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Reuben Saltzman

Siding Choices: Cutting Through the Clutter

Many salespeople that come to your house for a “free in-home estimate” (translation: high pressure sales pitch) will go on to tell you that their product is the best and...
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Photos from New Construction Home Inspections, Part III

“You'd be wasting your money if you hired a home inspector. This is a brand new house that has been inspected dozens of times by the city of Perfectville, and...
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A DIY Test For Furnaces

If a furnace can't pull enough air through the ductwork to dissipate the heat that's created, it will run too hot. Here's an easy inspection procedure that homeowners can conduct...
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Animals, Skeletons, and Creepy Stuff Encountered During Home Inspections

If you've been following our Facebook Page every day for the past four and a half years, you've already seen most of these photos. Halloween seems like a good time...
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An Over-sized Furnace Will Not Heat Your House Better

At my house, we say "Go Big or Go Home." Bigger is better when it comes to a lot of stuff: cookies, snow forts, leaf piles, power tools, computer monitors......
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Top 10 Home Inspection Myths

I hear a lot of the same home inspection myths repeated over and over. I've blogged about most of these, but there are a few topics here that I haven't...
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How To Determine if Makeup Air is Required

There's a general consensus among those 'in the know' that makeup air is needed any time a kitchen exhaust fan rated over 300 cfm is installed, however, that's not exactly...
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Water Heater Backdrafting, Part 2 of 2: Why It’s Happening and How To Fix It

Last week I blogged about how to determine if a water heater is backdrafting; that's the easy part. The tough part is determining why it's happening, and fixing it.
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