Happy New Year! I’m delighted to share our Top 20 Home Inspection Photos. I’ve been compiling our top photos of the year since 2011, meticulously pouring over all of the...Read More
The average home inspection fee in Minnesota is $438. This is based on a price survey of all the home inspectors we could find in Minnesota. We conducted this survey...Read More
This is a re-blog from two years ago with more details. I continue to get emails and messages from home inspectors and homeowners with questions about high-efficiency furnace venting details,...Read More
Water heater manufacturers tell you to remove and inspect the anode rod yearly, but seriously, who does this? Nobody! An anode rod is big stick of aluminum, magnesium, or zinc...Read More
While I was teaching about chimney inspections to a group of home inspectors in Maryland last week, one of the inspectors in the audience asked me a technical question. Do...Read More
Never skip the home inspection, even if the house is brand new. I don’t care what the builder tells you; you need a home inspection. There’s too much at stake,...Read More
If you’re like me, you were raised to never (EVER!) turn on a garbage disposer without first running water down the sink. Just a few seconds of this dastardly deed...Read More
I’m frequently asked about nasty-looking vertical cracks in wood deck posts. Is this a problem? Is the deck going to fail? How big of a crack is too big of...Read More
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