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Fire Hazards In An Attached Garage. Learn about dangers that could be in your garage. Items listed by your Youngstown Warren Ohio area home inspector. Read More..... . . .
15
Tools Every Homeowner Should Own, Recommended By Your Youngstown Ohio Home Inspector. Read More.... . . .
Concrete care: Easy, cost-effective fixes
for your home's concrete
(ARA) - Concrete is so durable and dependable it's easy to take it for granted.
But like any other surface around a home, concrete needs maintenance - and sometimes repair. Read more..... . . .
Grilling tips to keep home fires burning safely
(ARA) - Summer is here and so is grilling season. Before firing up the grills,
however, weekend warriors should observe a few simple precautions to ensure that backyard barbecue bashes don't go up in flames.
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Protect
Your Home From Termite Damage (ARA) - As Americans head outside to tend to their lawns and repair their houses, it's just
as important to consider what might be happening out of sight, deep inside the home.
Termites, which are found in every
state except Alaska, live in colonies that eat continuously. Read More...... . .
How to buy a foreclosed home
(ARA) - With the downturn in the economy over the past two years, hundreds of thousands of homes have gone into foreclosure,
offering a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many Americans to buy a home at an unheard of price, sometimes 30 percent
or more off the most recent sale price. Read More..... . . .
10 Easy
Ways to Save Energy in Your Boardman Area Home Most people
don’t know how easy it is to make their homes run on less energy, and as an InterNACHI home inspector, we want to change
that. Drastic reductions in heating, cooling and electricity costs can be accomplished through very simple changes, most of
which homeowners can do themselves. Read more........ . .
Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters
Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters (AFCIs) are special types of electrical
outlets and circuit breakers designed to detect and respond to potentially dangerous electrical arcs in home branch wiring.
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Bathroom ventilation systems are designed to exhaust odors and
moist air to the home's exterior. Typical systems consist of a ceiling fan unit connected to a duct that terminates at the
roof. The fan may be controlled in one of several ways: Read More.......
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Bidets
Common in much of Europe and Asia, bidets are toilet-like plumbing fixtures
designed to promote posterior hygiene. Although bidet prevalence in certain regions represents a humorous cultural distinction
from American-style paper wiping, bidets do sport considerable convenience and comfort advantages. Bidets are becoming increasingly
common in North America. Read More.....
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Chinese Drywall
Amidst a wave of Chinese import scares, ranging from toxic toys to tainted
pet food, reports of contaminated drywall from that country have been popping up across the American Southeast. Read More.....
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Condensation In Double Paned Windows
Condensation is the accumulation of liquid water on relatively cold
surfaces. Almost all air contains water vapor, the gas phase of water composed of tiny water droplets. The molecules in warm
air are far apart from one another and allow the containment of a relatively large quantity of water vapor. Read More.....
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Dryer Vent Safety
Clothes dryers evaporate the water from wet clothing by blowing
hot air past them while they tumble inside a spinning drum. Heat is provided by an electrical heating element or gas burner.
Some heavy garment loads can contain more than a gallon of water which, during the drying process, will become airborne water
vapor and leave the dryer and home through an exhaust duct (more commonly known as a dryer vent).
A
vent that exhausts moist air to the home exterior has a number of requirements: Read More.....
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