Home Inspection Video Blog - Hand Rails

This home inspection video blog in Fontana, CA is about hand rail safety. I often see safety issues with hand rails which should be immediately repaired. Stairs are a very common place for accidents and injuries. The elderly and the young are most susceptible, but everyone is at risk. I hope you enjoy the video blog below.

I hope this gives you a little more information about a professional home inspection and its value. Be safe out there.

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Home Inspection Video Blog - Episode 7

This home inspection video b log is about pool gate safety. This is a very important safety concerns and should be taken seriously. Pool gates are there primarily to keep children out of the pool area and prevent drownings. Of course, some people say, "No big deal, I don't have kids." This does not hold true... what if a neighbor's kid goes in your backyard to get a ball that went over the wall... then they fall in your unprotected pool... boy, would the lawyers love that one!
Please view the video for information on pool gate safety:





I hope this gives you a little more information about a professional home inspection and its value.

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Home Inspection Video Blog - Episode 6

Some safety items noted during a home inspection are relatively cheap, yet very important. I find these types of safety items all the time and note them on my reports. One such item is an anti-tip bracket for ovens/stoves. The home inspection video blog below gives an example.





I hope this gives you a little more information about a professional home inspection and its value. Be safe out there.

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Home Inspection Video Blog - Episode 5

Sometimes I see things that are pretty funny during a home inspection. This time I thought I'd take a video of it and share it with you. Now keep in mind, home inspectors are a funny breed of people and not everyone will think it's too funny. The video is more about making something useless in a home and therefore taking away any value it was intended to have.

Alas, I have taken too long to get to the point. Please watch the video and let me know what you think.





I hope you got a little laugh from it.

Have a great day and a great 2010!

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Home Inspection Video Blog - Episode 4

This home inspection video blog is about having a light source in a room. Each room needs a light source so that occupants don't trip over items in the dark and get injured. When there isn't a light on the ceiling, there needs to be another way to provide light for the room. This home inspection video blog shows how that is done.



I hope that gives you a little more information about a home inspection and its value. Be safe out there.

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Another Home Inspection Video Blog

I'm trying to move from a traditional blog to a video blog. So please have patience as I try to get all the kinks out of my videos. I hope to eventually be able to make nice, seamless and error-free videos directly in the field some time soon. Until then... practice makes perfect.

The video below shows the importance of an attic inspections during the home inspection. Specifically it shows an attic exhaust fan from a bathroom that does not have a duct in the attic that terminates the hot and moist air to the exterior. I hope you enjoy it.

I hope this gives you a little more information about a home inspection and its importance. Be safe out there.

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Some items found during the home inspection are very inexpensive, but still are a safety concern. The video below has a good example of this. Click on the play button in the bottom left-hand corner of the picture.

A home inspector should not only be reviewing the report with the client, but also put things in perspective to give them a better understanding.

I hope this gives you a better understanding of home inspections and their value.

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I have attempted my first home inspection video. I have wanted to do it for a while... and here we are. It is unscripted and not perfect, but I gave it a shot.

I hope you enjoyed it. I plan on regularly posting videos of interesting items I find during home inspections or just on home inspection subjects. Please give me some feedback on my video, it will greatly help me as I make future videos. Thanks for stopping by.

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Clearance, Cans on Isle 3

Okay, I have to admit it, this blog is not about supermarkets or department stores. But it is about something I find quite often in attics. It has to do with older "canned" recessed lighting. Look at the picture below:

The picture is of the older canned lighting in the attic. The lights will have a warning label on them. The label generally reads something to the effect of, "Warning, risk of fire, 3-inch minimum clearance needed to combustibles." Of course "combustibles" refers to anything that can catch on fire, insulation being one of those. So there needs to be a minimum 3-inch distance between the canned lighting and the insulation. The reason for the clearance is that the older canned lighting can generate a lot of heat.

So the danger is real, but the solution is easy. Crawl up in the attic and move the insulation at least 3-inches away from the light. If the insulation looks like it might fall back towards the light, then add a sheet of metal to act as a barrier. So there you go, and hence the title, "Clearance, Cans on Isle 3."

I hope this gives you a little more information about a professional home inspection and its value. Be safe out there.

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