Jack Gilleland Home Inspection Services

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Home Inspector - Home Inspection and Investor Services, Clayton
General information about Home Inspections, the Home Inspection business and maybe some humor.

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2009 

I took 9,450 individual photos for inspections this year (just backed them up to CD's).  That's an average of 75 pictures per inspection (for those that are counting).  Granted some of my commercial and multi-family inspections have been quite large this year. We have 2 cameras in the office and ...
01/29/2009
This is short, sweet and very important.  This can add years to your tank style water heaters life.  Most people don't give any thought to their water heater - they just turn on the faucet and expect hot water to come out. Keep your water heater in peak operating condition by performing some simp...
01/29/2009
This deserves as much exposure as possible,  Thanks Jay for bringing this to our attention.After hurricane Katrina there were shortages of various construction materials.  There was too much that needed to be done at one time.  One thing in short supply was drywall.  This immediate need inspired ...
01/29/2009
Thought I would put these up before we got more snow tomarrow and I don't venture outside at all.  Our local gov't. decided that they would save some money not salting or scraping the roads untill all the snow fell.  Not sure if that means April or what.  As you can see we've been working on it s...
01/28/2009
I just hate it.  It's snowing (3") and I get a call.  Yes it is Sunday, yes I'm doing something other than work, but that doesn't matter.  I tell all my clients that they can call me anytime (sometimes I'm not very bright), anytime at all.  Clients don't call very often, but friends and relatives...
01/25/2009
When I was younger I had an Uncle that thought that a clothes hanger was the ultimate tool, the answer to everything that was broken.  Later on that Uncle discovered duct tape and this took the load off my aunts supply of clothes hangers.  Even later in life he discovered flex-duct and the world ...
01/19/2009
"I don't understand why a home inspection costs so much?" I hear this so often that I want to record a response and play it back.  Numerous times I have listed costs that are required (yes required) for a good inspector to perform just one inspection.  For a short time (when I first started out) ...
01/18/2009
For those of you on the East Coast, bundle up.  I know it is cold already, but last night it was - 13 here, yes that is neg. 13 on my back porch.  Of course, there is some consolation, it is suppose to hit 3 today.  Look at your doors and windows and make sure they are closed tight.  If you have ...
01/16/2009
I've been putting together a package for my father, who is in the hospital recovering from a fall, of his Naval Career.  So the first thing I had to do was find his Naval Career.  He actually talked so little of WWII that I had little information to go on.  This blog is a portrait of the ship he ...
01/13/2009
Jay Markanich has written an exceptional blog explaining why you need an inspector for new construction.  Code Inspectors don't work for the buyer and even if they do an excellent job, albeit necessary, that job is not what the buyer needs.  Why is there no time to do it right the first time, but...
01/11/2009
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