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home inspection maintenance tips: Home Maintenance Tip SAFETY - SMOKE DETECTORS - 02/08/12 10:23 AM

Home Maintenance Tip - Smoke Detectors

It always surprises home inspectors that one of the primary safety items is often overlooked, smoke detectors. These warning devices could save your life or the life of a loved one.

According to Today's Texas Standards of Practice, smoke detectors should be installed near the ceiling in bedrooms and each adjacent hallway. There should also be one at each story of the home, one in the kitchen and one in the garage.

In newer homes, the smoke detectors are interconnected so that if one goes off, they all go off. Often in … (3 comments)

home inspection maintenance tips: Home Inspection Maintenance Tips - Mechanical Exhaust Vents - 02/01/12 10:12 AM

Home Inspection Maintenance Tips - Mechanical Exhaust Vents
Before about 2005, many home builders vented mechanical exhaust vents such as bathroom and utility room vents directly into the attic space. This was an accepted practice for many years.

Experience and advances in home building have taught home builders that the old practice of venting mechanical vents into the attic space sends the moist, humid air from these areas directly into the attic. Adding moisture to the attic space is now known to create problems over time such as damaged insulation and moisture damaged roof decking not to mention the impacts … (1 comments)

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