Inspections

How is your deck attached to the building?

May is National Deck Safety Month, so I'm going to start off this month by writing about the most common cause of deck collapses - improper attachment to building.
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Improper Shingle Nailing = Defective Installation

The manufacturers of asphalt shingles give specific instructions on how to fasten shingles, and they're all pretty much the same. Unfortunately, following those instructions seems to be a difficult thing...
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What Temperature Should You Set Your Water Heater To? It’s Complicated.

What's the best temperature to set your water heater to? There's no single great answer. The American Society of Sanitary Engineering Scald Awareness Task Group recently released a white paper...
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Ionization vs. Photoelectric Smoke Alarms

The vast majority of smoke alarms in use today are the ionization type... but they're no longer allowed as the only type of residential smoke alarms in Iowa, Vermont, and...
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Chandeliers Above Bath Tubs

Chandeliers above bath tubs are apparently all the rage today. I think this is a great look, but as a home inspector I'm going to be a wet rag and...
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New Construction Attic Defect: Unsealed Tech Tubes

I've been doing a lot of new-construction inspections or one-year warranty inspections on new construction houses, and I've started to notice a new attic bypass that seems to be completely...
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There’s mold in the attic. What now?

If you see black stuff covering or growing on the roof sheathing in your attic, it's probably mold. It's never fun to find out that your house has mold, but...
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This Home Inspector’s Thoughts on Holmes Inspections

Mike inspects the house, agrees there's a problem, tears everything open to show what was done wrong or could have been done better, and then says he'll "make it right".
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