flood damaged electrical equipment, new flammable refrigerants, sealing of…

$10 – $45

January Dinner/Zoom Meeting: Electrical Expert Ryan Jackson

Truitt & White Conference Room 1817 Second Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

Ryan Jackson is a National Electrical Code® instructor and textbook author in the Salt Lake City, Utah, area. He is a principal member of Code-Making Panel 17 for the National Electrical Code and serves on several Standards Technical Panels for UL. He is certified as an inspector in the electrical, building, mechanical, and plumbing codes,…

$10 – $45

February Dinner/Zoom Meeting: Energy Code Expert Rob Hoffman

Truitt & White Conference Room 1817 Second Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

Rob Hoffman, owner of Golden State Duct Testing will cover the ins and outs of the California Energy Code (title 24 part 6) as it pertains to field verifiable requirements such as duct leak testing, air flow, fan efficiency, refrigerant charge, the dreaded QII (Quality Insulation Installation), kitchen range hoods, and indoor air quality exhaust.…

$10 – $45

April Dinner/Zoom Meeting: Douglas Hansen of Code Check

Truitt & White Conference Room 1817 Second Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

California’s new electrical code has been in effect since January 1. The numerous changes in this cycle affect all aspects of electrical installation and inspection. The required locations for GFCI protection have greatly expanded, new services are no longer allowed to have up to 6 disconnects in one enclosure, the locations of required receptacles have…

$10 – $45

May Dinner/Zoom Meeting: Dan Marzilli, Stucco Test Holes

Truitt & White Conference Room 1817 Second Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

The recent "stucco test hole" controversy has thrown the Bay Area pest inspection community for a loop. How are the pest inspectors dealing with the new directive from the structural pest board? How should home inspectors report on stucco homes? Hear about it first hand from Dan Marzilli, a licensed pest inspector, owner of GT…

$10 – $45

June Dinner/Zoom Meeting: Remodeling Eichlers with Scott Swann

Truitt & White Conference Room 1817 Second Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

Scott Swann will discuss a current kitchen remodel on an Eichler home in Marin. Eichler homes pose many challenges for renovation projects, such as, an open floor plan, concrete slab foundation with radiant heat, open beam ceilings and floor to ceiling glass walls.. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to learn about Eichler renovations. Scott Swann…

$10 – $45

July Dinner/Zoom Meeting: Bay Area NOx Ban with Paul Barraza

Truitt & White Conference Room 1817 Second Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

On March 15, 2023, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) adopted amendments to "Regulation 9" which will prohibit the installation of water heaters, boilers and furnaces that emit NOx (a by product of gas combustion). The ban is rolled out in phases, but it begins on January 1, 2027. The BAAQMD covers the…

$10 – $45

August Dinner/Zoom Meeting:

Truitt & White Conference Room 1817 Second Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

Thor Matteson spent the last 15 years of his engineering career designing residential seismic retrofits, working as a subconsultant to FEMA, CEA, and the ICC, generating earthquake retrofit standards, and writing books about earthquake retrofitting and wood-framed shear walls. His presentation will focus on how earthquakes damage houses, how to protect against damage, and some…

$45

September Dinner/Zoom Meeting : Residential Earthquake Retrofits with Thor Matteson

Thor Matteson spent the last 15 years of his engineering career designing residential seismic retrofits, working as a subconsultant to FEMA, CEA, and the ICC, generating earthquake retrofit standards, and writing books about earthquake retrofitting and wood-framed shear walls. His presentation will focus on how earthquakes damage houses, how to protect against damage, and some…