I recently had an informative email exchange with a past client that highlighted the discovery of some especially nasty water damage behind the stone siding at her townhome. I was...Read More
This post was originally published in 2012. This is an updated version of that post. Stone siding might be the most problematic siding that we come across as home inspectors....Read More
Take a look around any room full of home inspectors, and you’ll notice we look a lot alike. We are almost all white men with a lot of gray hair....Read More
TISH commonly refers to city-required inspections when a property is sold, also known as point-of-sale inspections. The letters refer to the Truth-in-Sale of Housing report required by Minneapolis and St....Read More
There is zero educational content in this post. It’s all gross or creepy stuff we’ve seen over the past year as home inspectors. Enjoy! This is the remains of a...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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