Archive for August, 2010
Keeping your Children Safe during Playtime
When I decided to become a home inspector, I got into a habit of inspecting things everywhere I went. I honestly cannot help myself anymore, it’s just what I do. Being a father and just loving kids in general, I started noticing things when I would go to playgrounds in the Arlington, Mansfield and Burleson [...]
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning-is your Family Safe
If you have fuel burning appliances in your home, you owe it to your family to have CO detectors installed. Carbon monoxide detectors are great devices to use when fuel-burning appliances are used in the home. They can be very useful for keeping watch on the CO levels in the home. Carbon monoxide (CO) can [...]
Federal Pacific Electrical Panels
Article came out in the Dallas paper to aware homeowners about these defective panels. These panels can be located anywhere around the Dallas/Fort Worth areas. These panels have been around for sometime. Some have not had any issues YET. I’ve reported on many of these panels to be replaced during home inspections in Arlington, Fort [...]
Homeowner Tips on Saving Energy
Being a Fort Worth and Dallas area home inspector has taught me some simple methods homeowners can perform to help reduce your energy bills. Homeowners can easily conduct a simple home energy audit for themselves to find and repair obvious issues. With a simple walk-through, you can spot many problems within the house. Locating Air [...]
Is your A/C Duct Leaking
Fort Worth Dallas Home Inspector on Leaking A/C Ducts. Central heating and cooling systems use an air distribution or duct system to circulate heated and/or cooled air to all the conditioned rooms in a house. Even when properly designed, duct systems must be installed correctly to be efficient, maintain uniform temperatures throughout the house, operate [...]
Cleaning and Maintaining your Jetted Tub
I recently performed my routine maintenance on the jacuzzi tub we have in the master bath. I thought I would share some of the tips I’ve picked up during my home inspection career. I’m always seeking to better my knowledge on questions that may come up during one of my home inspections. All whirlpool bathtubs have [...]
Caring for your Landscaping during Heat Wave
During the hot Texas summer heat waves, all our hard work from the spring can go right out the window on our lawn and landscapes. Extra care needs to be done in order to keep the plants in our landscapes alive during the summer and especially during a heat wave. Here are some tips to [...]
