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Home Standards: Providing a Higher Standard of Service

Fireplace Fun and Function

Fireplace Fun and Function By Jon Vacha   As the weather turns cold and families gather in living rooms, people start to turn on their fireplaces. Or they say- “We’ve never used that thing, I don’t even know if it works”. During a home inspection walk through we...

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Buyer’s Expectations

Buyer’s Expectations of the Home Inspection By Steve Vacha   Expectations can be everything.  If a person has an unrealistic expectation about anything, they will probably be disappointed.  (Some of us football fans will never learn) When it comes to home...

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Electrical Panel Concerns

Electrical Panel Concerns By Steve Vacha Most of us have an innate respect or fear of electricity.  Be it our parents warning us about it from an early age or maybe having the outlet spark on us as we tried to plug in a damaged tool or appliance.  Our homes today have...

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Energy

Energy Steve Vacha   Where would we be without it?  We only have to remember how out of sorts we get when there is a short power outage at our homes. The cost of energy is going up. We pay more and more to heat our homes and keep the lights on. The cost to the...

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Steps of Biblical Proportion

Steps of Biblical Proportions By Steve Vacha     My wife recently came home from a Bible study and told me the steps to the main Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, are not consistent.  They were purposely laid out in an irregular pattern to emphasize to the pilgrim...

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Garage Safety

Garage Safety

Garage Safety By Jon Vacha With the rise of “never stop improving” and “more saving, more doing” more and more home owners are becoming do-it-your-selfers. Every now and then we will run into the handy work of someone who didn’t go about things in the best possible...

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Lots of Hot Air and Gases

Lots of Hot Air and Gases By Tim Krof As winter approaches and the thermostat plummets below zero, we will all be depending on our furnaces to keep us warm and toasty.  The monthly costs to run this appliance will vary depending on outside temperature, thermostat...

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Keeping Heads Out of Gutters

Keeping Heads out of Gutters By Jon Vacha Most gutters are designed to perfectly fit those gutter clips that Christmas lights hang on to. Gutters are also good for grabbing on to if you slip on a roof during an inspecting and start to slide off. When it rains they...

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When It Rains It Pours

When It Rains It Pours By Steve Vacha My father was fond of saying that. He usually wasn’t talking about the weather. Our recent weather does fit this saying.  Who can remember rain like we have been having?  Homes that have never taken in water have had water in...

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