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The house is winterized: Many homes we inspect have the crawlspace winterized by plugging up crawlspace vents with the ubiquitous Styrofoam plugs that can be found at any hardware store. Sometimes the vents are [...]

During the summer, chimneys are often an afterthought that are not given much consideration. Come winter, the warmth and comfort associated with a nice fireplace is something most homeowners look forward to. However, [...]

A common and heavily used household appliance, the clothes dryer revolutionized the amount of time that people spent cleaning and drying clothes when it was first developed in 1938. While this machine is both [...]

Knob-and-tube wiring is a method that was commonly used from the 1880’s to the 1940’s and is often observed in older homes. While this wiring method is not inherently dangerous, it is considered antiquated [...]

In many older homes, it is common to find two prong outlets that were standard when the home was built. However, most newer appliances require an outlet that has three prongs for it to [...]

Since their creation by Charles Dalziel in 1961, ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCI’s) have become a commonplace item in homes and have saved countless lives from electrocution. But how do these devices work and [...]