⚛ Field notes
THE BLOG
The written companion to the show. Each article is a deeper dive on something Kris explored on YouTube — same subject, longer-form, more sources, more time to read.
Field Notes
Three HVAC Failures That Keep Showing Up
A home inspector breaks down three recurring HVAC installation and maintenance failures — each one silently working against the house.
Field Notes
Four Panel Failures That Could Have Burned the House Down
A working inspector breaks down four real electrical field finds — amateur splices, wrong screws, and live wood — and what each one risks.
Field Notes
What a hot attic is actually telling you
Sap dripping from pine rafters, cooked shingles, and three roof failure points that show up on every problem inspection.
Science
Why mold actually grows where it does
The chemistry of cellulose, the physics of dew points, and why your bathroom is a fungus playground.
The Strange
The 100-year-old houses that refuse to die
Why pre-WWII construction outlasts modern spec homes, and the building science behind it.
Field Notes
The breaker box horror movie
A history of American residential wiring, told one electrocution at a time.