When ever you have block supports under a house or under a deck the blocks should be turned in such a way that the hole are verticle and not sideways. If the block is on its side that is actually the weak part of the block like you see on this picture. This is an impopper support. Check the supports under your deck and under your house to make sure they have a footer and the blocks are turned the right way. If it looks a little off don’t hesitate to call a professional home inspector. If you live in the Charlotte NC area call Home Inspection Carolina (704) 542-6575
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.
In all likelihood when you purchased your home you received a home warranty covering various items in your home, i.e. appliances, roof, air conditioner, plumbing and heating items, possibly your pool/spa etc. If you had a great Realtor® he or she got the seller to pay for the warranty. So here you are nearing the renewal date and questioning if you should renew it or not.
We all know in these economic times coming up with 0 to 0 is a lot of money for many of us. If you indeed did not have to pay for the initial coverage, I doubt that you paid much attention to the cost of your home warranty . Sure you had to pay the – service call if you had one and that probably felt like a pretty good deal, especially if you had something major go wrong like your hot water heater going bad. Perhaps you didn’t have any service calls at all and now you are faced with this renewal expense and there’s a good chance your saying “I don’t think so”.
Now for me, I live in a home that is 10+ years old. Age is definitely a factor to consider. How old are your appliances, the filter motor for your pool, your AC and heat pump, plumbing fixtures, hot water heater, garage door opener, your roof and some of the many other things that a home warranty can cover.
You should also factor in the additional costs of the service calls, they have a way of adding up if you have 3-4 of them in a year. These of course are costs over and above the cost of the warranty itself. Read the fine print of your policy before you renew to be sure the items that you may be concerned about are actually covered. Some of the items you want to be covered are not in the standard policy but are considered “optional coverage” and have additional fees. I have had more than one surprise and found myself very disappointed when I found out the warranty did not cover “that specific” item.
The other thing, as a home owner, you should know that if you don’t have an existing home warranty you can always get one. These companies don’t just cater to the new home buyer of a resale home. You can purchase a home warranty any time, but know that there will be a 30 day waiting period for it to go into effect.
For me, this year I really thought long and hard if I wanted to put out 0 for my renewal. Then I started adding up the what if’s, and again, for me, it made sense. When October 2012 shows up, I’ll be sure to let you know if I made a wise decision.
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.
Charlotte home inspectors Jonathan Buttery and Preston Sandlin Found some moisture damage around the chimney of the house the inspected in South Charlotte NC. There had been some leaking around this chimney for quite a while. The flashing had failed and water had gotten down into the wood. This will need to be repaired.
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.
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.
What is the biggist mistak tha buyers make when purchasing a new home? It is choosing the wrong home inspector and getting stuck with the money pit. So how do you avoid this mistake and choose the wright home inspector?
1. Find out how long the inspector has been in business. A bad home inspector cannot last for long in this business.
3. Find out if your home inspector is a member of a professional organization of home inspectors that has higher education requirements than that of the state government. Some of these are Inter Nachi, NAHI, ASHI and NACHI.
4. See if your home inspector offers a warranty and has insurance.
5. See if your home inspector offer recall check where the check to see if appliances have been recalled and could possible be a fire hazard. Good news is that they can usually be fixed free of charge.
Home Inspection Carolina in Charlotte NC provide all of these and provides peace of mind one house at a time.
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.
