Kevin Corsa (H.I.S. Home Inspections)'s Blog

I would like to welcome Linda Hoiles to Active Rain! She is a realtor with Howard Hanna, in the Canton, Ohio office, and a friend of mine from several years back. She is new to AR, and a new realtor in the Stark County, Ohio area, and also new to blogging, so help me give her some encouragement,...

Homeowners sometimes think they are wise in doing electrical work themselves, and saving all that money that the "professional" would have charged them. Well, that may be the case... IF THEY DO IT RIGHT! But, unfortunately, I most frequently come across what I call "Electrical Spaghetti" served ...

Yesterday, I did an inspection on a "rehabbed" house for a very nice couple, who were sure they had found the house for them. The house had very nice "curb appeal", and if you didn't look too close, everything looked pretty good. The seller "rehabber" had told them that he had a "great inspector...

I know, you have probably all heard it at least a dozen times.... but that's what makes it even more puzzling to me that I find SOO MANY smoke detectors not working, or operating improperly. Those of us that have the battery type that are not tied into any electrical system are the most at risk,...

Maybe I am missing something, but as far as I know, there is currently no way to tell on Active Rain how many, or who your subscribers are? I would think that would be useful information, that most of us would like to know? Maybe we can all submit to the powers that be, that this would be a very ...

Stark and Summit County residents have a special little "Gem" right here in their own backyard. The MAPS AIR Museum is located on the West side of the grounds of the Akron-Canton Regional Airport, and is accessible from Massillon Rd, about 1 mile South of Greensburg Rd. The Museum is totally run...

Here, in one picture, I have captured a multitude of horror. This main electric panel has had water entering into the panel, which has rusted the bottom of the box, as well as many of the screw terminals where the wires attach to the breakers. On the right, there is also a breaker  which is "dou...

The Ohio Canal was originally created in the early 1800's to transport goods, and materials North from Lake Erie all the way South across the state of Ohio to the Ohio River. It was completely hand dug, with the aid of farm animals. It was fed with water from the Cuyahoga, and Tuscarawus Rivers,...

Ok , I have just one more thing I NEED you to IDENTIFY.... If you cant guess what this is by ... uh .. Thanksgiving..... I'll give you a hint. Just kidding. First hint; it's white. I promise I'll get serious after this one is over.... (hey you get points for guessing, lol)