by Matt Hawley | Sep 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Doing home inspections across Brevard County, over the last 11 years I have seen many situations where a pre-listing inspection would have saved the deal. A pre-listing inspection is as the name describes. The seller has their home inspected prior to putting it up for...
by Matt Hawley | Aug 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Many of the older homes through-out Brevard County have cast iron waste-lines. Most homes built prior to 1970 have cast iron waste lines. Most cast iron sewers along the coast occlude with a rusty build up on the walls of the pipe over time. This build up can flakes...
by Matt Hawley | Aug 13, 2015 | Home Safety
Doing home inspections in Brevard County, I often come across home that have dryer ducts that are routed through the attic space and are connected to a roof-top vent. Many times there is a large lint build-up in the attic space around the dryer duct. This lint build...
by Matt Hawley | Aug 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Infrared thermal imaging technology is an amazing tool and has many building science applications. These applications include looking for moisture intrusion, electrical hot spots, leaking duct-work, to determine if concrete cells have been properly filled and...
by Matt Hawley | Aug 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
During a home inspection in Brevard, the other day the home had a clothes dryer that vented to the attic space. While inspecting the roof, I observed there was not an exhaust vent on the roof. This could only mean one thing…… the dryer duct was venting in...
