Clearwater Tampa St. Petersburg Home Inspection: April 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010

You Know It's Going to Be a Rough Inspection When . .

Some home inspections are easier than others. Older homes have far more problems than modern homes. Some of them are downright tough. They wear you out. Writing the report takes forever. Certain clues are available to the perceptive inspector that just tell you it’s going to be rough. Today’s home had two such clues.

You know it’s going to be a rough inspection when the nicest object in the house is the crack pipe left behind by the former occupant, and the only staging is a picture of a happy family on the fireplace mantle which was cut out of the card board box for a plasma TV.

It pretty much went downhill from there.

Mark Cramer

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Indian Rocks Beach, FL 33785

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Monday, April 12, 2010

Corrosive Drywall

What homeowners should know about problem drywall

Detection of the problem isn't complicated, but remediation can be pricey

By Amy Hoak, MarketWatch

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- If you've been worried by the federal government's recent advice to homeowners to remove any problem drywall, keep this in mind: If the defective material is in your home, there's a good chance you're aware of it by now. It's detected by the corrosion of copper wiring and other metals, and signs of it pop up fairly quickly.

"A lot of these houses had air conditioner coils that needed replacement in the first six months or year," said Mark Cramer, a home inspector in Indian Rocks Beach, Fla.

Read the full story here: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-homeowners-should-know-about-problem-drywall-2010-04-12