Often during a home inspection I will find electrical wiring not properly performed. This type of work is more prone to failure and potential fire. When working on the home electrical system always perform the work according the code and rules. If you do not know what you are doing Read more…
With winter just around the corner will be the return of snow to much of the Wenatchee Valley and surrounding areas. One vulnerable item on a metal roof is the plumbing vent penetration. Quite often in areas of heavier snow these plumbing vent pipes get ripped off the roof leaving Read more…
Securing cables to panelboards. Quite often I will see cables, such as Romex (NM Cable) entering into a panel (panelboard) without a proper clamp or connector. This leaves this cable subject to damage and can be pulled on. Cables such as Romex (NM) have to be Read more…
Pipe or Conduit, it matters! Conduit is piping or tubing designed to enclose and protect the wires. Or as the dictionary states “a tube or trough for protecting electric wiring” Pipe, though it could be a conduit is generally defined as “a tube of metal, plastic, or other material Read more…
It was not required when it was built. Garage Fire separation. Wenatchee Home Inspections As a home inspector I have heard this little phrase all too often. Was it required when the home was built? Often I may reply well no it was not or maybe not, but the Read more…
STOP… Step away from that wire and put down the wire strippers!!! In the land of home inspections we see this all too often. Home owners, Uncle Bob’s (do not know what Bob has done to deserve this) and various other people think they can handle electrical work. This is not to Read more…
Wenatchee Home and Pest inspector- Do you really need a pest inspection? As a Wenatchee Home and Pest Inspector I calculate that I see insects and/or damage from wood destroying insects in about 10 to 15% of the homes I inspect. That is one out of 10 or less! I have informal Read more…
Signs of the Times- Wenatchee and Chelan Home Inspector Signs have a fundamental element in providing information and direction or symbols of trade, commerce, and industry, from the ancient world to the present. In another context it can be a token or indication. Or is it a conventional or arbitrary mark, figure, or Read more…
Shaking it up with wood roofs- East Wenatchee and Quincy Home Inspections Wood roofs- Is it a Shingle or Shake? This at times is very difficult to really know because the modern milling techniques for shingles can mimic shakes, but generally shingles are sawn (smooth) and shakes are split (rough/rustic). Read more…
Where there is Smoke there is Fire- East Wenatchee and Quincy Home Inspections During a Douglas County home inspection there was a grim reminder that electrical wiring issues can have grave consequences. This home had an electrical fire that ended up taking someone’s life. Fire dynamics are a very interesting and in this home Read more…