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Tips, hacks and tricks to keep your home maintained, what to look out for, and how to prepare for a home inspection.

Todd Miller, owner of HomeSpec Certified Inspections, Inc., performs home inspections in Sarasota, North Port, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte, Englewood and the entire SW Florida area.

Summer is Back!

March 12, 2015 | Todd Miller, CMI

Yesterday was a bright and sunny day. The outside temps topped out at 86 degrees.  Got to love this SW Florida weather sometimes. However, HomeSpec inspected a home that had no attic ventilation except some soffit venting. The temps inside the attic 150 degrees. The air handler was up there also and was struggling to cool the home down....

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Pre Listing Inspections, what is their value to you?

February 25, 2015 | Author: Todd Miller, CMI

Selling your home? One way that you can make your home stand out and sell faster than all the others in your market is to have a Pre-Sale Professional Home Inspection conducted on your property. HomeSpec Certified Inspections, Inc....

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Using all the good tools!

February 24, 2015 | Author: Todd Miller, CMI

HomeSpec was called to a clients home to check to see if the water leak detected on an earlier HomeSpec inspection had been repaired and remediated. We try to use the latest in technology and equipment to do every...

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Pool safety, Its your responsibility.

February 15, 2015 | Author: Todd Miller, CMI

Unintentional Drowning: Get the facts. Every day, about ten people die from unintentional drowning. Of these, two are children aged 14 or younger. Drowning ranks fifth among the leading causes of unintentional injury death in the United States. How...

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Preparing for a home inspection? Don’t stress, it will be OK

February 15, 2015 | Author: Todd Miller, CMI

Preparing for a home inspection is no big deal. Really. The home inspector is in your home not to tear it down but to give the potential buyer a realistic view of the home they are about to buy....

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Gutter Cleaning Hack

February 15, 2015 | Author: Todd Miller, CMI

Add a length of PVC pipe to your electric blower to clean out your gutters with your feet on the ground.

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Wind Mitigation Inspections, they can save you money

February 15, 2015 | Author: Todd Miller, CMI

Here in SW Florida there is only one inspection I can think of that can directly save you money and pay for itself. The Wind Mitigation Inspection. The Wind Mit. is an inspection born of the need for the...

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Does your home inspector use IR Technology?

February 14, 2015 | Author: Todd Miller, CMI

HomeSpec Certified Inspection uses IR cameras in our home inspections. Specifically the FLIR E8 camera. Why? During my 10 yrs as a helicopter pilot and much of that time in the Apache FLIR was the tech that kept me...

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GFCI are important and cheap insurance to a safe home

February 14, 2015 | Author: Todd Miller, CMI

Frequently during my inspections I find older homes with no GFCI protection in the bathrooms and kitchen. Click here to see just what a GFCI outlet is if you dont know. Now its not a ding on the home...

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