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New Construction Inspection with no garage doors installed
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New Construction Inspection: No Garage Doors

The backed up supply chain is wreaking havoc on Builders trying to complete their New Construction homes on time in the Omaha and surrounding areas. I just conducted a New Construction Inspection in Gretna, NE last week days before closing and the garage doors hadn’t been installed yet. The Builder

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Rotted frame on aluminum clad wood window
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Why Aluminum Clad Wood Windows Rot

The benefits of Aluminum Clad Wood Windows Aluminum clad wood windows were very popular in the 1990’s & early 2000’s. You can still find them being installed today on New Construction and during window replacements on existing homes. The wood casement windows looked high-end. You could stain or paint them

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Missing Intumescent Firestop Collars
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Intumescent Firestop Collars Protect Your Family

Radon Mitigation Systems Should Have Intumescent Firestop Collars Through Fire Walls When you run a plastic pipe through a firewall, such as for a radon mitigation system, is fire-rated caulk enough? The answer is absolutely not! The garage is the #1 area a house fire occurs in. During a fire,

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Low Level Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Carbon Monoxide Detectors

Low Level CO Detectors Protect Your Family

Low Level CO Detectors Save Lives! Regular store bought carbon monoxide detectors are manufactured to go off when the CO levels reach 70 ppm for 1-4 hours! These detectors will not protect your family from low levels of carbon monoxide. At lower levels, these detectors will not protect infants, young

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2021-08-30 Driveways- Concrete Flatwork Issues (Omaha Home Inspection)
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Concrete Sidewalk Issues on New Construction Inspection

How To Identify Concrete Sidewalk Issues Concrete sidewalk issues: What happens on your new home when the sidewalk is poured to thin? Thin concrete will crack, settle, and become trip hazards & liabilities. What Are the Required Concrete Thicknesses? Minimum thickness for a sidewalk and driveway is 3 1/2″. If

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Diamond Pier
Deck Inspections

Diamond Piers In Place of Footings on Decks

The Benefits of Diamond Piers Ever seen Diamond Piers supporting a deck? I’ve been seeing this newer method to install a footing for a deck on my home inspections lately and thought I’d share. Instead of having to dig, pour a concrete footing that extends below the frost line, wait

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2021-07-19 Drainage Issues (Omaha Home Inspection)
Drainage Issues

Drainage Issues

Don’t buy a house in the lowest level of the development! That property will be the drainage point of that neighborhood. I’ll share 2 recent home inspections of potential nightmares. The 1st house in Omaha was built in the 1970’s. It had 3 sump pumps and an interior drain tile

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Greg Wayman

President & ASHI Certified Inspector

Greg Wayman is the President and ASHI Certified Inspector of Foundation-2-Rooftop, Inc. As a full-time inspector for over 19 years, he has conducted over 4,000 full home inspections.
Greg is Heat Exchanger Experts Certified and has his NE Radon Measurement License. View more.

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