Home Inspection Industry Articles
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PEX the “New Polybutylene”
PEX, the new Poly
One easy way to win a home owner’s insurance claim
Has your water damage claim been denied? If you are ever denied on an insurance claim from water damage, there’s one easy way to win against or even prevent a denial of coverage! Your service history, or your maintenance records, of your roof and exterior envelope...
What if a home inspector misses something?
ALL home inspectors will miss something. So what if a home inspector misses something? Well, truth is that ALL home inspectors WILL miss something. Home inspectors know a little bit about a lot of different stuff. Now, if you want to hire 20 different contractors and...
How much does a home inspection cost in Florida?
How much does a home inspection cost? How much should you expect to spend for a home inspection in central Florida? The short answer is between $500 and $800. The real answer is, it depends... what type of inspection you're getting, how big the home is, how old the...
How to choose a home inspector.
A Consumer Awareness Guide for choosing a home inspector that is right for you. 20 questions you should ask.
How to conserve chlorine for pool owners
A great article from Pool Supply Superstore talks about how to conserve chlorine. How to Conserve Chlorine Chlorine is by far the most popular sanitizer used in swimming pools. It is a powerful disinfectant that reliably destroys the bacteria, algae, and other...
The Salt Air Nemesis and Solutions
By Robert Flyer, Innovative Product Suppliers Environmental factors, such as airborne vapors from chemical plants and paper mills, cause substantial damage to HVAC coils each year. In coastal areas, however, the main cause of finned coil damage comes from Mother...
Unexplained intermittent water intrusion explained
In our inspection business, we have used high resolution infrared technology since about 2005. We are eat and sleep inspection junkies and amateur building scientists. So…besides simple home inspections we receive and perform a lot of “we have a water intrusion problem can you help” inspections.
Everything in this house will fail…at some point.
"Everything in this house will fail…at some point" is a modified version of the original “When things go wrong” from Carson Dunlop (https://www.carsondunlop.com/inspection/blog/when-things-go-wrong/). I originally saw this article maybe 20 years ago and it is even...
Mold
Mold has become a huge issue in the real estate game. It was around before we were all born and even mentioned in the Holy Bible! Mold is a loyal subject of the Kingdom Fungi. But what the heck is it good for? Well, unlike mosquitoes and fleas, it decays dead plant...