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Water can be very destructive and can very will foster conditions that are deleterious to yours, and your familys health.

For that reason, the property the home set's on. The grade should slope away from the home, and the interior first level living area, should be sveral inches higher then the exterior grade. Also it's a good idea for the home to have gutters and downspouts that will help carry the rain water that comes off the roof, away from the home. One good idea if it can be done, is to have this rain water carryed to some kind of hard surface. In conjunction with the cellulose material found in most home these days, moisture can facilitate the growth of biological organisms that can compromise building materials and produce mold-like substances that will endup having an adverse effect on yours, your family's, and the health of the home.

Moisture intrusion to the home is a problem, in which you should always be aware of. It involves a lot of interrelated factors of your home, and it sure can be unpredictable, intermittent, or constant. When moisture intrusion is not self evident, you'll also be able to know it's going on. by musty odors, peeling pant or plaster, efflorescence, there may even be salt crystal formations, rust on metal components, and wood rot going on. However, condensation and humidity can also produce similar conditions if the home's temperature in an area is not maintained above the dew point. Nevertheless, if such conditions do exist, or if you or any member of your family suffers from allergies or asthma, you really should consider having a specialist inspection done.

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A home inspection from Dale, will give you peace of mind, so you and your family can enjoy the things you like to do!

Knowledge is Your Power For The Freedom of a Worry- Free Home!

When buying, renting a Home or Commercial Properties in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Windsor County, Vermont, or nearby Counties. When "Good Enough" Isn't, call Baker Home Inspection and Consulting to schedule, Your Inspection.

Phone: 603-826-4207

Mobile: 603-477-8072

4 April 2009-Posted at: http://bakerhome.activerain.com and Localism.com

Baker Home Inspection and Consulting Blog

Owner

You are always welcome to visit

By the time we compete the Inspection, you will know the home or commercial property better than the owner does!

When the winter starts it's winding down:

Homeowners across the Country usely start thinking about their spring cleaning. While some of the projects, like putting away their winter clothing, are symbolic and associated with the fun in the sun that lies ahead of them. Others, such as clearing away a winter's worth of clutter,

are merely associated with an afternoon spent working off a season's worth of procrastionation.

( If you are going to be listing your home for sale this spring, Please do not have areas of your home looking like this when Inspection day comes). Take pity on the Home Indpector.

I would also like to ask the help of all Listing Real Estate Agent's to get your listing client to clean areas like this around the home.

While all spring cleaning projects need to be done sooner or later, some carry more weight than others. Such is the case with post-winter repairs of the home. Much like your automobile can take a beating over a long winter, so, too can your home. That heightens the importance of post-winter home checkup. Once the cold weather has gone away, consider the following four post's to ensure that your home has made it through another winter in one piece.

Remember it sure is a good time to be Selling and Buying a home!

Links to the other four parts of this mini series: Giving Your Home a Post-Winter Checkup-Baker Home Inspection Eyes For Today

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

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A home inspection from Dale, will give you peace of mind, so you and your family can enjoy the things you like to do!

Knowledge is Your Power For The Freedom of a Worry- Free Home!

When buying, renting a Home or Commercial Properties in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Windsor County, Vermont, or nearby Counties. When "Good Enough" Isn't, call Baker Home Inspection and Consulting to schedule, Your Inspection.

Phone: 603-826-4270

Mobile: 603-477-8072

4 April 2009-Posted at: http://bakerhome.activerain.com and Localism.com

Baker Home Inspection and Consulting Blog

Owner

You are always welcome to visit

By the time we compete the Inspection, you will know the home or commercial property better than the owner does!

Take time to look at your ceilings, as if you are looking at them for the very first!

Any one that lives in an area, that has heavy winter snowfall. A telltale sign of leaks is a stained ceiling, which might appear brown or yellow in color after a few months of water infiltration.

Make note where the stains are, and then go otside to examine the corresponding areas of your roof. One thing to always remember, if you start to notice stains in the middle, it's sure best to wait untill after the winter months to inspect this problem. Going up on your roof in bad weather sure is just asking for trouble.

