building knowledge: Don't Panic! Three common home inspection items.
- 11/04/13 03:31 AM
While there are many reasons in this world for stress and consternation, there’s plenty of small stuff not worth sweating. Benjamin Meredith, owner of the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County home inspection business Building Knowledge, talks with LiveHB about three common concern-causing things in a home that needn’t be cause for panic and don’t need to derail a home purchase. Small interior cracks Because cracks suggest weakness and deterioration, it’s understandable that people often interpret them as indication of serious structural problems in a house, Meredith says. The good news, when it comes to small (we’re talking 1/16th of an inch or less, which still … (0 comments)
building knowledge: Five Smart Home Efficiency Moves, And One Dumb One
- 10/23/13 07:17 AM
Everyone loves home efficiency, and there’s no shortage of ways out there you could spend money trying to improve on this – from expensive to cheap and glamorous to boring and everywhere in between. Assuming you live in a fairly standard American home (i.e. not one that was recently built with efficiency as a major priority), you should have plenty of low-hanging efficiency fruit to pick. The following is a list of five high-value ways to improve your home’s efficiency, as suggested by Benjamin Meredith, owner of the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County home inspection and energy auditing company, Building Knowledge. Because every house is … (0 comments)
building knowledge: Duct Duct Loose- The case for sealed Ductwork
- 10/23/13 02:32 AM
According to the Energy Star program, about 20 percent of the air traveling through ductwork in the average home is lost through leaks and holes. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory pegs that figure more broadly at 10 to 30 percent. Regardless, any leaking at all is a problem, says Benjamin Meredith, whose company, Building Knowledge, performs home inspections and home energy audits in and around Harrisonburg. Call it death by a thousand leaks. If your home is like pretty much every other American home that heats or cools with a forced-air system (where the heated or cooled air travels through ducts and out registers … (0 comments)
Real Estate and Homes for Sale in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County - Buy a Home in Harrisonburg or Rockingham County - Sell a Home in Harrisonburg or Rockingham County - The Kai Degner Homes Team
While there are many reasons in this world for stress and consternation, there’s plenty of small stuff not worth sweating. Benjamin Meredith, owner of the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County home inspection business Building Knowledge, talks with LiveHB about three common concern-causing things in a home that needn’t be cause for panic and don’t need to derail a home purchase.
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