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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Snowy home inspection in Springfield Ohio
Today I had a home inspection in Springfield Ohio. It was a snowy day and as a result the roof was able to the walked on. It was an old two story home with a tall attic so the upper roof was quite high. Too risky to even try especially in icy conditions.
Situations like this is the reason why I use cameras for my home inspection that have good zoom capabilities. With the camera I can zoom in and take a close look at the flashing around the chimney and see that it was done wrong.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Snow is now here
With the arrival of the snow comes difficulty with inspecting roofs. With snow and ice walking on the roof as part of the regular home inspection becomes too dangerous.
Home buyers understand the difficulty and no one has ever expected that I risk my life climbing an icy roof. What normally happens if the roof is snow or ice covered is that I inspect what I can and then offer to walk the roof once the conditions are safer.
I did have an inspection in the morning however since it began snowing the night before the buyer asked to reschedule the inspection for the following day in the hopes that the snow conditions will be more favorable for my walking on the roof.
Home buyers understand the difficulty and no one has ever expected that I risk my life climbing an icy roof. What normally happens if the roof is snow or ice covered is that I inspect what I can and then offer to walk the roof once the conditions are safer.
I did have an inspection in the morning however since it began snowing the night before the buyer asked to reschedule the inspection for the following day in the hopes that the snow conditions will be more favorable for my walking on the roof.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Home inspection finds in 2011
Pretty much each year I look through and try to remember some of the more interesting photos and finds of the past year. This took a bit more effort this year due to a laptop crash that contained my selections up through the year in my hopes of speeding the process up. Oh well..... it was a good idea to gather a few throughout the year. Without delay here are a few of the top/interesting home inspection finds in 2011.Top Home Inspection Finds 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Powell Ohio home Inspection for Canadian Buyers
Yesterday I did a Powell Ohio home inspection for a family moving from Canada. It always fascinates me as to how people locate me and how how nearly everyone is a phone call or two away from nearly everyone else.
One thing this family wanted was a radon test. I do not personally do these so I set it up for them at the agents request. I am getting billed by the radon testing company for this so I merely passed that same amount to the buyer. It cost me only the time of a few phone calls so I felt no need to add onto that amount.
Nice family, I wish them well.
One thing this family wanted was a radon test. I do not personally do these so I set it up for them at the agents request. I am getting billed by the radon testing company for this so I merely passed that same amount to the buyer. It cost me only the time of a few phone calls so I felt no need to add onto that amount.
Nice family, I wish them well.
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