Welcome to the Total House Inspection blog page! For the last decade, THI has been providing property inspection reports to the people of Rochester Hills, Troy, and Sterling Heights. The articles you’ll find on this page represent some of the knowledge we bring to each and every home inspection.
In this series of blogs, Total House Inspection will be detailing many of the finer points of home inspection. What’s included with a home inspection, and, just as important, what is not? Should you have radon testing done on your home, or is mold inspection more important? And what’s so important about a sewer inspection? Read on to find out!
Depending on who you talk to, household mold can be anything from a benign substance you can completely ignore to a super-toxic substance capable of causing grave harm in microscopic quantities. As with most things, the truth is typically somewhere…
Radon isn’t something you can see, touch, or smell, but that doesn’t make it harmless. In fact, it’s the second leading cause of lung cancer outside of smoking cigarettes. With that in mind, you can understand the importance of testing…
When it’s time to sell your home, you may be more excited about where you’re moving to than all the hoops you need to jump through to complete the sale. If you’re nervous about the home inspection that all sellers…
As winter quickly approaches, you may have many things on your mind, including visiting family, purchasing gifts, and preparing meals for social gatherings. What is probably not in your train of thoughts is thinking about how to protect your home…
Radon is a cancer-causing radioactive gas that can enter your home and cause harm without you ever knowing. In today’s post, we’ll take a closer look at what this naturally occurring gas is, what danger it poses, and how you…
You know mold is bad for your health and can quickly damage the structural integrity of your home. However, do you know exactly how mold impacts your health? There are many different types of mold, so we’ll briefly identify places…
Mold is not a good thing to have in your home. Whether it’s invisible or not, it can cause a lot of harm to your family and your pets. If you’ve recently had a mold inspection and know that your…
You probably already know that you don’t want mold in your home, but do you know why it’s such a bad thing? Mold can pose a number of dangers to your health and the health of anyone living in your…
Mold can grow inside any home, but is especially prominent in environments that are damp, warm, or humid. While typically found in bathrooms, mold can also be found in basements, drywall, ceiling tiles, under sinks, around plumbing pipes, and more.…
When you have a prospective buyer interested in buying your home, scheduling a home inspection will be part of the process of the sale. While it might seem a bit intimidating to have your home inspected, we have ten tips…