A Home for All Seasons Part 1: Spring

by | Jan 27, 2020 | Asheville Do It Yourself, Asheville home improvement, Asheville Home Inspections, Asheville Home Inspector, Asheville homeowner tasks, Asheville real estate, Buying a home, Buying a home in Asheville, Home improvement Asheville, Home Inspector Asheville, Homeowner tasks

Springtime has its own set of tasks, from cleaning to maintenance. For some folks, home maintenance can be a mysterious and daunting set of tasks. At times it seems like a homeowner’s work is never done. What to do? You can’t ignore it. In a home, things...

Electrical safety tips every homeowner should know

by | Dec 22, 2019 | Asheville Do It Yourself, Asheville home improvement, Asheville Home Inspections, Asheville Home Inspector, Asheville homeowner tasks, Asheville real estate, Buying a home, Buying a home in Asheville, Child safe home Asheville, Electrical Safety, Home improvement Asheville, Home Inspector Asheville, Homeowner tasks

Electricity has a “dark side” that can injure or kill you if you don’t respect it Electricity is something we don’t think about much. In fact, we take  for granted that it is there for us when we need it. Most importantly, we rarely...

How to avoid accidental home disasters

by | Sep 26, 2019 | Asheville home improvement, Asheville Home Inspections, Asheville Home Inspector, Asheville real estate, Asheville water damage, Home improvement Asheville, Home Inspector Asheville, Homeowner tasks, Protection from water damage

Accidental home disasters can be very costly. Many are preventable. This is the time of year that natural disasters – hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods, to name a few – are on many people’s minds. There’s another type of disaster that most...

How to protect your home from lightning

by | Aug 23, 2019 | Asheville Do It Yourself, Asheville home improvement, Asheville Home Inspections, Asheville Home Inspector, Asheville real estate, Buying a home, Buying a home in Asheville, Electrical Safety, Home improvement Asheville, Home Inspector Asheville, Homeowner tasks

Lightning strikes can do some serious damage to homes. What is lightning? It’s a visible jolt of static electricity that can occur within a cloud, cloud-to-cloud, or between a cloud and an object on the ground. How serious a threat is lightning?...

Homeowner tasks we all can & should do

by | Apr 25, 2019 | AFCI Testers, Asheville Do It Yourself, Asheville Home Inspections, Asheville Home Inspector, Asheville homeowner tasks, Asheville real estate, Buying a home, Buying a home in Asheville, Electrical Safety, Home improvement Asheville, Home Inspector Asheville, Homeowner tasks

Owning a home can be a double-edged sword. There’s pride of ownership, but there’s a never-ending list of repairs, maintenance chores, and homeowner tasks. Fortunately, most homeowners can do some of these themselves, rather than calling for expensive...