With the housing market as competitive as it is and many people not including the an inspection contingency as part of their offer to purchase, does it still make sense to have an inspection after closing? In a word, yes! While it is absolutely true that the inspection done before closing it the right way […]
Changes are coming to the home inspection process and more importantly, how the report is done. WI Senate Bill 74 has redefined the term defect and requires all defects to be listed in the summary section of the report. A defect is now defined as “For the purposes of the report, “defect” as defined in […]
No magic here, just a difference in temperature. Thermal imaging cameras take a picture in the infrared light band which is not visible to the naked eye. These cameras can detect the difference in radiation that a warmer object emits vs a colder object. The hotter an object is the more radiation it puts out. […]
Whenever possible, physically being on the roof is always the best way to evaluate it and we do that on most of our inspections. There are times however when that is not possible and the drone can see things we can’t either from the ground or from the ladder at the eaves. We offer drone evaluation included in our normal inspection pricing!
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer behind smoking and if you don’t smoke, it is your leading cause of getting lung cancer. The EPA estimates that radon kills more than 20,000 people every year. It is naturally occurring and is produced by decaying uranium in the ground. According to the State of WI, southeastern WI is a hotbed for radon, with estimates of between 10-40% of Southeastern WI homes having levels above the acceptable limit.