Reuben's Home Inspection Blog
Home inspection topics in the Minneapolis / Saint Paul area.
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2009
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For the last two weeks I’ve blogged about HRVs. In part one, I covered what HRVs are for and how they operate. For part two, I covered HRV maintenance and operation. Today I’ll discuss installation defects.The most common defect I find with HRVs is that they were never balanced. When HRVs are in...
12/28/2009
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Last week I blogged about why houses need HRVs. This week I'll write about maintenance and operation of HRVs, and I'll try to cover the stuff you should know if you own one. The information in this blog is general - every manufacturer will have their own set of instructions and their own maint...
12/22/2009
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Many months ago I wrote a blog about how houses can often have moisture problems when old furnaces are replaced with high efficiency furnaces. The fix that I mentioned at the end of the blog was to install a Heat Recovery Ventilator, or HRV. The character in that blog finally got around to inst...
12/14/2009
I've heard some pretty outrageous claims from window replacement companies. The most common 'hook' for selling replacement windows is that you'll get a Return On Investment (ROI) because of all the money you'll save on your heating bills. In the real world, the idea that you could ever come c...
12/07/2009
If you're in the market to buy a fixer-upper home in Saint Paul, there's no need to be afraid of registered vacant buildings - at least not most of them. There are three categories of registered vacant buildings - Category 1, 2, and 3. Category 1 properties are pretty simple; the new owner si...
11/30/2009
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Home inspection topics in the Minneapolis / Saint Paul area.