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Home Standards: Providing a Higher Standard of Service

Carbon Monoxide Detector Placement

Proper CO detector placement is important. CO gas and air are basically the same weight. But often, CO is accompanied with warm air produced by a gas fired appliance, so it tends to rise with warm air. If only one CO detector is going to be installed, it is suggested...

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Lightning Strikes INSIDE?

Approximately 1,000 people in the US are struck by lightning every year. Contrary to popular belief, however, not all of these people are outside while struck. Some of them are struck while inside their very homes. The insurance industry estimates about 6.5% of all...

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To Ground or not to Ground?

By Steve Vacha, President Home Standards Inspection Services Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing (CSST) is a corrugated pipe with distinctive yellow coating and is much thinner than other, traditionally used pipes. This thinner pipe has been known to develop holes when...

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