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Generalist, Specialist and Fact

I frequently run into situations where I am asked to provide information that is out of the scope of a traditional home inspection. Things that specialists do. Yet it seems that there is a grey line as to where that is and what that means. This grey line exists for those of us who are in the industry, so I can only imagine the confusion for people who are not in the industry. People who just want to know what a home inspection is and what to expect from one. I wanted to take the time to answer some very common questions that I receive on this subject. Some of these are actual questions and others are crafted from many related questions in order to give you the whole answer. Wait a minute - I just gave you the first topic when I said specialists above.

“I did hire a specialist to inspect my house, right?”

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Tags: generalist opinion, home inspector, specialist opinion
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I call my hat, Radon

I finished school as a home inspector in May of 2003. There were so many things they teach you in such a short amount of time. Water heater good, roof leak bad, me make fire (but never on an inspection :). Now, I am unique as a home inspector for many reasons, but one is that I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology from the University of Kansas (go Jayhawks). I also minored in Chemistry, which gives me a deeper understanding of molds and radon than most of my competition. We learned about radon inspections in school, but I thought to myself, “Radon isn’t a problem in Southwest Missouri - is it?”.

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Tags: lung cancer, radon, radon inspection
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