B4U Close Blog by Erby, the Central Kentucky Home Inspector in Lexington, Kentucky

A recent post by Shawn Martin ( Life Expectancies of components in your home ) got me thinking.Early on, I had agents complaining about my statements regarding home appliances (water heaters, furnaces, AC, etc) being at their end of design or useful life.   Well, I think it's important for people...

PREFACE:  I know there's good and bad in every field (including mine) so don't go there.  This is about the bad and YOU know who YOU are!Did you ever just want to slap an idiot upside the head!When I find outlets that nationally recognized safety standards say should be Ground Fault Circuit Inter...

So you're spending tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars on a home purchase, and paying the realtors 5 - 6% ($5,000 - $6,000 per $100,000) of the home's value. (Where do you think the seller gets the money to pay the realtors?)  Now it's time to find a Home Inspector and find out what they are...

Is your house haunted or are you being poisoned by carbon monoxide?orMore Stuff I didn't know I didn't know!! Back in June of 2007, when I first joined Active Rain, I posted an article I'd written some time back titled "Is it the Flu or Carbon Monoxide" based on research I had done when I had tim...

Winter is coming.  Is your home ready to keep the heat in and the cold out?  Taking care of these issues can make your home more energy efficient.  Winterization saves YOU Money! 1.    Set the water heater temperature to no more than 120o.  (Temperatures above this level can cause severe burns.) ...

How would you like to look out your window and see the new breed of bird drinking from your drinking fountain.  This is happening more and more in Eastern Kentucky as the bear population increases in that area.Hunters are trying to get a "bear running season" (chasing the bears with dogs) started...

For the last couple of years one or another of my website ranks pretty high for just about anything to do with Kentucky Home Inspectors or Kentucky Home Inspections.BUT, not quite so high when a city name is plugged in front of those. (Yeah, I'm working on it.)One of my habits when I need to look...

 HELP!!!!I came back from my morning inspection to find that my house has been infiltrated with spiders & ghosts.  My wife  & two grandsons say they didn't have anything to do with it!  I'm not sure if I should believe her!   Anybody know how to reach the Ghostbusters.Wanna recommend a good spide...

This past weekend Georgetown celebrated with the Festival of the Horse, an annual event celebrating the role of the horse to the history of Scott County. There were exhibits, concessions, arts & crafts, carnival, and a 5k run along with stage entertainment throughout the festival.Here's some pict...

My wife is a garage sale fanatic.  She's always dragging stuff home from garage sales.  This summer my youngest grandson has been going with her.  He's 4 and still needs some work (don't we all?) on his math skills.She's been trying to teach him to always bargain on price.Saturday they went garag...