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reason to get a home inspection - find mold

Mike Vakos, owner and lead home inspector of Tri-County Inspections, is committed to educating home buyers and home owners about the many things that a home inspector covers. Typically a home inspection is done to inspect the quality of the home – the hundreds of components that make up a home, and it’s the inspectors […]

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Home Inspection Company Cleveland

Although the saying is “April showers bring May flowers,” in the Cleveland area, April showers bring many flooded basements. If you’ve gotten a first-time home buyer home inspection in the last year from Tri-County Inspections, these tips are for you. And if you’ve gotten one of our new construction home inspections, these tips area also

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We frequently educate home buyers about fire safety, as it relates to a home’s electrical system and other areas of the home. Fire is the ultimate risk when determining what to do about two-prong outlets and a Federal Pacific Electric Panel, two topics we recently posted about in this blog. To raise awareness about the

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Radon Testing Cleveland

Yes, we do provide radon inspections so we “have a bias” but radon is a legitimate issue – not something to be dismissed. The EPA has designated January as National Radon Action Month because radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the US! Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer deaths among

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Fixing Two-Prong Electrical Outlets

Are you getting a pre-listing home inspection to uncover potential issues before selling your home?  Are you buying a home and getting a thorough home inspection report? If the home was built before the 1980’s,  it is very common to see notes about two-prong electrical outlets in the home inspection report. There are a lot

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Federal Pacific Electric Panels Pass Home Inspection

So what is a Federal Pacific panel? How do you know if you have one? And will it “pass a home inspection?” Your Federal Pacific Electric panel will likely say “FPE” on the front metal door on a sticker for Federal Pacific Electric. These panels were commonly installed in the 50s – 80s, so the

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Pre-Listing Home Inspector

Thinking about selling your home? Wondering if it needs updates? How will the house stand-up to the home inspection process when you have a buyer?  Will they want a radon inspection? Mold inspection? Are there items that the buyer will demand be updated or repaired as a condition of purchase or will they re-negotiate expecting

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