House Burgarly
Prevention Tips
Summertime often means vacation time! But while you are away, is
your house safe and secure from burglary? According to the
Insurance Information Institute, there are more than 2.15 million
burglaries each year, over 65 percent of which are residential
break-ins, with the majority occurring in the peak vacation months
of July and August.
So how can you make sur ...
| Energy Savers: Common Problems with Air Conditioners |
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One of the most common air conditioning problems is
improper operation. If your air conditioner is on, be
sure to close your home's windows and outside doors. for
room air conditioners, isolate the room or a group of
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'Tis the season to start looking for "failed insulated glass seals."
Houses with the newer insulated windows are going to be susceptible to seal failure. This will become more noticeable when you start having greater temperature differences between the inside and outside of the house. The visual evidence will mostly be milky white staining or water drips, drips, or fogginess on the glass ...
Dear Kirk,
We had expected an answer today on our offer. Unfortunately, it is
a bank owned home, and the process is somewhat more complicated
than a normal transaction. Yes, I do want to schedule an
inspection as soon as I know my offer has been accepted. Whether
it is this house or another one I will give you a call. By the way
what kind of licensing does a home inspector have to hold? ...
Your heating duct systems could be leaking by 40%
The cold days of winter make it tough to keep your home warm and comfortable, especially if your heating ducts are leaking. Leaky duct systems are one of the biggest drains on your utility bill. The average California home's duct systems leak by as much as 40%. What can you do to stop the leaking and improve the energy efficiency of your he ...
GFI
Outlets:
As a Home Inspector for All-Star the most exciting part of the home
evaluation for me is the Electrical System. Frequently, I find
myself educating folks on the purpose of Ground Fault Circuit
Interrupters (GFCI or GFI). GFI's are smart sensing electric
devices designed to "trip" in as little as 1/40 of a second when
the intended path of electricity is grounded. These simple d ...
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As part of our ongoing commitment to the environment, All-Star urges you to help save energy and money and help fight global warming by taking the ENERGY STAR Pledge with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Change the World, Start with ENERGY STAR campai ...
As far as I'm concerned, anytime of the year, any day of the week is a great time to think about more ways to Go Green and save a little bit of money. But I have been especially thinking about this lately, as it gets colder here, and I'm starting to wince at the thought of my heating bills. So I poked around on the internet, and here are a few tips I found on the Environmental Protection Agen ...