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Reuben Saltzman

Top 20 Home Inspection Deck Photos

While writing my blog post about how to inspect your own deck, I stumbled across a ridiculous amount of crazy deck photos. I have to share them. Please enjoy our...
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How to Inspect Your Own House, Part 9: The Air Conditioner

Most single-family homes in Minnesota have a split system air conditioner. This consists of a big boxy-looking thing with a fan that sits outside the house, which is connected to...
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How to Inspect Your Own House, Part 8: The Furnace

While a thorough furnace inspection is best left to a pro, there are a few basic things that homeowners can inspect to help prevent safety and operational problems. To inspect your...
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How To Inspect Your Own House, Part 7: Protect Your Water by Preventing Cross-Connections

The most important job of any plumbing system is to deliver clean water and to keep that water clean from sewage and other contaminants.  This makes up the first and...
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How to Inspect Your Own House, Part 6: Plumbing

If it’s leaking, fix it. The end. But seriously, today I’ll share some home inspection tips and tricks that homeowners can use to identify plumbing problems. Start by getting a...
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Are walk-through consultations ethical? Yes.

Earlier this month I discussed the unfortunate trend of home buyers skipping the home inspection in order to make their offers more attractive in an incredibly competitive real estate market....
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How to Inspect Your Own House, Part 5: Electrical

For this mega-series in DIY home inspections, I started with the inspection of almost everything on the outside of the home. I covered roofs, chimneys, water management, siding, and everything...
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How To Inspect Your Own House, Part 4: The Rest of the Exterior

In last week’s blog post I gave advice about homeowner siding inspections, based on the most popular types of siding in the Twin Cities. For this week’s post, I’ll cover the things...
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