My favorite is the city inspector had to come back again to complete approval because the first time the HVAC didn't have a tiny little lockable cap that supposedly kept people from getting high on the chemicals inside the HVAC.

The theory goes as the economy moves from expansion to contraction and back again, there are certain sectors of the market you need to be in, e.g. energy, consumer staples, tech, chemicals.

If you look in fields like Chemical/Computer/Petroleum/Civil/other Engineering, I think those people are much more successful at finding jobs, because we need those people more than ever.

If you want to save money and use strong chemicals for pest control of your rentals, contact the agriculture department for your license requirements.

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I would not allow a tenant to maintain/add chemicals to the pool.

While there are a lot of tricks to mask the odor or minimize it, the chemicals within the paint are actually off-gassing and will continue to do so for some time.

You need to be careful that you let tenants know because some people are very sensitive when it comes to using chemicals.

Often you have the ability to check for previous fires, chemical issues and ambulance transports.

The reason for using shellac over other chemicals (paint, polyurethane, etc) is because the pores are small enough in shellac to prevent the odor molecules from finding their way through.Although this has always worked on my projects, it's possible that yours is bad enough that this won't get rid of all of the smell.