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OK – Today I’m going to slam out a bunch of dates. These dates are going to be the year and location that GFCI became required. To preface this, GFCI stands for Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter and it’s a device that when installed in your electrical system can prevent electrical shock. I’ve included a photo…
Hey! Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of tankless water heaters and I have to say, I love ‘em! The three big advantages of tankless water heaters are space and energy savings and the theory of unlimited hot water. For those who haven’t see one, they are small boxes that hang on the wall. Here’s…
Hi y’all, I went almost two months without posting any new articles to my blog. I think the reason for this is time and not knowing what to talk about. I mean there are thousands of issues that I could write about, but it’s difficult to think of things that I can write entire articles…
Howdy, Howdy, Howdy! I just had four shots of espresso, so I think I’m ready to do a little talking. For anyone wondering, yes it was my wife’s famous Cuban Coffee I just sent down the ‘ole gullet. Lets talk about Pre-Listing Home Inspections. Summer’s approaching and the housing market is heating up. If you’re…
Howdy folks! It’s been almost two months since my last blog post. Sorry about that! Things have been busy, busy, busy to say the least. I want to get back to writing some good articles for my site. I couple of posts ago, I wrote about Radon and why it’s important to test for it. …
Spring is in the air, the flowers are about to start blooming and the Charlotte real estate market is already booming! A lot of homes I’ve inspected lately have gone under contract the first day they were on the market, and many of them had multiple offers. Huntersville, Mooresville, Concord and Charlotte are all rocking!…
Hi y’all, I’m always asked if folks should have a Radon test done on a house that they’re getting ready to buy. I always say unequivocally, 100% YES!!!! Most people have no idea how dangerous Radon gas really is. It’s the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States and claims the lives…
Hola Y’all, Infrared Thermal Imaging is the new “hot” thing (pun intended) in the home inspection industry. Sadly, most people, heck even most inspectors, don’t know anything about thermal imaging or what an IR camera can do to better protect homeowners and potential homeowners. Home inspections are visual inspections. They are not technically exhaustive. Because…
Howdy y’all, A heat exchanger is a chamber in a furnace that’s responsible for warming the air that heats your house. The chamber capitalizes on the concept of surface area by snaking the path that exhaust has to take, from the time it enters the chamber until it the time it exits. So while a…
Howdy y’all! One of the most common problems I find when inspecting houses are receptacles that have reverse polarity. Reverse polarity is basically where the “hot” wire is connected to the spot on the receptacle where the “neutral” wire should be and the “neutral” wire is connected to the spot where the “hot” wire should…