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Crawlspace Foundation Cracks and Leaks
House crawlspace is one of those critical areas, which can either make our lives better or more miserable. The tendency for home owners is to completely forget about it so long as the home inspector doesn’t bring the subject to the surface.…
Sell Home Fast – Preparing a House for Sale
From the home inspector’s point of view there is always a VERY different approach to the meaning of this title phrase than from the seller’s position. And for a very simple reason – “we” (the property owners) tend to forget about…
Roof / Attic Ventilation Inspection
This is a very extensive topic, so please use reference links to my other posts, especially if everything is new for you and you really want to do most of the inspector's work.
The house roof / attic needs to be ventilated for its own…
Chimney Inspection | Home Inspector Tips
House chimney inspection
No climbing on and leaning the ladder against your chimney stack while performing chimney inspection!
You are going to start chimney inspection by examining its structure from the ground. Depending on…
Roof and Gutters inspection
Roof - the safest way to inspect it would be ... to hire a licensed roofing contractor (from the ground of course), and sometimes, it will be the only possible way without using some special equipment or a combination of ladders. Don't…
Home Pre-Inspection – the new real estate trend or … wishful thinking?
Being a home inspector puts me in an awkward position for writing this post because I don’t want it to sound like a commercial about me. But, let me assure you that (at least in this case) I'll let you be the judge. In 10 years of my home…