When your family outgrows your home’s available space, moving to bigger digs isn’t always the best option. Maybe you really love your current home. Perhaps you can’t find a bigger home in your price range in the area of your choice. Whatever your reason for staying in place, expanding the home you already have can…
Hardboard siding is very common on houses in this area. The problems with this siding is usually due to poor maintenance and improper installation. Siding in need of paint will swell from water intruding the bottom edge. Siding installed too close to roof shingles will deteriorate from rain water intruding on the cut side of…
Gutter Maintenance For Your Home: As a TN home inspector , I like to share different home maintenance issues the I run across during my TN Home inspections. Here is one that is found often. Debris has built up in the gutter systems and by keeping your gutters clean will extend the life of the gutters and prevent…
Prevent Further Damage Now In Your Home Before It’s Too Late: As a Tennessee home inspector I find this situation more often than you can believe. Letting the family dog have full range of the back yard and marking his area can lead to problems, especially when one of his target areas is the air conditioning…
Memphis Area Christmas Parades: If you want to attend a Christmas parade, the Mid-South has plenty to choose from. In fact, since many of them take place on staggered dates, you could actually attend several. If you know of a parade that I’ve missed, please send me an email at memphis.guide@about.com. Arlington: December 5, 2009…
The Best Late-Night Grub on Beale and Beyond: Memphis is a late-night city. It wouldn’t make sense, after all, for the birthplace of rock-n-roll to roll the streets up early. Beale Street, in particular, and certain bars in the surrounding downtown area keep serving way into the wee hours. In order to keep dancing in…
Learn These Holiday Safety Tips When You Leave Home The holidays are a time when thieves and con artists are frequently on the prowl. Here are some holiday safety tips from the Memphis Police Department to help keep your home, your car, your possessions, and your family safe. Keeping Your Home Safe We all want…
Learn These Winter Home Maintenance Tips From Professionals: As days grow shorter and temperatures fall, it’s time once again to prepare your home for the long winter months ahead. Taking a few minutes now to walk around your home—visually inspecting important systems from a safety perspective and making note of routine maintenance chores that need…
Home and Work Fireplace Safety: Most homes look and feel cozier when they have a fireplace, especially a workable one that the owners use on occasion. But even an attractive fixture of this type can be dangerous if it is not managed correctly or safely. If you have recently purchased a home that has a…
Helpful Information Brought To You By In-House Inspections LLC! Maintenance Tip #1 Preparing the water heater Water Heater Maintenance: Turn off the power if its an electric water heater. Turn off the water to the water heater by closing the valve on the cold water line. Its located on top of the water heater.…