Danielle, a Very Smart first-time home buyer, is pleased with Her Raleigh Home Inspection…

Danielle forwarded these kind words to us just the other day………We at Quality Residential Inspections appreciate Danielle and are very happy that she is happy!

“Hi Gary!

Thank You so much for doing the inspection & forwarding me the report. The report is so detailed and easy to follow. As a first-time homebuyer, I really appreciate you taking the time to thoroughly answer the questions I has in so much detail. Since a home inspection is such an important aspect in the buying process, I felt like it was imperative for me to choose someone with high credentials and you definitely brought your experience to the table. I will highly recommend you to my friends, family, and anyone else I run across who’s in need of a home inspection.”

Danielle Williams
Home Inspection Client
Cary, NC”

Overheated electrical outlet

One look at this receptacle and you just get that feeling that it just isn’t a good thing

……heat might be good when furnaces are the topic of discussion but not so much if it’s an overheated electrical outlet that is the focus….

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), some 3,900 injuries that may be associated with electrical receptacle outlets are treated in hospital emergency rooms each year. Approximately a third of these injuries are reported to occur when young children insert metal objects, such as hair pins and keys, into the outlet, resulting in electric shock or burn injuries to the hand or finger. The CPSC also estimates that electric receptacles are involved in 5,300 fires annually which claim 40 lives and injured 110 consumers.

This type of deficiency is the type that you need to recognize before finalizing your home purchase…… A professional Home Inspection will identify these types of deficiencies, as well as many others, and provide you some guidance as to what should be done and by whom.

Watch for a new topic series…..Home Safety and You….What you can do to make your home a safer place?

Check back here often for our new information series regarding Home Safety.

Drain pipe leakage discovered during a NC Home Inspection

Leakage from plumbing drain/waste/vent (DWV) piping, such as this, is something that is commonly discovered during a Home Inspection……this leak was not particularly severe, but had been occurring for some time and was contributing to an excessively wet crawl space. It’s best to know about these types of leaks and have them repaired by a plumber before they can become more serious.

Plumbing leak manifests itself in an unusual way during a Raleigh Home Inspection…

Home Inspectors just never know what they might find during a Home Inspection….

During a Raleigh NC Home Inspection, and just after testing/operating the plumbing fixtures of an upstairs bathroom, the Inspector (along with everyone else that was present) was amazed to find water leaking from the downstairs ceiling and into a light fixture! No…. we don’t think this is where the plumber had in mind for the water to go when the bathtub was filled and drained. The cause of the leakage was that there was a crack in the plastic over-flow drain piping piping connected to the hall bath tub. The home was just over three years old. As it turned out, the tub had only rarely been filled to capacity (maybe once or twice according to the owner)….and when it was filled enough for any significant amount of water to flow into the piping, well, it leaked…..allot. It was much better for our client to find this out before they bought the home rather than later. The buyer avoided the expense of the repairs because the issue was made known during the Home Inspection and repairs were negotiated to be completed prior to closing. Our clients saved themselves a good bit of money because they chose to have the home inspected.