HINT: Two things are potentially wrong. And, the house is about 75 years old
ANSWER: Sure, the electrical box should have a cover. But what is that white stuff in the back ground? Could it be asbestos? Only a test will tell for sure.
Thank you,
Richard Acree
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Richard Acree is the author of the HABITEC Home and Building Inspections Blog and founder of the ActiveRain Group Tennessee Home and Building Inspectors. All are welcome to join and see more blogs like this one.
HINT: These things hunt for their food.
ANSWER: This guy, a recluse spider we named Spider MAN, was sitting right at the top of the attic stairs. He is about the size of a silver dollar!!
Thank you,
Richard Acree
Comments in this blog posting are the copyrighted intellectual property of Richard Acree, President, HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC, and contributing members of the Active Rain Real Estate network, and are intended to educate and otherwise assist home owners, sellers and buyers, building owners, sellers and buyers, realtors, real estate investors, property managers, and lenders in the process of owning, buying or selling homes or commercial buildings. HABITEC is a residential (home) and commercial building inspection company serving Middle Tennessee including Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Mt. Juliet, Hendersonville, Dickson, Belle Meade, Columbia, Spring Hill and more! In addition to building inspections HABITEC offers Environmental Services for mold assessments, radon testing and water quality analysis. Additional information about HABITEC can be found on our website at www.habitecinspections.com, or call 615-376-2753.
Richard Acree is the author of the HABITEC Home and Building Inspections Blog and founder of the ActiveRain Group Tennessee Home and Building Inspectors. All are welcome to join and see more blogs like this one.
Hint: You are looking at the underside of an eave and specifically the soffit vent. Anything look odd?
Answer: Paint! Lots of it. But in all the wrong places. Soffit vents provide cooling air to the attic ventilation system. If they are painted over, like these in the picture, the space for cool air to enter is compromised and hence the entire ventilation system is compromised. Without adequate cool air, the attic can overheat and this in turn can "cook" the roof shingles and cause premature aging of the shingles. About the only thing to do here is replace the vents.
Thank you,
Richard Acree
Comments in this blog posting are the copyrighted intellectual property of Richard Acree, President, HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC, and contributing members of the Active Rain Real Estate network, and are intended to educate and otherwise assist home owners, sellers and buyers, building owners, sellers and buyers, realtors, real estate investors, property managers, and lenders in the process of owning, buying or selling homes or commercial buildings. HABITEC is a residential (home) and commercial building inspection company serving Middle Tennessee including Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Mt. Juliet, Hendersonville, Dickson, Belle Meade, Columbia, Spring Hill and more! In addition to building inspections HABITEC offers Environmental Services for mold assessments, radon testing and water quality analysis. Additional information about HABITEC can be found on our website at www.habitecinspections.com, or call 615-376-2753.
Richard Acree is the author of the HABITEC Home and Building Inspections Blog and founder of the ActiveRain Group Tennessee Home and Building Inspectors. All are welcome to join and see more blogs like this one.
Hint: You are looking at the inside of an HVAC split system interior unit after the front cover has been removed.
Answer: Rust! Lots of it. But the unit was 18 years old so some deterioration is expected. But not this much. The rust happened because the insulation on the line set that tracked into this unit had deteriorated above the manifold housing. Condensation dripped down throughout this area and above and rusted the unit significantly. Probably time for a replacement, given the age and amount of damage.
Thank you,
Richard Acree
Comments in this blog posting are the copyrighted intellectual property of Richard Acree, President, HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC, and contributing members of the Active Rain Real Estate network, and are intended to educate and otherwise assist home owners, sellers and buyers, building owners, sellers and buyers, realtors, real estate investors, property managers, and lenders in the process of owning, buying or selling homes or commercial buildings. HABITEC is a residential (home) and commercial building inspection company serving Middle Tennessee including Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Mt. Juliet, Hendersonville, Dickson, Belle Meade, Columbia, Spring Hill and more! In addition to building inspections HABITEC offers Environmental Services for mold assessments, radon testing and water quality analysis. Additional information about HABITEC can be found on our website at www.habitecinspections.com, or call 615-376-2753.
