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2011 

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Last week Connecticut experienced a record setting snow storm that dumped up to 29 inches of snow in some towns. I'm sure I have inspected in every town that had the full 29. Walking around houses in snow over your knees has to be like slogging through a massive bowl of pudding. The difference be...
01/17/2011

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Two posts this morning have led to this post. First was Jay Markanich's post on the Home Inspectors Hippocratic Oath which in turn inspired Lenn Harley's post, What About Home Inspection Interference By The Seller? Lenn described a situation in which the seller has left important areas of the hom...
01/16/2011

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Home inspection is an interesting profession, you almost always find something new and exciting while poking through someone's home.  Often times the curiosity is benign and not reason for any real concern. Then there are the whoppers, problems which can, in some instances, actually pose a potent...
01/14/2011

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Yesterday we here in Connecticut spent the day watching the snow fly and later digging out. Around the State everyone is still digging out from what was a record snow storm. The official highest snow accumulation was 29 inches. The place Meriden Connecticut, which is right next to Wallingford whe...
01/13/2011

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  James QuarelloConnecticut Licensed Home Inspector2010 - 2011 SNEC-ASHI PresidentNRSB #8SS0022JRV Home Inspection Services, LLC To find out more about our other high tech services click on the links below: Learn more about our Infrared Thermal Imaging & Diagnostics services. Learn more about ou...
01/12/2011

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The other day I wrote about a wood stove sharing a chimney with a home's heating system boiler. The gist of the post was installing a wood stove into the chimney flue for the heating system is not only a dangerous practice, it may not be allowed by building codes and or the manufacturer. I had to...
01/11/2011

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Here in Connecticut we heat our homes a good part of the year. Right now Connecticut has just experienced its second major snow storm of the season and baby its cold outside! With the ever increasing and volatile cost of traditional fuels for home heating many people in Connecticut have turned to...
01/09/2011

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Fishing is a great past time that I enjoy when I can get away. The thing with fishing is, sometimes you catch something and sometimes you don't. The hard part of finding fish is you can't see them under the water. The top of the pond looks the same no matter where you look. So you find a good loo...
01/07/2011

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Everyone has to vent once in a while, life will tick you off at some point necessitating a spewing of your pent up frustrations. This post is not a rant, all though I suppose in some way it might be. Instead this is about venting of the house, specifically attic ventilation.   A home has to breat...
01/06/2011

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    James Quarello2010 - 2011 SNEC-ASHI PresidentNRSB #8SS0022JRV Home Inspection Services, LLC To find out more about our other high tech services click on the links below: Learn more about our Infrared Thermal Imaging & Diagnostics services. Learn more about our home energy audits, the Home En...
01/05/2011
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