Jack Gilleland Home Inspection Services

  Recently I have seen an increased use of tile on counter tops.  Don't get me wrong, done correctly, it is a good surface for that purpose.  You need to be careful though, This type of surface  has it's drawbacks. Broken tile (the kind where there are few, if any, beveled surfaces) is attractiv...

    In my last blog I said I enlisted the help of a new and first time buyer to make my report pertinent to the real home buyer. Ok, I can hear you, "What does he mean by Real Home Buyer". I'm sure everyone that ever tried to explain anything has come across the person who knows nothing, but nods...

  When a home inspector changes his report format it means he had nothing to do for weeks. But in this case it wasn't true. Recently, I decided to change my report formats to make them more meaningful to the client.  I separated the report into several sections and arranged the form to be much mo...

  I really have missed blogging.  Actually, I've missed a bunch of things lately and I'm  now getting back in the swing of things.  I want to say thanks to those that missed me and sent emails concerning my absence.  I'll just suffice to say that I'll be blogging again and both of you that read ...

What are the things that you don't know about your home? They are all the important things that you don't know are important until you need to know them.  Now is that clear to everyone.  If you live in the North (north of what you ask, where it is cold) you have a more than even chance your driv...

Here's wishing you the Best of the Holidays. May you prosper in all you do.   Jack Gilleland Home Inspection Services, Clayton

Now I don't mean the ones that he spouts when he trips over the last step in the basement, or the one that he says when he closes the dishwasher on his fingers.  The ones I mean are the ones that you can use in public without mothers covering their children's ears. I'll start with the ones that a...

  There is a problem here and, although it doesn't jump out at you, it will turn into a problem that will eventually cost the new homeowner money.  My camera is level and I am shooting the picture at floor level to try to show the drop at the opposite end of the room.  The drop is 3/4 of an inch...

What are the things that you don't know about your home? They are all the important things that you don't know are important until you need to know them.  Now is that clear to everyone.  Nail pops are irritating (well, they are for me).  "What is a nail pop?", you say.  A nail pop is where the d...

             What are the things that you don't know about your home? They are all the important things that you don't know are important until you need to know them.  Now is that clear to everyone.              Normally, if you have lived in you home for a while you know how to reset your GFCI (...