Richard Acree is the author of the HABITEC Home and Building Inspections Blog and founder of the ActiveRain Group Tennessee Home and Building Inspectors. All are welcome to join and see more blogs like this one.
HINT: Did you ever wonder how those brick veneer walls stay up there?
ANSWER: Brick veneer walls exceeding 4 ' in height require a concrete foundation to rest on and usually there is an angled metal drip edge between the bottom row of bricks and the concrete foundation. Wainscots not exceeding 4' may be exempted depending on local codes. However, bracing any veneer wall with bricks installed in a vertical position using lots of mortar to hold the entire wall up is rarely approved!! Fortunately this was under the deck so it wasn't so painfully visible.
Thank you,
Richard Acree
Comments in this blog posting are the copyrighted intellectual property of Richard Acree, President, HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC, and contributing members of the Active Rain Real Estate network, and are intended to educate and otherwise assist home owners, sellers and buyers, building owners, sellers and buyers, realtors, real estate investors, property managers, and lenders in the process of owning, buying or selling homes or commercial buildings. HABITEC is a residential (home) and commercial building inspection company serving Middle Tennessee including Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Mt. Juliet, Hendersonville, Dickson, Belle Meade, Columbia, Spring Hill and more! In addition to building inspections HABITEC offers Environmental Services for mold assessments, radon testing and water quality analysis. Additional information about HABITEC can be found on our website at www.habitecinspections.com, or call 615-376-2753.
Richard Acree is the author of the HABITEC Home and Building Inspections Blog and founder of the ActiveRain Group Tennessee Home and Building Inspectors. All are welcome to join and see more blogs like this one.
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Residential (Home) and Commercial building inspections, mold inspections and evaluations, radon testing and water quality analysis. WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT YOUR SAFETY AND INVESTMENT! PH 615-376-2753
HABITEC HOME AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS, LLC, is a full service Residential and Commercial Building Inspections company with Environmental Services for mold testing and evaluations, radon testing and water quality analysis. We have three inspectors who are trained, tested, licensed, insured and experienced! Richard Acree, President, has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Structural Engineering and a Masters of Science in Business Administration. Ron Rittiner, Chief Inspector and Business Manager at HABITEC, has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Richard and Ron were trained as Home Inspectors by the ITA/Kaplan Training Institute. Also working at HABITEC is Rick Cozby, formerly of House Sense. Rick has over 14 years as a Home Inspector in Middle Tennessee and has inspected over 4000 homes!
We are available 7 days per week. Reports are computer generated with embedded digital pictures for greatest clarity. Many say our reports are the best and most comprehensive in the business. We list our references on our website with their phone numbers and email address so you can contact them directly. Please visit our website at www.habitecinspections.com. Thanks for inquiring about HABITEC!
Richard Acree and Ron Rittiner 
Rick Cozby
Residential home inspections are available for single-family homes, townhomes and condominiums. Commercial building inspections are available for apartment buildings, industrial distribution centers, office buildings, retail centers, recreational clubhouse facilities and more. Environmental services include mold inspections and mold evaluations, radon testing and water quality analysis. Mold evaluations involve mold inspections/surveys and sampling with laboratory analysis to complete the mold evaluation. Radon testing is completed on site with a Continuous Radon Monitor. No need to ship cannisters to a lab where they may get damaged or contaminated. Water quality analysis is mostly completed on site. A laboratory analysis is available should there be an on-site indication of an issue.
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From Owen E: The guys at HABITEC Home and Building Inspections have helped me a lot during 2007. They Inspected the construction of my new home in different phases of construction and found numerous items the builder had overlooked. Finally they inspected the new house before we closed and found more mistakes by the builder. Their report made it obvious what needed to be fixed and the builder got right on it. Now we have moved in and we love the house. I am sure they saved me a lot of headaches. They also looked at the house [a Home Inspector's Review] I was selling and told me what I needed to do to bring it up to speed to sell it. The sale went well and we had little to do for the closing. Again HABITEC saved me time and money! Anybody building, buying or selling a house in Middle Tennessee should call HABITEC in first. You'll come out way ahead!
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