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No Cap 🥁😂
💧 Don't Get Capped Out! 🚫 Homeowners, a quick heads-up from your friendly home inspector! 🕵️ Did you know that sometimes sellers may try to hide small water leaks by putting decorative or protective valve caps on things like exterior hose bibs, boiler drains, or even interior supply stops? While caps are often used legitimately, I've seen them used to temporarily conceal a slow drip. If a valve cap is covering up a problem, you won't see the evidence until the cap co
Cid Herlein
Oct 30, 20251 min read


Water Leak!
I use a state-of-the-art infrared camera to find problems that aren’t always apparent to the naked eye. An IR camera translates the heat...
Cid Herlein
Aug 13, 20251 min read
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