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Protect Your Asset with a Comprehensive Luxury Home Inspection in Houston
Buying a luxury home in Houston requires more than a standard home inspection. When you’re buying an asset that is $1 million or more, every i needs to be dotted and every t needs to be crossed. Only home inspectors…
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Home Damage: Exterior Door Installed Backwards
Don’t let this happen to you! One of our inspectors recently found this rear exterior door installed backwards with the hinges facing the exterior. This is more than just an odd-looking mistake;…
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Home Damage: Garbage Disposal Leak
Texan Inspection’s Home Inspector, Derek, noted this garbage disposal issue in a recent Houston area home inspection. His noted concern was that “this is a leak waiting to happen due to excessive…
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Trent’s Tuesday Tip of the Day: Make Sure the Plumbing Boot Has a Pipe!
Trent’s Tuesday Tip of the Day is this: When you’re dealing with an older roof, check those plumbing boots and make sure there’s a pipe in ’em!
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Trent’s Tuesday Tip of the Day: Always Check the Foundation!
Trent’s Tuesday Tip of the Day is a simple one: when you’re inspecting a home, always ask for the floor plan! It allows you to see what the property contains and what…
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Trent’s Tuesday Tip of the Day: Check Your Water Heater Pipes!
For Trent’s Tuesday Tip of the Day, we’re showing some home damage that needs to be fixed immediately! This water heater’s flu pipe is disconnected, which can cause carbon monoxide to vent…
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Home Damage: Exposed Electrical Connection
Texan Inspection Home Inspector Finds Exposed Electrical Connections Near Furnace Gas Line Here is an interesting photo of exposed electrical connections that should be in a covered junction box. These exposed connections,…
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FLIR Temperature Differences in Interior & Attic Wall
Jason from Texan Inspection here! Today we go over how Texan Inspection uses our Infrared Cameras for our inspections. In this inspection we go over some wall readings for interior and attic…
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Bad Roof Found w/ Drone Inspection
Drone footage during a Texan Inspection home inspection shows damage appearing to have been caused by improper material installed on the roof surface. The surface has little to no pitch. Roofing…