Malfunctioning Kentucky Radon Mitigation System Video - 02/27/12 08:10 AM
Malfunctioning Kentucky Radon Mitigation System Video
If your Kentucky Radon Mitigation System sounds like a washing machine, it IS NOT running right. (video below)The radon pipe should slope downhill all the way to the ground so that condensation and rain water will go back to the ground.  The company that put the radon mitigation system in this Lexington, KY home obviously doesn't understand the concept.  (No, I won't name names)  The trapped (lowered) area is now full of water.  The manometer shows NO airflow through the system.  This Kentucky radon Mitigation system, video below, is sucking water in the trapped area, … (0 comments)

Kentucky Septic System Inspection? Is it really necessary? Two agents on the hook! - 02/08/12 08:40 PM
Kentucky Home Inspection Info‎ > ‎ Kentucky Septic System Inspection? Is it really necessary?
I don't inspect septic systems. Don't want to. Don't have a pumper truck.  Won't. If I'm doing a Kentucky Home Inspection at a home where there is supposed to be a septic system the client get's the below verbally and in the report.


=======================The house is reported to have a septic system. I don't know. Septic systems are excluded from the visual home inspection as the tank and drain field are buried and I don't possess the necessary equipment (pump truck) to properly empty the … (7 comments)

Are Your Coils Clean?? - 02/04/12 11:50 AM
Are Your Coils Clean??
Can your heating and cooling breath like it's supposed too?  It will if you change your filters regularly.  Do YOU?
When I'm doing a Frankfort, Kentucky Home Inspection, I can't always get to the coils to see them, but I can almost always get my camera into the blower fan compartment to see what conditions are inside the unit.  The blades should be fairly clean.  When I can see the coils they should also look clean, kind of like the fins on your car's radiator.
Obviously, someone wasn't changing their filters on this unit.
This system isn't … (4 comments)

Kentucky Radon - How much is in your home? - 02/02/12 08:21 AM
Kentucky Radon - How much is in your home?
Do you know?  You can't see it, smell it, taste it or feel it.  BUT, it's there.
Is there enough of it that you need to have a Kentucky Radon Mitigation system installed?
Are you familiar with Radon.  The short video below explains Radon - The Facts and Solutions
A Double Click on the video opens it full screen.
 

 
If you'd like to have me test your home, please call me at 859-797-3873.
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