Serious Water Leak Discovered in Built-In Ceramic Shower While Inspecting a New Home!

Many Buyers of New Construction today miss out on their opportunity to have a Professional Home Inspection. The smell of new paint, carpet, and the beautiful wood work found in new homes these days sometimes camoflages hidden defects or human mistakes made by the builder or sub-contractors. At Magnolia Home Inspections, we carry the special licensing required by the State of Mississippi to inspect your home.

 

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Be Sure to keep all exterior wood Soffit and Fascia Boards Protected!

All exterior wood surfaces should be protected from the weather especially the Soffit and Fascia Boards. Often times, these areas are neglected and not properly maintained to prevent moisture damage. Common places to look for are areas where caulking in missing and painted finishes that are peeling or chipping away. These overlooked areas will rapidily allow moisture to penetrate into the bare wood causing irreversible wood damage.

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Major Water Leak Found While Inspecting! Must See!!!

One of my recent Home Inspections revealed a very serious plumbing issue while inspected the interior crawl space underneath a home. Often times the inspection of the crawl space is completely overlooked due to the obvious location and conditions.

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Fiberboard Siding Issues

Fiberboard Siding (often referred to as Hardboard Planking) was manufactured by several companies including Louisiana-Pacific®, Masonite®, Weyerhaeuser® and Georgia Pacific®.

While this type of siding was made by numerous manufacturers, each company’s fiberboard siding is made in roughly the same manner and tends to have the same issues.

After this siding has been installed for some length of time, it tends to expand slightly. This causes the area around the nail heads to become damaged. This in turn allows moisture to penetrate into the siding and deteriorate it.

As the moisture level increases, the siding’s edges tend to expand. This expansion breaks the paint, which, in turn, allows rainwater to be absorbed by the siding causing a breakdown of the glue holding the wood fibers together. Deterioration of the siding increases as the moisture content of the siding rises.

Fiberboard siding also tends to expand and contract along its length, thus breaking the seal where the boards’ join together. This contraction breaks down the caulk that was applied during installation, again leaving the siding vulnerable to water penetration.

It is critical that the caulking on this type siding be maintained in good condition. Also, regular repainting of the siding is an absolute must. Hand painting of the bottom of each course of the siding with a brush is the only way to ensure that the exposed fibers of the siding get sealed.

It may be possible to slow down the deterioration of fiberboard siding by regular painting and caulking; however, home owners should be aware that there will be problems with their siding in the future.

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Cracked or Broken Roofing Shingles

Common roofing problems can often be seen visually from the ground without the use of binoculars or from a ladder at the eaves. The broken Asphalt shingles in the photo below were the result of either the home owners ladder or from a fallen tree limbs. Broken or mis-placed shingles similar as these should be replaced to help prevent moisture penetration into the fascia boards.

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Common Exterior Problems

Common Exterior Problems