Importance of Roof Inspections in Your Home Inspection
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 water on a roof. We live in the Cleveland, Ohio area so we get plenty of rain and snow. The last thing you want is water pooling up anywhere on your roof where it can become saturated, permeate layers, and over time cause rot and destruction. The purpose of a roof is to keep the water moving - into the gutters, the downspouts and away from the house.
At Tri-County Inspections, a home inspection company in the Cleveland area, we set aside time to inspect the roof in all our Cleveland home inspections. We're looking to make sure that you won't be buying a home with roof leaks and unknown damage happening in an area that isn't typically noticed by the sellers. So whoever does your home inspection, ask them about the roof. Are they getting up on the roof? Are they sending a drone? What's their plan to make sure you don't put an offer on a house without knowing you have a $5,000 repair right away? Or worse - what if you need a new roof? The purpose of a home inspection is to make sure you can negotiate with the seller and prioritize your upcoming repairs based on your budget.
If you have to waive the home inspection, which we do not recommend, but we posted about it in, "Should I Waive the Home Inspection in a Seller’s Market to Win a Multiple Bid Situation?," then get the home inspection after you win the bid. Roof issues will sneak up on you without a roof inspection. If you know the issues, you can plan when to make a repair and save money on a completely new roof or chimney.
Roof: Home Inspection in Cleveland Explains Chimney Cricket
In this short video Cleveland home inspector, Mike Vakos, shows you a chimney cricket at a Strongsville home inspection. You can easily see that with a chimney this size, if there were no chimney cricket, water would accumulate alongside the chimney. This could cause wood to rot over time and when that water gets into cracks in the chimney and then freezes, this could result in deterioration of the chimney masonry. can you imagine buying a home without knowing that something like that could be going on?
Just another reason to make sure you get a home inspection! And that the home inspector inspects the roof.
Chimney Cricket Explained By Cleveland Home Inspector
Chimney Cricket or Roof Cricket
Cleveland Home Inspector Saves You Money
At Tri-County Inspections our goal is to inform you in an honest, easy-to-understand, down-to-earth and friendly manner of things going on in the home we're inspecting. So whether we're inspecting a home before you sell it, a pre-listing home inspection, to prepare you for what buyers may uncover OR if we're doing an inspection of a home you're considering buying - we take the approach of giving you information to make your best decisions and likely save money in the long run.
Home Inspectors Cleveland
Contact Mike Vakos, Cleveland home inspector and owner of Tri-County Inspections for your home inspection services:
- Full Home Inspection
- Pre-Listing Home Inspection
- Commercial Home Inspection
- Radon Inspection
- Mold Testing
- Lite Home Inspection for Investors
- Walk-Through Home Inspections
