Wenatchee and Chelan Home Inspection Blog

Mondays Madness-  Skullduggery-  Fun in Home InspectionsWenatchee Home Inspections. Today’s fun is called “skullduggery”.As a home inspector, I never underestimate what I will find during the inspection.As a pet owner myself finding this cat skull was a little sad but my intrigue of the macabre t...

Wednesday Wires- Working with Knob and Tube- Fun in Home InspectionsWenatchee Home Inspections. Today’s fun is called “Working with K&T”. Traditional knob and tube will have open wire splices. This is not allowed for any other wiring methods. The modern requirement is that each electrical wire sp...

Tuesday’s Tiny house builders-  Wenatchee Home Inspections.Wasp season will soon be upon use. So here is some information on this common insect found on homes.  From the Texas A&M Entomology department- Common Name: Paper waspScientific Name: Polistes sp.Order: HymenopteraDescription:  Paper wasp...

Mondays Madness-  Spider Ball-  Fun in Home InspectionsWenatchee Home Inspections. Today’s fun is called “Spider Ball”. As a home and structural pest inspector, I do have to deal with insects. Here was a good looking young lady “Black Widow”.Black widow spiders (Latrodectus species) typically are...

 Did you know? What are some of the causes Home Fires?Wenatchee Home Inspections It seems it does not happen often or does it? Did you know that on average, U.S. fire departments responded to a home fire every 86 seconds. Less than every minute and a half someone will hear the sirens.From the NFP...

Wednesday Wires-  Bundle of Joy-  Fun in Home InspectionsWenatchee Home Inspections. Today’s fun is called "bundle of joy". Quite often I see wire splice not properly contained in a junction box or device. Each electrical wire splice must be installed in a box or conduit body at each conductor sp...

Mondays Madness-  Bat Junk in the Trunk-  Fun in Home InspectionsWenatchee Home Inspections. Today’s fun is called “Holy Bat Junk in the Trunk”. It can drive you batty controlling bats. If they are roosting in your attic you will need to deal with it.Bat guano can pose a few different risks, 1) e...

Wednesday Wires - Fun in Home InspectionsWenatchee Home Inspections. There are many who think they know enough to do their own electrical wiring. Quite often this is far from the truth. Here is an ugly from a recent home inspection.   You should always have a qualified electrician to do your work...

Candle in the Wind... House Fires.    Wenatchee Home Inspections My wife loves candles but it can only take a moment…. and then all chaos can ensue. From 2009-2013, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 9,300 home structure fires that were started by candles. These fires caused 86 deat...

Ooooh the smell!!!  Wenatchee Home Inspector Well, we all have heard it… "they don’t build them like they used to." In many cases that really is a good thing. Here we have a plumbing stack that was terminated right by the bedroom window.  Well, there are obvious reason why this is not a great ide...