One of my worst days as a home inspector was the day I flooded a second-floor bathtub. I found out about it when my client asked me why there was...Read More
When should the ground and neutral wires be separated at a subpanel? It depends. First, what’s a subpanel? In my words, a subpanel is an electrical panel wired downstream from...Read More
When conducting a short-term radon test, should the air exchanger be running or not? Great question. I’ve heard it argued both ways. If a home is designed to have an...Read More
How effective are intumescent firestop collars? Joe, Matt, and I used a friend’s Not a Flamethrower to find out. The testing was fun and enlightening. How does this relate to...Read More
If you’re having a new home built, when should you have the home inspection? What type of home inspections should be done? We get asked these questions a lot. There...Read More
Should you get a home inspection on a new construction home? When a home is new, everything should be perfect, right? The builder will follow all of the manufacturer’s instructions,...Read More
This is a guest blog post by Silas Murphy-Ellis, owner of Murphy Home Inspection in Portland Oregon. Water in the crawlspace is an issue we see in homes all too often. To the...Read More
When a deck is attached to brick veneer, something probably went wrong. Not necessarily, not 100% of the time, but probably. As home inspectors, this is definitely something that we...Read More
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