Oct 16, 2018 | Community, Home Buyers, Home Inspections, Home Maintenance, Homeowners
You have likely come across the term thermal imaging, especially if you’re in the market for a new house. Thermal imaging is a tool that some home inspectors use during home inspections. This technology offers deeper insight into the home inspection by showing...
Sep 14, 2018 | Community, Home Buyers, Home Inspections, Home Maintenance, Homeowners, Safe & Healthy Home
What Is Radon? Radon is a radioactive gas that can be found in homes across the United States. Living with high levels of radon poses a risk to your health; one of the long-term dangers of radon in your home is cancer. It’s important to know the levels of radon...
Aug 14, 2018 | Community, Home Buyers, Home Maintenance, Homeowners, Mold, Safe & Healthy Home
Poor indoor air quality is not good for you or your family’s health. Breathing in particles that come from pet dander, dust, pollen, pollution, mold spores, and chemicals may make you sick. If your indoor air is polluted, it can affect your nasal passages,...
Jul 12, 2018 | Community, Home Maintenance, Homeowners, Safe & Healthy Home
As summer temperatures rise, so do utility bills as most of us choose to run our air conditioners more often. We have five pieces of advice to keep your air conditioning costs lower than they otherwise would be. Whether it’s basic maintenance or strategic...
Aug 4, 2015 | Heating and Air Conditioning, Home Maintenance, Homeowners, Safe & Healthy Home
What do HVAC Filters do? The purpose of HVAC filters in your heating and cooling system is more than just cleaning the air so we breathe better. Its purpose is also to keep the coil (much like a car radiator) clean so the unit works to its full potential and highest...
May 31, 2015 | Home Maintenance, Mold, Safe & Healthy Home
Mold is a naturally occurring living organism found in virtually every environment. It grows when the humidity is 60% or higher, if there is a substance for it to eat (like drywall), if the temperature is between 40 and 100 degrees, and if mold spores are present....
