I’ve heard of home inspectors in Minnesota offering infrared scans on stucco homes as an attractive non-invasive alternative to standard invasive moisture testing. Here at Structure Tech, we recently started offering infrared inspections, but stucco scans are something we will never offer. Fir
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02/21/2011
If you're tired of dealing with ice dams and you've decided to finally get your attic re-insulated, please read this first. You might save yourself a lot of time and money. Over the past two months, a large portion of my business has been ice dam inspections in Minnesota. For most of these in
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02/14/2011
After the recent collapse of the Metrodome roof, the collapse of a hardware store roof in Glenwood, and a recent Super bowl commercial from Allstate, some Minnesota homeowners are starting to wonder if they should be worried about their own roofs. In December, I even received a question on the S
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02/07/2011
I love recessed lights, but even the best ones create a ridiculous amount of heat in attics, which can lead to ice dams. Until I started performing infrared inspections in attics, I never quite grasped how much heat recessed lights contributed to attics, but now my eyes are wide open. The main
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01/31/2011