Reuben's Home Inspection Blog
Home inspection topics in the Minneapolis / Saint Paul area.
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2011
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Unfortunately, the easiest way to add insulation to just about any place in your home is to install fiberglass batts. Fiberglass batts are typically the worst insulation for any job, as I complained about in a recent blog. I mentioned at that time that I would follow up with a blog about the o...
03/28/2011
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Fiberglass batts are a poor choice of insulation for most applications, yet this still seems to be the insulation of choice for most handy homeowners. I'm been complaining about fiberglass batts for a while now, and for good reason. Fiberglass batts are more expensive. I stopped by the Maple G...
03/21/2011
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Are super expensive furnace filters really worth the extra money? The main job of a furnace filter is to keep big stuff from getting in to the furnace's heat exchanger or the air conditioner's air coil and clogging things up with dust, pet hair, and other big stuff. They're not intended to pur...
03/14/2011
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I recently had a featured post here on AR about invasive testing vs infrared scanning on stucco homes, where I concluded that invasive moisture testing is the only reliable test method for stucco homes in Minnesota. Russel Ray, a San Diego home inspector, wrote an opposing post which was also f...
02/28/2011
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Home inspection topics in the Minneapolis / Saint Paul area.