home inspection: Baker Home Inspection Eyes For Today Hot Water Tank (Part 2) - 01/31/09 04:02 PM
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Inspection of a Home Hot Water Tank
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home inspection: An important part of living green! Claremont, New Hampshire - 06/01/08 03:08 AM
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You and your family should enjoy the outdoors
A very important part of living in a green home is to appreciating why you went to all the effort to create a home that … (45 comments)
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home inspection: Some strategies for avoiding moisture problems in your home - 05/31/08 11:41 PM
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Eliminate moisture sources in your home, by never drying firewood indoors.
It's also not good to have too many houseplants in the living areas of your home.
Install quiet bathroom fans and be … (25 comments)
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home inspection: Home Comfort without cooling the air - 05/31/08 10:53 PM
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When useing air conditioning in your home, you shouls keep in mind that comfort is what you and your family is after, and not a specific air temperature. To help reduce your air … (20 comments)
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home inspection: You may have a Claim to Receive Benefits - 05/26/08 09:08 PM
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If you own a home or other structure that has Polybutylene Plumbing was used in it.
You just may be eligible to receive benefits from a Class Action Settlement, thats been approved by … (10 comments)
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home inspection: Common Defects that can be found in a Steam Heating System/ Homebuyers - 05/24/08 10:22 PM
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The radiators are pitched the wrong way
The radiator's air vent has been painted or dirt has plugged it
The radiator supply valve is leaking
The radiator is not located on an … (2 comments)
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home inspection: A little on Siding on a home: New Hampshire / Vermont - 05/21/08 10:19 PM
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No matter how much a contractor or a salesperson trys to persuade you that siding is perfect, there's just no such thing as the perfect siding. All of them have advantages and disadvantages, … (3 comments)
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home inspection: Potentential Cross Connection Problem with Well Heads: New Hampshire / Vermont - 05/19/08 10:26 PM
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One common problem is when the top of a well casing has been cut below the ground lvel and buried. When this has been done it's just about impossible to get a good … (3 comments)
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home inspection: Laundry tub faucet with a hose hook up on it: New Hampshire / Vermont - 05/18/08 09:36 PM
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The laundry room faucet is another hose hook up connection that typically gets overlooked by Town, city and county inspector's. Such a faucet with a large tub underneath it can easily become a … (7 comments)
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home inspection: Cross-Connecection, Yard Faucet's - 05/17/08 11:47 PM
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The most commonly ignored cross-connection, is the yard faucet point.
It has the lower end of it buried in the ground, there could be one out next to the barn to supply water … (5 comments)
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home inspection: Cross-Connections, Part 1: New Hampshire / Vermont - 05/17/08 08:22 PM
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One way folk's can get typhoid is by it being spread by sewage contaminating their water used for drinking or to wash their food and dishes. Typhoid is one os several water transmitted diseases … (2 comments)
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home inspection: Cross-Connections - 05/17/08 01:51 AM
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You may be asking just what is a cross-connection.
It's a physical connection from something that contains potable water to something that holds nonpotable water. This gives you the potential for water … (6 comments)
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home inspection: Bath Tubs with a fill spout inside the tub - 05/14/08 09:37 PM
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On some old fashion bath tubs, the fill spout is located inaide the bath tub. The problem with this, is that you don't have the required 1 inch gap between the spout and the … (30 comments)
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home inspection: If You have a Spring Fed Water Source: New Hampshire / Vermont - 05/13/08 02:15 PM
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The idea of having pure spring water fed into your home can be an appealing one for sure, but it is not without it's potential drawbacks. Spprings can be relatively easy to contaminate, as … (15 comments)
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home inspection: A little on What can cause cracks in Foundations! - 05/11/08 09:45 PM
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There are a number of reasons way foundation walls get cracke in them. The following are just a few of the reasons for them.
Exterior water pressure on … (13 comments)
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home inspection: If You are Buying a Home with a Private Sewer System: New Hampshire / Vermont - 05/08/08 09:07 PM
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First Time Home Buyer's and Home Buyer's, Here are some things to do and not to do, for a private sewer system.
Do
Have the cesspool pumped out on an annual basis.
Have the … (13 comments)
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home inspection: Some of the defects that I have found with warm air systems! - 05/07/08 09:25 PM
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These are just a few of the deficiencies and defects, that I have found in warm air systems.
The fan belt is loose or damaged.
The filter is dirty, it's missing, loose or sometimes it's damaged.
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home inspection: Where dose your Water Source come from! First Time Home Buyer's - 05/06/08 09:42 PM
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One of the things your Home Inspector should let you know about is the water source for the home you are looking at to buy.
In a city, the water source is taken for … (5 comments)
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home inspection: Why you should select Baker Home Inspection and Consulting! - 05/04/08 08:46 PM
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I am professionally trained, I have been Certified in Home Inspections by two of the Top Schools in the U.S.
I have done over a 1000 Home Inspections.
Most of the Home Inspection Societys that a Home Inspector can join only require … (2 comments)
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home inspection: How Baker Home Inspectin and Consulting, can help you Part 1, New Hampshire - 05/03/08 11:14 PM
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A Home Inspection in New Hampshire gives the potential buyer and their Real Estate Agent,( hopefully you are useing a Buyer's only Agent), the tools needed to make an informed decision about the condition of … (4 comments)
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