Asphalt Shingle Roof A roof is one of the most expensive components of a home. Hundreds of different materials have been used as roofing material from sticks to plastic, and grass to glass. When you are looking for a home you need to know what type of roofing material is installed if it was installed correctly, and […]

Whether you are thinking of doing repairs around the house, or if you are buying a house that has been “refurbished”, you need to know what permits are required.  Permits are required to ensure that a house is safe. If you are changing the structure, or moving water, gas or electrical, you may very well […]

Keep Your Air Clean and Healthy One common household maintenance item that is often overlooked is the air filter for the heating/AC system. We find this all the time on home inspections. Some homeowners don’t know where the filter is, and others have no idea that it requires regular replacement. Some people are under the impression […]

Your Best Defense is Proper Planning As fire season closes in on us, now is a good time to review or create your family’s disaster plan. If you are prepared, your family can avoid much of the heartache that affects some families when faced with turmoil. When we perform your inspection, your safety is our […]

Simple tips to extend the life of your food waste disposer There are a few misconceptions about disposers. First, they are not “Garbage Disposers”. They are “Food Waste Disposers”. You would be surprised at what we sometimes find in the disposer which prevents it from working. For some reason, we find a lot of rocks […]

Checking your own house periodically can prevent disasters Home inspectors use all of their senses when inspecting a house. An experienced inspector can draw several conclusions within the first few minutes of a home inspection. Actually, as soon as we pull up to a house, we can pretty well determine what we are in for. […]

Ever since the first indoor plumbing system was installed, homeowners have had to deal with leaks. Early drain lines were made from metal, often by black smiths, out of lead, steel or brass. Little was known about hydrolics, venting, or drainage. But indoor plumbing was seen as such an advancement in sanitation that people put […]

We are starting a series of short videos to show you easy, do it yourself repairs that can save you substantial money and avoid damage to your house. The first video in the series shows you how to clear a slow-running bathroom sink drain. Slow drains are a frequent occurence. It is one of the […]