The rest of this site is about buildings. This page is about the
person who keeps climbing on top of them. Thirty-five years of
crawlspaces will do things to a man — mostly good things, and at
least one skateboard.
Backpacking
Long walks with a heavy pack. It turns out a man who checks
roofs for a living also likes to sleep under none.
Skateboarding
Still rolling. The knees have filed several complaints, all of
them overruled.
Fishing & food
Salmon under the Golden Gate when the season is right, and a
standing appointment with whatever the local kitchens are doing.
The evidence
Photographs from the job, from the boat, and from wherever the phone
happened to be pointing. Captions by a friend who was allowed to be
honest.
The office. Corner view, no elevator.Roof · Bay Area
Every roof gets a wave. Most of them wave back.Flat roof · San Francisco
The crawlspace hatch. Where the truth lives, and occasionally a
spider.Under a kitchen
Shadow inspection: no defects found. Posture: excellent.Somewhere sunny
The uniform: Inspect.Net shirt, flashlight on the hip, jeans
that have seen some attics.Job-site mirror
Mirror check. The mirror passed. Two of the fixtures did
not.Master bath · mid-inspection
Dust is data.After the attic
Saturday haul: three bags of concrete and a salad.
Balance.Trunk · Hayward
Skate shop, youth program. Jeff: honorary youth since
1986.San Francisco
Fishing with friends. Limit: two fish. Opinions:
unlimited.Under the Golden Gate
Not Jeff. But Jeff would like the record to show he was
there.Salmon season
Inspection day. Masks on, questions welcome, coffee
optional.With clients
The serious part: the same person shows up to your inspection
— curious, thorough, and happy to explain what he's looking at.
See the field work
