Rick McCullough's (alerthome) Blog

Hello All,, Well its been months and months since I written anything. Sorry for that, I would like to touch on Carbon Monoxide Detectors. I have found more people are inquiring about them since the tragic deaths of a family with kids and a young college student here. I have found many detectors l...

NACHI has a new Ask NACHI site. You can ask any question you may have about home inspections or home maintenace questions.It will be answered by one or numerous memebers of NACHI, National Association of Certified Home Inspectors, free of charge. A valuable resourse for Agents and or buyers or se...

Hello again, Your Friendly Home Inspector, Rick McCulloughThe TIP this week is about Winterized Properties. When a home is winterized some companies disconnect the toilet water supply (Risers) and the dishwasher water supply under the kitchen sink. Check that the washer water hook up and the outs...

Innocence is priceless> > One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex> standing in the> foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque.> It> was covered with> names with small American flags mounted on either> side> of it. The > seven year old had been staring at the plaque for > some> t...

Which are you Yankee or Dixie,, Take the test and find out..  http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/yankee_dixie_quiz.htmlIt was fun test and told me a bit about myself,, Pass it along to your friends and family,, see where they stand on the GREAT Yankee Dixie debate,, ;-)  Enjoy it an...

One Of Life's LessonsA man walks into a drug store with his 8-year old son. They happen to walk by the condom display, and the boy asks, "What are these, Dad? To which the man matter-of-factly replies, "Those are called condoms son. Men use them to have safe sex.""Oh I see," replied the boy pensi...

Hello again,, Your Friendly Home Inspector, Rick McCullough here once againHow SAFE is your Home Inspection going to be? Strange question I know.And I am at total loss at how to prevent anything like this. I would welcome suggestions, your comments, ideas, anything you think might help. Not only ...

 City inspects for safety only, not quality THE PERFECT SHOCK | New housing needs a full once-over by a certified home inspector April 20, 2007BY SANDRA GUY sguy@suntimes.com  Beware home buyers: Illinois does not require developers to be licensed, and city inspectors are not assessing the constr...

GAS WAR - an idea that WILL workThis was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It ' s worth your consideration.Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a gallon by next summer and it might ...

Deer Camp The guys were all at deer camp They had to bunk two to a room. No one wanted to room with Daryl >because he snored so badly. They decided it wasn't fair to make one of them stay with him the whole time, so they voted to take turns. The first guy slept with Daryl and comes to breakfast t...