Reuben's Home Inspection Blog
Home inspection topics in the Minneapolis / Saint Paul area.
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2010
As I’ve mentioned in previous blogs, I find a lot of gas leaks, and I always try to make it easy for a repair technician to find the leaks. I take a photo of the leak with a bunch of soapy bubbles coming out of it, I mark the exact location of the leak with orange tape, and I write “Gas Leak” o...
06/28/2010
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I might start red-tagging furnaces. If Centerpoint Energy can do it, why can’t I? People take these red tags very seriously. The gas company will red-tag a furnace if they deem it unsafe for use – this could be because of a high carbon monoxide reading in the flue gas, backdrafting, a cracked...
06/21/2010
Myth: The owner occupant doesn’t need to pull permits – permits are only for contractors. Truth: If you’re the owner occupant, you have the...ahem, privilege of pulling a permit without having to be a licensed contractor. It doesn’t mean you can skip pulling a permit. Myth: Kitchen remodels do...
06/15/2010
Myth: The owner occupant doesn’t need to pull permits – permits are only for contractors. Truth: If you’re the owner occupant, you have the...ahem, privilege of pulling a permit without having to be a licensed contractor. It doesn’t mean you can skip pulling a permit. Myth: Kitchen remodels d...
06/14/2010
If you have an old clawfoot bath tub with a standard faucet that’s located inside the bath tub, such as the one pictured at right, you have a potential cross connection. If the tub were to fill up with sewage or something even worse, the household water could come in contact with it, because th...
06/07/2010
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Check out the photo below. Can you guess what's missing? Here's a hint: this garage doesn't have a service door, but it does have a automatic garage door opener installed. If you said "pizazz" you would be correct, and you might also make a good home stager, but that's not what I'm talking a...
05/31/2010
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Home inspection topics in the Minneapolis / Saint Paul area.