Home Inspection, Repair & Building: Avoiding Problems -Bethel University VT
- ALL AGES
Learn about home-building problems, repair options, and how to avoid these issues when building a new home.
Date and time
Location
White River Valley Middle School
273 Pleasant Street Bethel, VT 05032 United StatesRefund Policy
About this event
- Event lasts 3 hours
- ALL AGES
- Free venue parking
Description
This class is designed for those who have little or no hands-on building experience but are interested in purchasing and/or building a new home. It will include some basic blueprint reading, construction sketching, and terminology.
In the first half of the presentation, we will look for issues in buildings as illustrated in photos of the various problems encountered during actual building inspections. The second half will also use photos and handouts to focus on what is required for quality home construction that will avoid wet basements, cracked foundations, leaky chimneys and roofs, etc. We will also compare the advantages of trusses built on-site with trusses shop-built and delivered to the site.
Facilitator: William Rice, PE, retired
Bill was an on-site civil/structural engineer on large commercial building projects for construction companies in the Boston and New York areas prior to teaching related engineering courses at VTC. After teaching, Bill worked as a builder and renovator on barn and building projects in Vermont and Massachusetts. He also ran a building inspection business.
Session Type: Class
Restrictions or Requirements: Adults
Materials or Prep: None
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About Bethel University - Vermont
Bethel University Vermont (BU) is a free community pop-up university based in Bethel, Vermont, created by the Bethel Revitalization Initiative. We offer free classes and meet-ups by the community, for the community, during the month of March each year. Learn more about Bethel University and check out more free class and event listings at betheluniversityvt.org.
Frequently asked questions
Visit https://betheluniversityvt.org/take-a-class-2/venues/ for directions, venue addresses, bus schedules, and parking info. Free parking is at most venues and downtown. The Tri-Valley Transit offers commuter and weekend routes to White River Valley towns, Montpelier, and the Upper Valley.
Visit https://betheluniversityvt.org/take-a-class-2/venues/ for more detailed info. Most class venues are wheelchair accessible and have accessible parking. Zoom events have captioning. Contact us to request a hearing induction loop or other accommodations; we will help if we can.
BU typically follows White River Valley SU school cancellation policies, but we also may cancel if a professor can’t safely drive or is sick. If a class is postponed or cancelled, we will email students and professors ASAP. Check your email several times on your class day to be sure class is on.
Look in your Eventbrite registration confirmation email, or login if you have an account or the app. You should see a link to change or cancel your registration. If not, email us at betheluniversityvt@gmail.com.
Please register only if you will definitely come. We work really hard to offer these amazing, free classes and we often have wait lists. It’s a big problem when people register and don’t show up. If you register and decide you can’t come, please cancel ASAP.
No, BU is not a formal or accredited university. We are a community pop-up university based in Bethel, Vermont. We give everyone the chance to teach, share, and learn.