As a home inspector you never take anything for granted. I recently inspected a 3,200 sq. ft. house built in 2004. It was very nice looking with a lot of upgrades. On the surface I'm sure many would think there could hardly be anything wrong with it.There was an attic in the garage that had pa
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03/25/2008
Why would a licensed contractor hire a home inspector? I thought being a contractor automatically qualified you to be a home inspector?Well, last week I was hired by a licensed contractor for a home inspection. You see he specializes in paving roads and parking lots. So he hired me to inspect
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03/24/2008
Twas the day of the home inspection and all through the housenot a creature was stirringnot even a mouse (he already left his mess in the insulation in the attic).The buyer was nestled all snug in their thoughtsthinking and planning where to put all the furniture that will be bought.The home insp
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03/18/2008
I've heard that some home inspectors don't go in attics or crawlspaces and don't walk on roofs. Now don't get me wrong, there may be a safety issue which prevents this, that's fine, but as my normal routine, I enter attics, crawlspaces and walk on roofs. Here's an example of why it's important.
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03/18/2008
It seems like every time we hear "going green" it seems to entail spending a lot of "green" to get there. Many of these new and innovative ideas are great, but do you have thousands of dollars stuffed under your mattress to pay for them? So you don't have the "green" to "go green?" Then this i
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03/12/2008
I've heard this before, luckily not too often. But every once in a while you get someone who used $$One-Fifty-One$$ Buck Chuck (as I call them) for their last home inspection and they wonder how an inspection can take so long. I'll use an example from yesterdays home inspection to shed the lig
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03/11/2008
We're in a down market. Houses aren't selling. The mortgage needs to be paid. The kids want this and that and the other thing. My wife wants me to do this. I don't have enough time to blog. Etc, etc, etc.Sometimes we go through life focusing on the negative or what we don't have. But them
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03/11/2008
Now you have to say the title of this post like Jim Carrey did in the movie "The Mask." Smooookin' That's they only way to get the true effect.Sometimes items that need correction are very simple, yet the danger if they aren't are very serious. I saw this the other day while inspecting a pool
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03/10/2008
Well hopefully your chimney doesn't. I see this all the time. It's a chimney without a rain cap or spark arrestor. Here's what one looks like.Without this an ember from the fireplace can go up the chimney and land on the roof or nearby vegetation and cause a fire. Also, rain can enter the chim
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03/09/2008
Oh, I guess it's that big fish tank in the wall.I came across this yesterday at a home inspection and just had to take a picture. I thought it was pretty creative and neat looking. Unfortunately I'm not a certified fish tank inspector :-)You just never know what you might come across out there,
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03/09/2008
