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2 Wants To Know Investigates: Electric Danger
WFMY News 2
Perkins hired Nance to inspect outlets at her business and home. Nance knows electrical fires kill more than three hundred people every year. He uses an infrared camera to find hot spots and other problems that could spark a fire.

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Domain highlights horrors of home buyer battles
MuMbrella
The drama of the Saturday home inspection, where couples compete against one another for their dream home, sets the scene in a new ad for Domain by Whybin\TBWA\Tequila Sydney. As well as TV, the campaign will run across print, outdoor and digital.

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STEVE TREMAINE, Owner HomeTeam Inspection Service
Brighton-Pittsford Post
One way to avoid those frequent hardware-store trips is to have a comprehensive inspection before buying the house. And comprehensive inspections are what the HomeTeam Inspection Service is all about. Owner Steve Tremaine is proud of the 3000+ ...

Vents Improperly Installed At Home For Elderly, Disabled
WOWT
So as far as inexperienced workers , NOT really, just bad leadership by John on Feb 6, 2012 at 11:40 AM Where else is the City inspection Dept dropping the ball. Take the Hearthstone home dabacle a few weeks ago, now this and there are many other ...

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City aims to 'clean up' overdue home inspections
CBC.ca
The city's building division has plans to complete all outstanding home inspections from before 2001, and recently sent out 1500 letters telling told homeowners they need to have a final inspection done. Some of the requests relate to inspections that ...

Airplane that crashed into Kalispell home removed
The Missoulian
Kalispell Fire Department Chief Dave Dedman said the plane, a single-engine Piper, is headed to a shop for inspection by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration. Investigators will look for the reason the plane ...

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Safety Vents Improperly Installed At Home For Elderly, Disabled
WOWT
City inspectors returned to 35th and Lake streets to inspect again because Fact Finders alerted them that many important safety devices might not work in the event of a fire. “These fire dampers here won't close, allowing the fire and smoke to spread ...

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Building code changes will better protect new homes from mold, rot
Lincoln Journal Star
Several years ago, city building inspection staff began seeing serious mold and rot problems in fairly new homes. Mel Goddard, chief building inspector, has pictures of the ugly and expensive damage caused when water leaked in the walls of a 4-year-old ...

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Don't Forget a Home Inspection with a New Construction Home
RisMedia.com (press release)
Unfortunately, many people who purchase new construction homes put a lot of trust in their builder and opt not to perform a home inspection. REALTORS® can help their clients take a proactive approach to identifying underlying problems in new homes by ...

Belmont College Workforce Development/Community Education Department announces ...
The Daily Jeffersonian
The online offerings will include home inspection courses, as well as IRS (Internal Revenue Service) tax preparation courses. These classes are completely web-based and can be taken at the student's convenience, when and where they want.

TN Health department puts inspection reports of nursing homes online
The Tennessean
Dipti Vaidya / File / The Tennessean With a prod from the federal government, the state Health Department has posted on its website thousands of pages of inspection reports on licensed nursing homes across the state. The posting marks the state's ...

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Health department puts inspection reports of nursing homes online
The Tennessean
Dipti Vaidya / file / The Tennessean / ean With a prod from the federal government, the state Health Department has posted on its website thousands of pages of inspection reports on licensed nursing homes across the state. The posting marks the state's ...

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Don't be a flake when it comes to shoveling snow off a roof
The Seattle Times
The majority of homes I have inspected over the past 30 years have been constructed to withstand this type of added weight, normally close to 20 psf. You can hire a home inspector or a carpenter to check your attic and roof bracing to make sure it will ...

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Check home's permit history before buying or selling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
By DIAN HYMER It's a good idea to check the building-permit record on a home you're planning to buy before you remove your inspection contingency. Although buyers are advised to take this important step, many don't. This can result in unpleasant ...

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Homefix: Don't be a flake when it comes to shoveling snow off a roof
Sioux City Journal
The majority of homes I have inspected over the past 30 years have been constructed to withstand this type of added weight, normally close to 20 psf. You can hire a home inspector or a carpenter to check your attic and roof bracing to make sure it will ...

A real estate investing guide for 2012
Washington Post
Especially for the first-time investor, the first step in buying a single- family home as an investment is to conduct a thorough and professional home inspection. You should accompany the inspector so he can show you the home's “bones” and point out ...

Darien Home Inspector Finds Little Problems Before They Become Big Problems
Patch.com
Prince used this opportunity to take his career in a different direction, starting his own business in Darien doing home inspections. He invested his separation pay in his own education, working at various print jobs to support his family.

Should Real Estate Agents Attend The Home Inspection?
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Many real estate agents don't attend their buyer's home inspection because someone has told them that this increases their liability. I completely disagree. It's their conduct at the inspection that puts them at risk, not their presence.

Home repairs: Which jobs come first?
CNN
"There's no homeowner's manual that tells you when to do what," says Naperville, Ill., home inspector and structural engineer Mark Waldman. Emergencies aside, the project that could cause the most damage and expense if left unfixed is the priority.

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Your Place: More about dampness in Shore home
Philadelphia Inquirer
Home inspector/engineer Harry Gross in Cherry Hill reminded me that we once talked about sealing off the crawl-space vents with vapor barrier and insulated walls as the best approach for this region. But when there is a lot of moisture, as there may be ...