When you are buying a home built on a slab foundation, one of the most vulnerable and overlooked components is the ductwork embedded beneath the concrete. During a recent inspection, Mike from Tri-County Inspections uncovered a significant issue that would have gone completely unnoticed without a professional evaluation: cracked, deteriorating in-slab clay tile ductwork. These
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Lead Safe Certification Cleveland A new report from Spectrum News, “Cleveland attempts to increase speed of lead abatement,” highlights an important issue in Cleveland: too many older homes still contain dangerous lead hazards, and many landlords are struggling to stay ahead of the city’s lead-safe requirements. With rental properties built before 1978 making up a
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At Tri-County Inspections, we know that a thorough home inspection includes looking at all aspects of a property—both inside and out. In a recent video, our inspector, Mike Vakos, discussed a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of home safety: Service Lines Inspection. Whether it’s electrical, phone, or cable lines, understanding their impact on your home
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A prelisting home inspection from Tri County Home Inspections offers sellers invaluable insight into the condition of their property before it hits the market. These sellers, by engaging the expertise of a qualified home inspector, gained a comprehensive understanding of any underlying issues or potential concerns within their home. As it turns out, their home
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The Pushmatic electric panel with the Bulldog brand can be found in homes today and dates back to the 1950’s through the 1960’s. There has never been an actual recall of the Pushmatic, however it is known that over time they can become very stiff and difficult to operate or reset. This results in the
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No. Many new home buyers may see a rusty electrical panel and think the house is “about to blow”. It is not. And as home inspectors we spend extra time explaining to new home owners that every house has issues. Our job is to figure out which issues you want to take care of immediately
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If you’re buying a home from a private seller you could be subject to any litany of strange dealings, and canceling a home inspection is a HUGE red flag. Why would anyone cancel a home inspection? At the time of this blog post the market in Cleveland is considered a “sellers market” with 64% of
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Some people call them chimney crickets, some call them roof crickets, and they’re referred to as chimney saddles, too. Although technically a chimney saddle is slightly different from a chimney cricket, they are so similar that the phrases have become interchangeable. In all cases the chimney cricket, roof cricket, a.k.a saddle, is used to divert
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At Tri-County Inspections, a Cleveland, Ohio home inspection company, we go out of our way to set aside substantial time to inspect the attic in all our Cleveland home inspections. Not only does a thorough inspection of the attic help explain major components of energy efficiency and ventilation, but the attic also holds the secrets
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Earlier this year we posted about our most common electrical issues that come up in a home inspection and provided some answers about two prong outlets in our post “Two-Prong Outlets: What Does the Home Inspector Say?” That post is the most popular on our page so it has become evident that home owners, home
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