Direct vent fireplace are the ones that have the glass front that doesn't open. They are supposed to be a sealed chamber that shouldn't allow flue gases to enter the home. The direct vent flue pipe has an inner pipe that exhausts the flue gases to the exterior and an outer pipe that draws combu
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01/15/2017
Some home inspections push our buttons. If you're a homeowner trying to sell your house or a Listing Agent giving your Seller advice on how to get ready for a home inspection, then here's a quick To-Do list for ya:1. Put your dog in a kennel or have it stay at someone else's house during the insp
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01/11/2017
This house in Omaha, NE had a 6 month old furnace and water heater. The only 2 sources of carbon monoxide in the home. During my home inspection, my CO detector hit 20 ppm when I was running the furnace. I recalibrated my detector and went back into the house. It then registered 29 ppm. At t
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01/01/2017