inspections: Termites in Town - Wichita, KS home buying and the Termite Inspection!
- 05/08/10 12:40 PM
The Terror of Termites One of the things we'll discuss when you get ready to buy or sell a home in the Wichita, KS area is the wood-eating insect inspection. While commonly referred to as the termite inspection, the pest control specialist will actually check for all sorts of insects that could eat the wood of your home, including carpenter ants, carpenter beetles, termites, carpenter bees, etc.
The most commonly found buggy of importance in our area would be the termite, however, so that's what we'll focus on for today's discussion! The reason the termite inspection is so … (0 comments)
Most folks aren't aware, and hey I wasn't really either until recently, but part of the Clean Air Act of 1990and Montreal Protocol of 1996 addresses the eventual phase-out of HFCF-22 or R-22, also commonly called freon.
Sound familiar? Yeah, that freon, the stuff that runs our cooling systems and keeps us from going bananas in these hot Kansas days!
Before you lose your cool (ha ha!), they are obviously replacing Freon with something else - called R410A, which goes under trade names such as Puron, Forane 410A, Genetron … (2 comments)
Occasionally I get asked about pre-listing inspections, and I've been recommending them more and more lately. A pre-listing inspection is in fact a home inspection done by the seller prior to listing their home. Now why would you inspect your house before you have a buyer? That I have many good answers for!
1. If there's a large problem with the home that you were unaware of, you can then decide whether you can price accordingly or whether you might be able to move at all. Much better to find … (89 comments)
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The Terror of Termites 
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