Realtors usually prescribe the following renovations as they will most likely yield profit greater than their cost: Fix up instead of replacing. Refinishing a cabinet is cheaper than replacing it. Re-glaze bath tubs and sinks to prolong usage and save the cost of...

Bats in the attic can be a common issue to find on a home inspection, but bats can present a danger to health. This is because of the diseases that they can carry. As a main example, rabies is the biggest problem with bats in the United States. In terms of all the...

Lightning Rods -Designed to guide electricity away from the home, protection systems can be useful. Typically, they will attempt to direct electricity to a non-conducting part of a structure. If you are unsure, be sure to contact a lightning rod professional and...

Often times on a home inspection a home will have a high efficiency heating unit, like the one in the picture to the left. But in that picture we see something that is often missing - the air intake. High efficiency heating units have a separate pipe that takes in...

Do you have copper piping in your home? Then you are in good company. The majority of Americans have copper pipes, regardless of the age of your home. For decades copper piping has been used for water supply lines in the home, and for a time it was popular for drain...

CO detectors are by far one of the most important safety items in your home. Too often on a home inspection do you find that there are no CO detectors at all. Or just as bad, they have one, but it is missing batteries, or is not mounted, or even in a drawer. But why...

Sometimes when I am on a home inspection I see some strange things. While caulking on a drain pipe is not the strangest thing I have ever seen, it is something that I wanted to use as an object lesson. As we look at the picture to the left, we see that someone...

Have you ever seen a crack in a poured foundation and wondered "is that bad?". Then you are not alone. If you browse the internet and watch a lot of HGTV, then you would likely see that many people think that every crack means that the house is going to fall down,...