Wood Destroying Organisms! The phrase alone invokes sheer terror, conjuring up images of black and white B movies about mutant insects on the loose. Unfortunately, they are not as uncommon as you might think, but that doesn't make them any less scary. Termites are perhaps the most common Wood De
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07/27/2011
Safety tags are affixed to products for a reason. Even though they seem common sense. For instance, we were inspecting a home recently, that had an issue with the garage door sensor. We noted the issue and in our report language we explain the danger to children and animals, and reveal the fact
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07/22/2011
The air smells like barbequed goodness as you, with beverage of your choice and assorted side dishes on plate, ready to sit down on the last patio chair. The one that just seems to be sad and lonely without you. As you make your way across the crowded deck, the anticipation of good food and goo
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07/20/2011
http://www.ihihomeinspections.com Look around, take a deep breath, and relax for a moment. Somedays we forget to see what is all around us because we are too busy living in our heads, worrying about meetings, deadlines and responsiblilites. Somedays we forget to feel the gentle breeze on our sk
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07/14/2011
All of us with children ( especially little boys, it seems) can relate to the importance of flushing. It would seem that it is a daily reminder in my home. We teach our children to flush the toilet for obvious reasons, but why does the home inspector flush your toilet? First lets analyze what h
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07/08/2011
Was your home built sometime between 1950 and 1980? Do you have a Federal Pacific Electric Company panel? Chances are likely that you do, since Federal Pacific was the leading manufacturerer during that time span., installing over a million panels. However, there is much scutiny where the Federa
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07/07/2011