Your home inspection is non-invasive I don't think a lot of sellers would be happy if a prospective home buyer (or his/her home inspector), cut holes in the walls or…
And what does "Attic Bypass" mean? As a home inspector in the Stillwater, MN area, I consider the attic to be a major source of information about the house. I…
Here's a list of everything we absolutely know about sump pumps; No pump lasts forever. That's it. We can probably guess that when (not if) a sump pump fails, there will…
Concrete/asbestos mixture was used for furnaces and chimneys Asbestos was seen as an affordable and strong building material that was phased out around 1980. The resistance to heat transference, strength…
Okay, vent caps are not exciting. But chimney fires are. As a home inspector, I feel like the line between telling the customer that something is important and scaring them…
I understand that space is tight, especially in a townhome. At an inspection, I always get up on the roof. Always. Except for when I can't. Like when the roof…
Why doesn't my bathroom vent work? Geeze, I don't know. That's a little like calling a mechanic and asking "How much will it cost to fix my car?" But I…
How are you going to work the term "trap suckout" into a discussion? Those pipes that stick straight up from the roof are called plumbing vents. Depending on the age…
A solution for a problem you didn't know you had! As a home inspector in the Stillwater, MN area, I look in attics as part of the inspection. There is…
If only all of my problems were this easy to solve! As a home inspector in the Stillwater, MN area, I get on the roof. Always. (Okay, sometimes I can't,…