Inspections

Fall maintenance checklist for Minnesota homeowners

Fall is here, but it already feels like winter. This blog post is coming a day earlier than scheduled due to the snowstorm that’s in the forecast for tomorrow! If...
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Q&A: “What causes black stains on my walls along the stud lines?”

I frequently receive this same question: what causes those black verticals stains on walls along the stud lines? To make it short and sweet, the answer is soot, and it’s...
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Cisterns and abandoned rainleaders

Have you ever noticed those big cast-iron pipes sticking up out of the ground in various places around the outside of old houses? They’re old rainleaders. They took rainwater from...
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Do I need an inspection to sell my house?

As with most things whether you need an inspection or not depends. INSPECTIONS when selling  a home In our market, Minneapolis and St. Paul both have Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing (TISH) inspection requirements...
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Inspecting Permanent Wood Foundations

After attending a seminar on permanent wood foundations back in 2010, I was turned into a big fan of wood foundations. But I was also convinced that most wood foundations...
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New Toys! I mean flashlights.

It seems like most new flashlights that come out today are simply variations on flashlights that already exist, but every once a while, something a bit new and novel comes...
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Home inspector training advice

Today I’ll share my advice on how to become a home inspector. I blogged on this topic back in 2011, and again in 2016, but things change and it’s time...
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Buying a home with a roof over 15 years old? Heads up.

I’ve been ranting and raving about hail-damaged roofs and how messed-up homeowners insurance is for the past couple of blog posts. While digging into this topic with a number of...
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