Preston Sandlin's (pasndlin) Blog

A home inspector from Home Inspection Carolina was recently inspecting a home for a new buyer in the Piper Glenn Subdivision in Cahrlotte NC when he noticed a leak under the master bathroom where the jacuzzi tub drain connects to the main sewer line of the house.  There is good news and bad news...

During a recent Charlotte NC home inspection in the crawl space the home inspector from Home Inspection Carolina noticed a disconnected dryer vent.  This is a bad situation because it is blowing warm moist air into the crawl space raising the moisture level.  By raising the moisture level in the...

Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina was recently inspecting a home in Mint Hill NC when he found damage at the bottom of the grarage framing.  The problem here is that the wood runs all the way to the ground and it is not primed or painted on the back side so it ...

Home Inspection Carolina of Charlotte NC donated $423.84 to Jane Cacchione of Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Awareness on Nov 2, 2010.  Preston Sandlin the owner of Home Inspection Carolina pledged that he would give 25 % of Home Inspection Carolina's net for the month of October to Susan G Komen. ...

Charlotte Home Inspector Preston Sandlin found high moisture in the right rear corner of a Fort Mill home he was recently inspecting.  When he inspected the outside he found the cause for this.  The soil or ground was sloped towards the house on the right rear corner of the house.  The soil shou...

            Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin was doing ahome inspection in the Springfield subdivision in Fort Mill SC recently on a brand new home.  He used his infrared camera to scan the house after he was done with his home inspection.  He found a cold spot in one of the front bedroo...

Click to view large Download this gallery (ZIP, undefined KB) Download full size (34 KB)   A home inspector from Home Inspection Carolina was recently inspecting a crawl space on a home off Sandy Porter Road in Charlotte NC when he came across a snake. The home inspector said that thing about th...

    Click to view large Download this gallery (ZIP, undefined KB) Download full size (16 KB) Click to view large Download this gallery (ZIP, undefined KB) Download full size (70 KB)   Charlotte Home Inspector Preston Sandlin was recently doing a home inspection and an infrared scan on a house off...

One of Home Inspection Carolina's home inspectors was recently inspecting a home in the suburbs of Charlotte NC when he notice an electrical outlet on the rear left corner of the house that was over 10 feet tall.  Now unless you are a professional basketball player this outlet is going to be ext...

Charlotte home Inspector Preston Sandlin was inspecting a home Wilmore near Dilworth in Charlotte NC when he found a a leak in the attic near the plumbing vent.  After getting on the roof he discovered why there was a leak.  While performing the roof inspection he discovered there was no plumbin...