"We Don't Need Gutters"
By Paul Duffau, Caring for People, Educating about Homes
(Safe@Home Inspections, LLC in SE Washington)
In addition to being a home inspector, I am also an infrared thermographer - the two don't always meet in the middle - and I have been keeping busy checking on wet basements for the last two weeks. As many of you know, the Pacific Northwest has been getting hammered by snow. That has caused all sorts of hazards on the roads and roof collapses and several deaths - one when the snow on a roof slide off and buried an elderly lady on her sidewalk. But what you may not know is that we also had a brief warming trend, leading to flooding in ours waterways and streets. Much of this water made it into homes as well with the usual results in wall and flooring damage, potential health hazards and additional expenses right when homeowners can least afford them. After doing several houses, a theme...
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