Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin has been in over 20000 crawl spaces. He has seen a lot in his over 15 years of being a home inspector in Charlotte NC. He has seen damage to crawl spaces and crazy repairs. By far the most damage done to crawl spaces is done by water and termites. Termites come from the ground and have to return to the ground for moisture. There are several ways or attempts to stop termites. Some work and some don’t. On theing that they used to use back in the 1950′s and 1960′s is the termite sheild. The termite sheild was this sheet metal sheild that went over the top of the foundation. It was thought that the termites tunneling up from the ground would hit the sheild and then stop. It was a nice idea but it didn’t work. Termite will either find the seam or just tunnel around the sheild like they did in this picture here. If you need a termite inspection or a home inspection and are considering moving to Charlotte, Waxhaw, Monroe, Gastonia, or Lake Norman give Home Inspection Carolina a try.
Preston Sandlin and Home Inspection Carolina have providing thorough quality home inspections in the Charlotte NC area for over 15 years.Preston has a masters’ degree in Education and has taught Home Inspection classes for years.He also is a certified infrared thermographer.Home Inspection Carolina hasbeen on TV many times and has a Charlotte Home Inspector radio show .So you are in need of a home inspection in Charlotte NC, Gastonia NC, Weddington NC, Mooresville NC, Fort Mill SC or Rock Hill SC call Home Inspection Carolina (704) 542-6575.
Charlotte home inspector Chip Sprague got quite a surprized when he did his inspection off Rocky River Rd today near Concord NC. He was performing his normal routine checking along the crawl space foundation wall when out pops this large king snake who was not to happy to have an intruder in his crawl space. Chip said after he regained his composure to get his camera out and take a picture the snake was about 7ft long and about 2-3 inches in diameter at his thickest. Chip said “You know that thing they alows say about them being more afraid of you then you are of them? Well that’s a lie” The potential buyers say they are not moving forward on this deal until Critter Control has come out and freed the crawl space of any and all snakes and screens are put on the crawl space vents.
Preston Sandlin and Home Inspection Carolina have providing thorough quality home inspections in the Charlotte NC area for over 15 years.Preston has a masters’ degree in Education and has taught Home Inspection classes for years.He also is a certified infrared thermographer.Home Inspection Carolina hasbeen on TV many times and has a Charlotte Home Inspector radio show .So you are in need of a home inspection in Charlotte NC, Gastonia NC, Weddington NC, Mooresville NC, Fort Mill SC or Rock Hill SC call Home Inspection Carolina (704) 542-6575.
Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin was inspecting a home in Weddington NC when he found active termites in a stump underneath the rear deck. The space under the deck is considered part of the crawl space. If you have a deck be sure to keep it free of wood and debris including firewood. Also if you add a deck be sure to remove trees and stumps like the one you see in this picture. Unfortuanately this home owner did not rmove this stump out from under the deck and now they will be faced with a rather expensive termite treatmeant after the home inspection.
Preston Sandlin and Home Inspection Carolina have providing thorough quality home inspections in the Charlotte NC area for over 15 years.Preston has a masters’ degree in Education and has taught Home Inspection classes for years.He also is a certified infrared thermographer.Home Inspection Carolina hasbeen on TV many times and has a Charlotte Home Inspector radio show .So you are in need of a home inspection in Charlotte NC, Gastonia NC, Weddington NC, Mooresville NC, Fort Mill SC or Rock Hill SC call Home Inspection Carolina (704) 542-6575.
http://www.homeinspectioncarolina.com Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin was recently on HGTV’s My First Sale. The Cornelius sellers were selling their home to move up and take their kids out of daycare. They had an offer but there was siding issue that the Charlotte home inspector found and there was an issue with the dog next store that kept barking and was a little on the mean side. The first buyers decided not to move forward. I didn’t kill the deal Preston said, It was the dog. Fortunately another buyer came along and bought the house and they weren’t even concerned with the siding issue. http://www.askthecharlotteinspector.com
Charlotte Home Inspector Scott Walker was inspecting a 4 year old home Friday with a sealed crawl space when he found active termites coming up behind the walls of the insulation of the foundation wall. Normally termite treatements involve trenching treating an rodding the inner and outer foundation walls as well as drilling and treating each of the piers with hollow voids. The problem with the sealed crawl are that this type of treatment now becomes impossible without taking down some of the plastic compromising the sealing.
With that being said I have to say I am a big fan of sealed crawl spaces. I have seen hopelessly wet moldy crawl spaces transformed to dry clean safe crawl clean enough to eat off of. Also being a home inspector I would much rather crawl a sealed crawl space much rather than one that was not. There is a downside to the sealed crawl space though. If they get termites it become very hard to treat but it is possible.