Once winter is done and gone, and you have a good day. To look your roof over, and have identified the trouble spots, you should seek the help of a profrssional roofer. Now unfortunately, if you've noticed the aforementioned of brown or yellow spots on your ceilings, you'll likely very will need to seal and paint the entire ciling. Be sure to even paint even where there was no spots. Otherwise, your ceilings will not look unifoem or very appealing.

Link to Giving Your Home a Post-Winter Checkup Part 3

A home inspection from Dale, will give you peace of mind, so you and your family can enjoy the things you like to do!

Knowledge is Your Power For The Freedom of a Worry- Free Home!

When buying, renting a Home or Commercial Properties in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Windsor County, Vermont, or nearby Counties. When "Good Enough" Isn't, call Baker Home Inspection and Consulting to schedule, Your Inspection.

Phone: 603-826-4270

Mobile: 603-477-8072

4 April 2009-Posted at: http://bakerhome.activerain.com and Localism.com

Baker Home Inspection and Consulting Blog

Owner

You are always welcome to visit

By the time we compete the Inspection, you will know the home or commercial property better than the owner does!

It's time to locate that ladder and get ready to climb and to do some gutter cleaning.

If you are thinking of selling your home, and your gutters is filled with baby trees. The gutters will be written up in the Home Inspection Report.

One of the areas that just about all homeowners will notice that needs some post-winter work are their gutters abd the downspouts. While a leaky roof could be the culprit with the respect to water damage, that water damage could also vert will be the result of clogged gutters or downspouts. Just because you may have made it throygh the winter without any leaks and water damage, that sure doesn't necessarily mean that your gutters and the downspouts aren't backed up.

One of the very first post-winter projects you should address is to clean out those gutters and downspouts. Remove any and all debris that could very will lead to a backup. Do so on a day that's guaranteed to be sunny, so you can dismantle the downspouts to be sure they are clear from top to bottom.

Link to Giving Your Home a Post-Winter Checkup Part 4

A home inspection from Dale, will give you peace of mind, so you and your family can enjoy the things you like to do!

Knowledge is Your Power For The Freedom of a Worry- Free Home!

When buying, renting a Home or Commercial Properties in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Windsor County, Vermont, or nearby Counties. When "Good Enough" Isn't, call Baker Home Inspection and Consulting to schedule, Your Inspection.

Phone: 603-826-4207

Mobile: 603-477-8072

3 April 2009-Posted at: http://bakerhome.activerain.com and Localism.com

Baker Home Inspection and Consulting Blog

Owner

You are always welcome to visit

By the time we compete the Inspection, you will know the home or commercial property better than the owner does!

It just makes sense to prepar yourself and your loved ones, for an Emergency!

The likelihood that you and your loved ones will survive a house fire depends as must on haven a working smoke detector and haven a exit strategy, as on a well trained Fire Department. The same holds true for surviving a terrorist attack or other emergency. We all need to have the tools and plans in placed to make it on our own, at lwast for a period of time, no matter where we are when and if a disaster shouls strike. Just like haven a worken smoke detector, preparing for the unexpected just makes sense. Be sure to be ready.

1. Get a Kit, of Emergency Supplies.
2. Make a Plan, for what you and family, will do in a Emergency.
3. Be Informed, about just might happen.
4. Get Involved. in Preparing your Community.

Link to Part 2 on this post you, will find some items to get you and your family prepared!

Lets all stay safe and prepared!

A home inspection from Dale, will give you peace of mind, so you and your family can enjoy the things you like to do!

Knowledge is Your Power For The Freedom of a Worry- Free Home!

When buying, renting a Home or Commercial Properties in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Windsor County, Vermont, or nearby Counties. When "Good Enough" Isn't, call Baker Home Inspection and Consulting to schedule, Your Inspection.

Phone: 603-826-4270

Mobile: 603-477-8072

19 March 2009-Posted at: http://activerain.com/blogs/bakerhome and Localism.com