Nashville Home Inspection - What's Wrong With This Picture? HINT: Hairy wood is rarely a good thing. ANSWER: Everything! What you are looking at is a piece of wood that supports a porch. So you are looking from below the porch and the grey material at the bottom of the picture is the concrete
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07/28/2011
Nashville Home Inspection - Electrical Wiring - What's Wrong With This Picture? 7.27.11 HINT: Orange extension cords are a red flag during a Home Inspection. ANSWER: HABITEC does not recommend the use of an extension cord as permanent wiring. These cords usually come with plug attachments at b
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07/27/2011
Tennessee ranks Number 18 in CNBC rating for Top States for Business in 2011! [Tennessee is tied with Florida for 2011] Each year CNBC ranks each state in the United States for their accessibility and business-friendly environment based on a series of metrics including Cost of Doing Business, Wo
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06/28/2011
Nashville Home Inspection - Lintel Plate Installation - What's Wrong With This Picture? 6.25.11 HINT: Lintel Plates are the metal strip that should be installed across the top of exterior doors and windows. Lintel plates should extend into the exterior surface above the door and/or window they
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06/26/2011
HABITEC announces another TREC-approved 6 credit Home Inspection Course for REALTORS in Middle Tennessee TENNESSEE HOME INSPECTION September 12, 2011 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Middle Tennessee Association of REALTORS, 311 Butler Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37127 Contact: Roshawnda Perry-Barlow roshawnda@mta
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06/15/2011
Nashville Home Inspection - Proximity of Tree to the Home - 6.13.11 Look at the picture below. Is this OK? HINT: Do tree limbs ever move? ANSWER: Yes, tree limbs do move. Even big ones. Wind, snow, even rain (weight) can cause a tree limb to move. This tree limb is easily in range of the ch
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06/14/2011
Nashville Home Inspection - Proximity of Vegetation to the Structure - 6.13.11 Look at the picture below. Is this tree too close to the house? HINT: We should not try to live like the Swiss Family Robinson. ANSWER: YES! In this case the tree was there first and the homeowner actually built int
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06/14/2011
Nashville Home Inspection - Electrical Installation - What's Wrong With This Picture? 6.11.11 HINT: If you can see the romex cable at an exterior installation, it is probably a mistake. ANSWER: Actually, two things are wrong. First, this electrical circuit probably is not designed to handle
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06/11/2011
Nashville Home Inspection - HVAC Vent Pipe Clearance - 6.11.11 Look at the HVAC furnace vent pipe below. What's wrong with this picture? HINT: Duct tape can burn. ANSWER: What you are looking at is a double wall B furnace vent pipe penetrating an attic floor. Double wall B Vent pipe require
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06/11/2011
What do the following two pictures have in common? ANSWER: Look closely at both pictures. The first one is the HVAC ductwork in an attic. Notice a small box mounted on top of the ductwork. We don't see these very often when we do home inspections. Now look closely at the HVAC regi
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06/02/2011