Bill Kibbel

Bill Kibbel

Contributing Writer
Bill Kibbel is a contributing writer and review editor for The Old House Web. Bill is an inspector and consultant that specializes in historic buildings with Tri-County Inspections . He has inspected more than 10,000 buildings between 100 and 350 years old and has been a consultant to historic sites in several States. Bill is a veteran old-house owner and restorer and has been contributing to OHW since 2001. For a full list of Bill's columns visit The Home Inspector in our How-To Advice section. Bill welcomes questions for possible future blog posts and articles. You may contact him at wkibbel(at)oldhouseweb.com
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Bill Kibbel
Dec
11

Ten Minutes Could Save Two Grand

By: Bill Kibbel, Contributing Writer
In: Garden and Lawncare, home improvement tips, old house inspection
That’s two-thousand dollars in water damage from a frozen pipe that burst.  That’s in addition to the $250.00 for the repair of the pipe. I see this at least once each year.  This year I’m seeing it a lot more than usual, since a majority of the homes I inspect are vacant, and many are bank owned.  I’m not talking about homes that have no heat or windows missing.  I’m talking ...

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Bill Kibbel
Dec
01

Dutch Colonial Homes Part 2

By: Bill Kibbel, Contributing Writer
In: Old House History, house styles, obsolete design elements, old house construction, old house inspection, old house terminology
In a previous post, I discussed a significant structural feature of many early Dutch homes that resulted in a specific form of house.  Below are some other features that are attributed to early colonial Dutch builders that influenced later home styles. The Fireplace Wall Most colonial 17th, 18th and early 19th century Dutch homes as well as Dutch influenced area homes have a chimney, or two chimneys at the “ends” of the ...

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Bill Kibbel
Nov
21

The Real Dutch Colonial Home Part 1

By: Bill Kibbel, Contributing Writer
In: Old House History, house styles, old house construction, old house inspection, old house terminology
Every house that I’ve inspected, listed as a “Dutch Colonial”, has had very little in common with homes built by the Dutch in colonial America.  They were all actually colonial revival homes, built during the first 40 years of the 20th century, that had gambrel (double-pitched, barn-like) roofs. I’ve had the opportunity to inspect  several actual colonial homes that were originally built by Dutch settlers in the 17th and 18th centuries.  ...

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