Preston Sandlin and Home Inspection Carolina have providing thorough quality home inspections in the Charlotte NC area for over 15 years.Preston has a masters’ degree in Education and has taught Home Inspection classes for years.He also is a certified infrared thermographer.Home Inspection Carolina hasbeen on TV many times and has a Charlotte Home Inspector radio show .So you are in need of a home inspection in Charlotte NC, Gastonia NC, Weddington NC, Mooresville NC, Fort Mill SC or Rock Hill SC call Home Inspection Carolina (704) 542-6575.
Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin was inspecting a home in Weddington NC when he noticed the doors to the unfinished attic area were hollow and does not have insulation. hes is causing the energy costs for the house to be way more than it needs to be. All doors to unfinisd area or to the outdoors from a finished area should be a solid door or insulated.
There are many home inspection companies you can choose from when you need a home inspector in Charlotte NC. Let me tell you why Home Inspection Carolina is your best choice. These guys have over 100 years of combined home inspection and construction experience. They fix the small things like rubbing doors and sticking windows instead of putting them on the home inspection report like other home inspectors. They have a preinspection program designed to help you sell your house by offering you a discount on the inspection and providing you with multiple copies of the report to give out. They also put out a just inspected sign in the yard of your Charlotte NC home. Home Inspection Carolina then sends out a “just inspected” email to their data base. They like to think of it as a premarketing inspection instead of a prelisting inspection.
Two new things that Home Inspection Carolina has started doing are home maintenance videos and customer coupons. They have a large library of home maintenance videos on youtube so they link to these within the appropriate points in the report. They also have established relationships with many vendors and contractors that allow them to give coupons to their home inspection clients. The idea is to provide am entertainment book or citi pass book for new homeowners. These are just some of the benefits of using Home Inspection Carolina. If you are buying a home near Charlotte NC call them today.
Charlotte Home Inspector Preston Sandlin uses his infrared camera to show energy loose around a window AC unit. This pictirue was taken in the Winter and you can see the heat (represented by the lighter color escaping around where the AC window unit is installed. We recommend taking this window unit at least during the Winter months.
Preston Sandlin and Home Inspection Carolina have providing thorough quality home inspections in the Charlotte NC area for over 15 years.Preston has a masters’ degree in Education and has taught Home Inspection classes for years.He also is a certified infrared thermographer.Home Inspection Carolina hasbeen on TV many times and has a Charlotte Home Inspector radio show .So you are in need of a home inspection in Charlotte NC, Gastonia NC, Weddington NC, Mooresville NC, Fort Mill SC or Rock Hill SC call Home Inspection Carolina (704) 542-6575.
While inspecting a home in in North Charlotte Home Inspection Carolina inspector Preston Sandlin found a girder that had been cut to make way for a toilet drain line. This was really bad because this girder is a double and bears a lot of weight. Now this girder has been seriously compromised. by the person installing this toilet. This is unforgivable.
Preston Sandlin and Home Inspection Carolina have providing thorough quality home inspections in the Charlotte NC area for over 15 years.Preston has a masters’ degree in Education and has taught Home Inspection classes for years.He also is a certified infrared thermographer.Home Inspection Carolina hasbeen on TV many times and has a Charlotte Home Inspector radio show .So you are in need of a home inspection in Charlotte NC, Gastonia NC, Weddington NC, Mooresville NC, Fort Mill SC or Rock Hill SC call Home Inspection Carolina (704) 542-6575.
Charlotte Home Inspector Preston Sandlin was inspecting a home when he found some really bad leak damage. There was a bathroom above this ceiling and theleak had gone on for awhile until it actually came throught the ceiling. If you start to see a leak stain in your ceiling don’t take it lightly as you can see what happens from this video.
If you need home inspection information or you are in need of a great home inspector in the Charlotte, Huntersville, Concord, Fort Mill or Rock Hill areas contact Home Inspection Carolina.They have performed over 23,432 home inspection and will not let you buy the money pit.We have over 100 years of combined home inspection and construction experience.Please give us a call (704) 542-6575
Charlotte Home Inspector Preston Sandlin uses thermal infrared cameras to scan houses during home inspections allowing Home Inspection Carolina to see things that other home inspectors can’t. Take a look at this picture and you can see the cold spots at the top of the wall where energy is being lost. What has happened here is that the insulation has settled causing a cold spot. This could easily be rectifies by drilling a small hole and spraying insulation and thus reducing enery costs. If you getting a home inspection in the near future consider getting a an infrared thermal scan because it show things that can be seen with the naked eye.
If you need home inspection information or you are in need of a great home inspector in the Charlotte, Huntersville, Concord, Fort Mill or Rock Hill areas contact Home Inspection Carolina.They have performed over 23,432 home inspection and will not let you buy the money pit.We have over 100 years of combined home inspection and construction experience.Please give us a call (704) 542-6575
