Barry Stone
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Building a new home inspection business requires patienceApr 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. As a marketing and advertising professional, I have been assisting my husband to build his new business as a professional home inspector. But it has been more dif...
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Aging exterior paint should have been noted in reportApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. When we bought our home, we noticed that the exterior paint looked worn and that the knots in the wood siding were showing through. We pointed this out to our hom...
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Refund policy is a sensitive topic for inspection industryApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. After we bought our home, electrical violations and building settlement problems were discovered. And none of this was reported by our home inspector. When we cal...
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Structural engineer can provide greater detail on foundation repairsMar 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I found a house that I really like, but the home inspection report says there may be foundation problems. How can I determine the cost to fix the foundation, if in fa...
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Inspection can help sellers market their homesMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Our Realtor has advised us to hire a home inspector before listing our home for sale. We know there are problems with the house, and we were planning to repair th...
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Ongoing drainage problem should be repaired, or disclosed to a buyerMar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. My home is about three years old. When the builder's one-year warranty was still in effect, I notified him that water drained into the garage during rainy weather. He...
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Asphalt shingles should not be installed over wooden onesMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. The home we are buying has a new asphalt shingle roof. It was installed by the seller over the old wood shingles. Our home inspector says this is a substandard instal...
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All home inspectors should not be judged on shortcomings of a fewFeb 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. Home inspectors are a joke. Say what you will about the benefits of home inspection; your business is one of the biggest swindles in real estate. You guys deny liabil...
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Municipal leaders should require CO detectors in building codesFeb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Carbon monoxide, or CO, has been called the invisible killer because it is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, toxic gas. According to the Center for Disease Control, 15,0...
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Heating contractor either unqualified or deliberately misleadingFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I think my heating contractor is trying to rip me off. I hired him to clean my forced air furnace, but he wants to sell me a new one. My furnace makes a few crack...