Two Minutes with Mark
HomeGuarding Your Gutters
Our mission at Building Sciences Inspection Center is to direct and educate our clients while providing solutions for home maintenance and improvement. Gutters running alongside a roofline can look really nice. However, they may not always optimally perform their...
Maintenance Inspections
Maintenance Inspections are Vital We understand that life gets busy. You just bought a house. You moved. You started a new life for yourself and your family. What happened to the repairs that were recommended when you closed on your house? Were the repairs made...
When Home Inspections Matter
What appears at first to be a routine inspection on a ten-year-old home can quickly become a lesson in why having an initial inspection is so vital to the home-buying experience. An inspection on this home when it was newly built or even a maintenance inspection,...
Spotting Roof Leaks
Small roof leaks can become a larger problem if you don’t catch them soon enough. Roof evaluations should be conducted by a roofing professional every six or seven years to identify potential problems. This can prevent leaks from weakening wood that cause interior...
Grease- The Enemy of Septic Systems
We've all seen what happens when your water hose gets stopped up with debris. You lose your water flow don't you? The same thing happens when grease is allowed to accumulate in your septic system. The only difference is that if grease is able to accumulate in your...
Sniffing Out Unmaintained Septic Systems
Finding and inspecting the tank in a septic inspection is the most involved part of the process. The tank portion of the septic inspection involves pulling a permit (if available) and locating and accessing the septic tank manually with a probe in order to make a...
DDID: Understanding How and Why Inspectors Write Reports Will Increase Your Closing Ratio
From the Desk of Mark Berardelli, BCT, 30 Year Inspector Why do inspectors write things like this? Evaluation of the DDID formula in a report is recommended to completely understand the extent of the conditions and the full extent of the repairs required....
Getting out of the Danger Zone
We all expect our home inspector to highlight problems with the structure or operation of the HVAC but what about safety issues? In the home inspection pictured below, the home inspector found loose boards and a gap in the railing. These items hadn’t...
Raindrops might lead to puddles in your crawl space
With all of the recent rainfall, homeowners in the Charlotte area should check their homes for standing water or excessive moisture. In the inspection depicted below, the home had excessive moisture levels that were already causing structural damage. Intrusion by...
Cutting Corners on the Roof
It happens. You know the roof needs to be repaired and after you get the quote, you decide to put it off for just a little longer. Or it’s a small repair and you decide to attempt it yourself. Repairing your own roof can be dangerous - from...
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