Inspector Brian's Blog

I see similar bathroom fixtures alot more now and its true that sometimes the form takes priority over the function. Be aware of those beautiful items.Form follows function---or not! I know I am tilting at windmills when it comes to even suggesting that the shape of things should have anything to...

All in a days work. What happened to Jay, happens more often than one might think. The first phone call when people accuse you is the worst, but when you gret to the bottom of the issue it is always a relief. Bottom line, it is always good to have an inspection by someone willing to follow throug...

I get this situation quite often and wonder to myself if they realize what they could be doing to their deal. This also puts  people in a akward position of weather or not to pass important information along or not.Since I am not much of a talker, I enjoy people who can talk about anything and ev...

I see this quite often in older homes, and sometimes (believe it or not) the buyer does not care, and wants to roll the dice and try and live with it for a few more years.It seems that lately I have had a string of issues come up where my opinion of the condition of something was vastly different...

Am I being Used? This is what I have been asking myself for the last few days  before an inspection. The Client called and made the appointment for the home inspection, but seemed more excited about getting in the house and moving the current occupants belongings and searching the home for drugs....

I like Toms comment , this is pretty common on older homes in our area. The bear doo doesn't last long in our climate. Thanks Charles I have done lots of posts about flashings that seal around the pipes that go through roofs. At a recent inspection there were no flashings at all on any of the pi...

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I have had a few inspections this week where HUD is not dewinterizing the homes and leaving it up to the buyer,who in turn expects me the inspector to do it. Sounds easy enough, just turn the valve on right? I wonder why the people that dewinterize charge upward of $250 (the same as my inspection...

Sadly, People trust the contractors and believe if it is new, that nothing will be wrong and therefore an inspection is not needed. I have not done as many new construction or phase inspections recently since the economic slow down, but a few years ago in the "hay day" they were building so fast ...

Charles always has creative bogs and this one pertains to life in general. The analogy is great and I would hope that everyone would take the risk of getting on the right bus. Now I have to assume that no one in their right mind really wants to get hit by a bus---but it does represent what it tak...