Joshua Frederick's - Home Inspections in Ohio Blog

Finally had a break from inspections, so I packed up the four kids and headed to Archbold, Ohio while my wife/secretary got caught up on office work. My first impression was very high after first arriving at this beautiful park.  My kids' impressions were apparently the same, because 2 out of the...

During the course of a home inspection, testing the plumbing involves running the water at each fixture for a few minutes and checking for visible leaks which also allows seeing leaks when you go into crawlspace or basement towards the end of inspection.  Of course, just running the water won't a...

  Normally on the side of a newer furnace install, the installers will have the maintenance, warranty, user manual, information fastened to the side of the unit in a handy little packet.  This way there always there when you need them. Now on this particular furnace there was some very important ...

Just got back from our first time at this annual event.  My wife & I both met many wonderful people, most of which play an important roll in the real estate transaction.  There was great food, great company, and most importantly, great contacts for referral business.  Special thanks to InterNACHI...

  Remember the old TV show, Flipper?  That's what I first thought of when I saw these cool lookin' shrubs at this house.  Also notice the little palm trees.  I've never quite seen anything like this before, especially in Northwest Ohio.  Kinda' neat, huh?  I thought so.  Until I got out of my war...

Remember this tune?  You probably remember the version made popular by the group, Tesla. But actually it was a Canadian rock band called The Staccatos  who later changed their name to Five Man Electrical Band, who originally recorded the song. They were never very successful. Tesla made it a hit ...

After a nearly a two week hiatus, I am once again active in the rain - see here.  Now originally, we were supposed to move right after Christmas, as mentioned in the post above. But oh how things change.  Finally, we found out our closing date... nearly 30 days after we had closed on our house! N...

You may have heard the ole' plumbers saying that all shi... well, in this case, we'll use ship... runs downhill. As you can see in the pictures, it would be hard for anything to run downhill (including all of the wonderful things that wastewater includes), when the drain pipe is running uphill. D...

  Remember this tune by Lionel Richie? Or how about the line ..."Now if you excuse me while I kiss kick the sky" If you're not familiar with this line, its taken from the song "Purple Haze" , which is often cited as one of Jimi Hendrix's greatest songs.  These two songs were runnin' through my he...

Finally made it!  I set a goal to hit the big 10 thousand by 2009.  I figured I would use this post to earn some more points(it seems that everyone else does!) and, of course, to gloat a bit. Special thanks to all out there in AR for making my time spent here well worth it!!  I'll ride my high ho...