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Entries from October 2010

Charlotte Home Inspector Finds Missing Insulation With Infrared Camera

October 31st, 2010 · No Comments

See and download the full gallery on posterous Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin was doing ahome inspection in the Springfield subdivision in Fort Mill SC recently on a brand new home.  He used his infrared camera to scan the house after he was done with his home inspection.  He found a cold spot in one […]

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Charlotte NC Home Inspector Finds Poor Poor Ventilation

October 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Charlotte Home inspector recently found a poor ventilation condition. The problem here is that the the register and the return are too close to each other and there I a ceiling fan there too. Http://www.homeinspectioncarolina.com https://askthecharlotteinspector.com Http://www.charlottenchomeinspector.com Preston Sandlin Home Inspection Carolina 704-542-6575

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Charlotte Home Inspector Reveals Dangerous Fence

October 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin was inspecting a home in Indian Trail NC when he found nails sticking through the top of the fence. The nails are way too large and make it dangerous for people and pets. Http://www.homeinspectioncarolina.com https://askthecharlotteinspector.com Http://www.charlottenchomeinspector.com Preston Sandlin Home Inspection Carolina 704-542-6575

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Charlotte Home Inspector Disovers Hidden Leak in Commercial Building

October 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin was recently inspecting in Fort Mill SC when he found a hidden roof leak where water was running behind the wall.  This leak was not visable to the naked eye. So how did the home inspector find this hidden leak?  He was using an infrared camera that takes a picture […]

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Charlotte Home Inspector Finds and Illegal Drain

October 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin was inspecting a home in the Eastover section of Charlotte NC when he noticed and illegal drain or waste line.  If look at the picture you will know why it is not allowed.  Do you see how the drain line is ribbed or shaped like an accordian.  This ribbibing will […]

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Snake Found in Crawl Space During Charlotte Home Inspection

October 26th, 2010 · No Comments

A home inspector from Home Inspection Carolina was recently inspecting a crawl space on a home off Sandy Porter Road in Charlotte NC when he came across a snake. The home inspector said that thing about them beiing more afraid of you than you are of them was a lie and also went on to say […]

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Charlotte Home Inspector Finds a Heat Duct Blowing Into the Attic With Infrared Camera

October 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Charlotte Home Inspector Preston Sandlin was recently doing a home inspection and an infrared scan on a house off Providence Rd in Charlotte NC.  The infrared camera allows the home inspector to read all of the surface temperatures at once.  When there is an anomaly either hot or cold that doesn’t fit you have to investigate […]

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Charlotte Home Inspector Finds Hidden Moisture Leaks with Themal Camera

October 21st, 2010 · No Comments

See and download the full gallery on posterous Charlotte Home Inspector Preston Sandlin was recently doing a home inspection of Providence Road in Charlotte NC During the regular home inspection the hallway of this housw looked fine but once he he did a scan with his infrared canera he could plainly see leaks where the […]

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Charlotte Home Inspector Inspects Home Of a Giant

October 21st, 2010 · No Comments

One of Home Inspection Carolina’s home inspectors was recently inspecting a home in the suburbs of Charlotte NC when he notice an electrical outlet on the rear left corner of the house that was over 10 feet tall.  Now unless you are a professional basketball player this outlet is going to be extremly hard to […]

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Charlotte Home Inspector Reveals Roof Leak

October 20th, 2010 · No Comments

[[posterous-content:pid___0]] Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin was recently inspection a house in Dilworth near South Blvd when he dicovered six buckets in the attic. That was kind of a tip off that the roof may be leaking.  If that wasn’t bad enough there was a can of roof patch up on the roof.  This roof […]

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