Blog & Home Inspection Insights

A Boston triple decker with an apparent 200 amp main service and individual 60 amp feeders to the upstairs units, and why that gap matters to a buyer.

New main panel and subpanel in a Medfield basement, with original fabric covered wiring still running out of them and bare conductor visible in places.

A blistered spot on the lower wall of an oil storage tank in a Sharon basement released oil when I touched it. What that means and what I told them to do about it.

A deck carried by a beam set into the home's concrete foundation. What I could see, what I could not, and why I told the buyer to watch that one point.

On a flat section at the top of a Brookline slate roof, a small square of membrane was sitting over an opening straight through to the living space. That opening, not the slate, is what feeds the ice dam below.

Dark roof streaks, algae, and moss do not all mean the same thing. Learn what visible roof growth can reveal, what it cannot prove, and how to avoid damaging asphalt shingles during cleaning.