Pent Roofs — An Endangered Species

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

By William Kibbel, Old House Inspector Never heard of a pent roof? That’s okay, my spell check doesn’t even recognize it.  They were rather common on the early homes around my area.  Now they’re almost extinct. A pent roof is a small single-slope roof that is attached to a house just above ...

Old House Has Community Seeing Pink (and Purple)

Friday, August 15th, 2008

By William Kibbel, Old House Inspector There’s a quaint late 19th century town not far from my home. I’ve inspected a lot of the old homes there and some really cool old shops and manufacturing buildings. My wife loves driving through it and seeing the really well preserved historic buildings. It’s ...