Michael Reel's (mdrihi) Blog

Amoung the many bills and rules submitted to the West Virginia State Legislature is one that will bring increased attention to Smoke detectors in existing dwellings. We all know what the codes state re: the installation of smoke detectors in new construction and even existing rental units and you...

It happened two days ago! The CALL."You did my inspection and my roof is now leaking and my roofer said it was your fault and I need a new roof and HOW MUCH INSURANCE DO YOU HAVE?" Send a chill up your spine? I still have long underwear on and my insulated "carharts" as well. After I caught my br...

In West Virginia last year there were 79 Fire Fatalities from home fires. Very unfortunate, absolutely, preventable? YOU BET! The problem is that only 28% of those homes were found to have smoke detectors and only 20% of those had batteries installed. As home inspectors we HAVE to tell people of ...

I may be behind the 8 ball (so to speak) with this post BUT it never hurts to fail safely.We were involved in a seminar this weekend on "METH-LABS and Other Home Hazards", it was very informative and enlightening. Many issues and items were covered and we gained a very healthy respect for the sid...

Typical morning, get up, hit the coffee (hard) throw the first cup down and settle into the normal get ready to go inspect another home routine. I do it, you do it every day of the week. Looking forward to sharing some little tidbit of information that might save someone some heartache in the fut...

The local code officials or gov't. building inspectors, licensed or not do not get it done, Fire investigators, good though they may be can't get it done. Builders generally try but are only as good as their employees, and then suppliers only have control over their products until they leave thei...