Reuben's Home Inspection Blog
Home inspection topics in the Minneapolis / Saint Paul area.
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2009
It’s estimated that one out of three homes in Minnesota has elevated levels of radon gas. Because of these high numbers, the Minnesota State Building Code has adopted Apendix F of the International Residential Code, Radon Control Methods. This means that all new homes in Minnesota must now be b...
04/27/2009
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One of the most common electrical defects that I find when inspecting old houses in Minneapolis and Saint Paul is ungrounded three prong outlets. This happens when a standard three prong outlet is wired without the ground wire being connected. Today I'll give a brief explanation of what the th...
04/20/2009
Many real estate agents don't attend their buyer's home inspection because someone has told them that this increases their liability. I completely disagree. It's their conduct at the inspection that puts them at risk, not their presence. About 75% of the agents that I regularly work with at...
04/13/2009
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Home inspections are not ‘code’ inspections, and a lot of home inspectors even treat the word ‘code’ as taboo. They call it the ‘C-word’. I recently had another home inspector on AR tell me he’s not even allowed to use that word in Kentucky. This is such a taboo word that I don’t use it eithe...
04/07/2009
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Home inspection topics in the Minneapolis / Saint Paul area.