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See the full gallery on posterous Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin was performing a home inspection in the Raintree Section of Charlotte NC when he found some really bad settlement.  This settlement was so severe that we had to call in a structural engineer. Take a look at the picture here and you can see […]

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See and download the full gallery on posterous Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin was inspecting a home in the Myers Park area of Charlotte NC when he cam across a chimney in the attic that had been capped over.  That wouldn’t have been a big deal except that the fireplace and damper where still operational.  […]

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See and download the full gallery on posterous Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin was performing a home inspection in Gastonia NC and doing a scan with his infrared camera when he found an active leak near a toilet.  This was not visible to the naked eye.  The moisture around the supply line pipe to the […]

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Charlotte Home Inspector Preston Sandlin was performing a home inspection in Gastonai NC and he performed a an Infrared Scan with a thermal camera.  He picked up a cold anamoly under the water supply for the toilet.  You couldn’t see the leak with the naked eye but you could see it with the infrared camera.  […]

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See and download the full gallery on posterous “We find hose bib leaks all the time” say Charlotte NC home inspector Preston Sandlin who owns Home Inspection Carolina.  It is probably one of the most common thing that we find.  What happen is the packing in the bib gets dry and cracks especially when it […]

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See and download the full gallery on posterous While performing a home inspection in Charlotte NC, Home Inspection Carolina home inspector Preston Sandlin noticed that the crawl space door was raw wood and was not painted.  If the wood is not primed and painted the wood will wick in moisture which will cause decay.  Make […]

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On a recent home inspection in Ballantyne area of Charlotte NC when he found a loose corner brick where the handrail is loose.  The handrail is loose because it is anchored on this brick.  This is dangerous and needs to be repaired. Preston Sandlin and Home Inspection Carolina have providing thorough quality home inspections in […]

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See and download the full gallery on posterous Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina was inspecting a Lake Wylie home when he came across a lose wire.  After testing the wire for voltage it turned out to be positive.  This is dangerous.  No loos wires should be live as this could shock […]

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Charlotte Home Inspector Prston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina recently inspected a house in the Derita area of Charlotte when he found a crawl vent at grade level.  All craw vents are suppose to have a “2 clearnace fom the bottom of the crawl vent to the ground cover.  If not they should have a […]

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While doing a recent home inspection in the Dilworth section od Charlotte NC, Home Inspection Carolina inspector Preston Sandlin finds missing and down insulation.  The insulation in the cavities of the floor are supposed to have these little metal wire pieces to hold them in place.  This paticular house din’t have those and thus the […]

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