Beware of not knowing code
Bismarck Tribune,  USA - 23 hours ago
My suggestion to you is that if you have had a roof replaced or a house built since 2003, ask a home inspector to see if your house has an ice protection ...

Dryer Safety
WTAP-TV, WV - Oct 6, 2008
Integrity Home Inspector Michael Reel's mission is your peace of mind. He says dryer safety starts with proper installation and making sure you have the ...

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HOME INSPECTORS INTRODUCES
Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY - Oct 5, 2008
To be assured the home inspector has no financial interest in the transaction. To be assured the inspector is not receiving compensation for the inspection ...

Granite safe, retailers say
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - 23 hours ago
Cliff Burdge, a certified radon inspector and licensed home inspector for Homecheck Inspections in Fort Wayne, says he hasn’t seen an increase in people ...

Contractors, inspectors perform different jobs
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Oct 5, 2008
By Barry Stone Q: We're selling our home, and the buyer wants his brother, a contractor, to do the inspection, instead of hiring an actual home inspector. ...

Flood-zone determination not part of home inspector's job
Los Angeles Times, CA - Oct 5, 2008
This was not disclosed by the real estate agent or the home inspector. It became known only when the mortgage company required flood insurance. ...

• Details, details: How to save electricity
MLive.com, MI - Oct 4, 2008
Zolton Cohen is a Kalamazoo-based newspaper columnist and former American Society of Home Inspectors-certified home inspector. Write to Zolton B. Cohen, ...

1st Time Home Buyers Get Info
13wmaz, GA - Oct 4, 2008
People gathered information on negotiating a contract, special mortgage financing, loan closing and the importance of having a home inspector. ...

Get a second opinion on furnace
Chicago Daily Herald, IL - Oct 4, 2008
We got a home inspector and he determined that the furnace was installed improperly, does not have proper draft and that the furnace is unsafe. ...

Zammit re-certified as radon specialist
Foster's Daily Democrat, NH - 19 hours ago
Zammit is a Certified Home Inspector and full member of the American Society of Home Inspectors. He is also a member of the American Association of Radon ...

Fibreglass tub can be fixed
Times and Transcript, Canada - 17 hours ago
You need to listen to the recommendations of your real estate agent and home inspector to see if it's possible to have these problems corrected before you ...

Jobless numbers don't tell full story
Chicago Tribune, United States - Oct 3, 2008
As a former trading-floor worker turned home inspector and now retail clerk, the 50-year-old Raney certainly is employed. In fact, he also moonlights ...

Volunteers help woman finish house after contractor disappears
WIS, SC - Oct 2, 2008
Some last minute electrical work needs to be done, and the home inspector needs to come through. Barring any unforeseen problems, she and her two kids ...

How to Prevent New Home Defects
Wall Street Journal - Oct 2, 2008
Bruce Barker, a Phoenix home inspector, says almost all the new houses he sees have minimum-quality windows, and about three-quarters have inadequate loose ...

Is Your Home Storm Ready?
MarketWatch - Oct 2, 2008
... Simpson Strong-Tie recommends hiring a qualified, licensed home inspector or structural engineer to perform the inspection and identify areas in need of ...

Villagers accuse woman of witchcraft after she made a gift
Sowetan, South Africa - 12 hours ago
She told Sowetan that she wanted to go home. Inspector Martin Setlhabi confirmed that the police rescued Mogoma when angry villagers wanted to kill her . ...

Hays child care provider has registration suspended
Salina.com, KS - 11 hours ago
HAYS — The registration of a Hays child care provider was suspended after state inspectors found that the woman was restraining toddlers in car seats as ...

Zammit of RadonClean & Allied Home Inspection is recertified
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Sep 30, 2008
Zammit is a Certified Home Inspector & full member of the American Society of Home Inspectors. He is also a member of the American Association of Radon ...

Jewish Pavilion volunteers take Rosh Hashana celebrations to elderly
Orlando Sentinel, FL - 5 hours ago
Hank Goldberg, a retired home inspector, ushered in the holiday by blowing into the shofar, an instrument crafted from a ram's horn that is sounded to ...

Barney Buys a House
The Santa Barbara Independent, CA - Sep 30, 2008
Then our realtor insisted that we hire a home inspector so that prospective buyers would know our house's shortcomings -- and every house has them. ...