Jack Gilleland Home Inspection Services

Evidently it is true, I have every tool man has ever conceived.  How do I know this, you ask?  My wife told me so. Today was the day for The List.  The List is a compilation of all possible things that need to be done to the house I live in.  I don't say own, because I rent space bartering the re...

Recently, we were talking about old houses in one of my blogs (http://activerain.com/blogsview/1000894/Farm-Homes-A-Worded-Wednesday) and I thought about how remodels and renovations were done in the older homes. This got me thinking about how they incorporated plumbing into the home.  Most of th...

  Older houses can be a mystery and inspecting them can be an exercise in detective work. I love older homes, but there is a myth about them that should be dispelled.    Let’s create a scenario.  Two houses side by side look exactly alike, but one was built in the 30’s (House A) and one was built...

Hope I don't anger the Wordless police out there, but this needs a little explanation.  For the last 2 weeks I have been inspecting farms (and some other things but mainly farms). I have collected a few pictures that I wanted to share.  These are all Ohio farm homes and they run from the very new...

I've been absent from the Rain much too long.  Almost forgot how, well not really. Just suffice to say that I am back to my not so normal self and back in the Rain.  Subject of the day is CO detectors and their placement.  According Wikipedia carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless and tasteles...

  Is your doctor a member of the American Medical Association?  No they don’t need to belong, but most do.  Does that make them all good doctors, in a word, no.  How many homebuilders belong to NAHB (National Home Builders Assoc.)? Are all the ones that do good homebuilders, bad homebuilders?    ...

  In my first blog concerning sprinkler systems I tried to dispel some of the myths that have come to seem like truth. Sprinkler systems have come to be known to save lives and property in businesses all over the country and yet they are frowned upon in residential buildings.  Looking at the reas...

What happens if you have a fire in your home?  The first thing that happens (hopefully) is your smoke alarms/detectors sound with that annoying alarm that occurs every time I broil meat.  The next thing that happens is you evacuate the house or in some cases look for the fire extinguisher and tr...

For those of you that are confused by R factors and what to put where (with reference to your insulation) this is an excellent blog on that subject.  Thanks Ian for putting this together for all of us.            One of the key issues in energy efficiency is the insulation of your home. Proper in...

Did you ever take a trip. Your looking at the bathroom floor and it comes to you that you would like to get rid of that old vinyl.  It would be wonderfull to have ceramic tile.  I see this all the time.   There is carpet in the bedroom and ceramic in the bath, but the bathroom floor is much highe...