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Home Inspector - Clayton Inspection Service, Inc.
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I was looking through my photo library to make a new screen saver. A good portion of my library just happens to be inspection photos (who would guess), but then there are also the yard photos, the dog photos, photos of my daughter, vacation shots, and the general, "Just happen to have the camera ...
11/08/2008
There are a couple of builders in the Knoxville area that hire me to do a home inspection before they are finished. Sometimes they have me come in before the County Inspector, sometimes after. While the County or City inspectors are checking things out for "code", they are really not looking at e...
11/05/2008
This is so wrong on so many fronts. Can you tell me why? Do not scroll down to the bottom photo until you can not figure out what is wrong. If you still don't know what's wrong after looking at both photos then we can discuss it. Things are just not always what they appear, and we need to keep lo...
11/05/2008
Those pesky garage door opener sensors. They are standard equipment on all new garage door openers for safety. garage door starts to come down, something trips the beam, and the door reverses. Won't crush the kids or pets, or sack of groceries you left at the back of your car. OK, so they are sup...
11/05/2008
When I do an inspection, I have a pretty good idea if the water pressure is too high just by running some faucets. I will put my gauge on a sink faucet and take a reading. Water pressure that is too high can create so many problems, from burst ice maker lines, washing machine hoses, toilet flush ...
11/05/2008
Inspectors will frequently find bird nests in attics. Sometimes they are big. Once in a while they are REALLY big. Then there is the house that has a BIG nest at one end of the attic, and another BIG one down at the other end. Of course, we can not always be certain they are just birds making the...
11/05/2008
Can't really get my brain around this one. A friend of mine was visiting form AZ, and took a couple days off to visit relatives in Mid Tennessee. He brought me back this photo. This is his wife's Uncle or someone in the family eating pinto beans on chocolate cake. I guess he ate like three plates...
11/04/2008
There were stains on the living room ceiling. There were stains on the dining room ceiling and wall. There was moisture damage in the attic. The seller was following me around the house like a puppy dog, asking every 5 minutes, "Anything wrong?". I told him there was a problem with his chimney en...
11/04/2008
There is a lot going on here. You have to marvel at the skill required to do some of this stuff, and wonder how they have managed to live as long as they have. Sometimes we just have to shake our heads and walk away.  This is where I will sometimes hear someone say,"Well, I never had any problems...
11/03/2008
I picked the plants clean just before the frost the other day. This is what I whipped up. About 4 cups of japanese eggpplant, peeled and cut into small cubes 1-1/2 onions chopped 4 cloves of garlic, chopped 1 can chopped tomatoes w/juice olive oil cumin - about 1/4 - 1/2 tsp salt/pepper 2 jalapen...
11/03/2008
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