How to Maintain Healthy Indoor Air Quality – Step 4: Test Your Home for Radon
Radon is a naturally occurring gas that emits from the ground and disperses quickly outdoors. However, radon gas can get into homes...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Jan 8, 2020
- 1 min
How to Maintain Healthy Indoor Air Quality – Step 3: Purify the Air with Specific Plants
There are many DIY options you can undertake to keep your indoor air fresh and free of pollutants. Most homeowners don’t realize that...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Jan 4, 2020
- 1 min
How to Maintain Healthy Indoor Air Quality - Step 2: Winter Concerns Continued
Ventilation is key to control pollution and moisture in a home. But, what do you do in winter when you want fresh air and opening the...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
How to Maintain Healthy Indoor Air Quality - Step 1: Winter Concerns
Poor indoor air quality during winter is more of a serious issue than most people realize. It can lead to long-term illness and greatly...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Nov 17, 2019
- 1 min
First Time Home Buyer Series: What is R Value?
R value measures how well a building material can resist heat. The higher the R value, the less the material allows conduction or the...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Nov 14, 2019
- 1 min
First Time Home Buyer Series - The Very Basics: The Importance of Insulation and Ventilation
A well-ventilated and insulated attic keeps an attic cool in the cooler months, which prevents ice dams. The insulation will also keep...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Oct 27, 2019
- 1 min
First Time Homebuyer Series – The Very Basics: What is Flashing?
Flashing is an impenetrable material, usually made of galvanized steel, but also could be made from other materials such as, lead, copper...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Oct 20, 2019
- 1 min
Is Your Floor Insulated?
Most newer homes have some insulation under floors. Older homes may not. If the floor is above a basement, then the basement ceiling...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Oct 17, 2019
- 1 min
Why are Chimney Liners Important?
All masonry chimneys need linings. Clay linings are the most common, but chimneys can also have ceramic, poured-in-place or metal conduit...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Oct 16, 2019
- 1 min
Good to Know about Mold
adapted from InterNACHI Mold can be tricky to discover, because often times the location of its growth is not readily visible, as it maybe...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Oct 12, 2019
- 1 min
Time to Install a Frost Free Faucet?
If you have an older home, you should check to see if you should upgrade your outside water faucet to a "frost-free" anti-siphon style...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Sep 23, 2019
- 1 min
Fall Home Maintenance Task #4: Weatherstripping
Weatherstrip entrance doors to the home and garage doors to cut down on any drafts. There may be other doors in the home, such as the...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Sep 21, 2019
- 1 min
Fall Home Maintenance Task #3: Check Windows for Cracks
Warmer seasons are the time to check for any air leaks in your windows. On a windy day, hold a candle flame close to the window seams on...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Sep 13, 2019
- 4 min
Cap Your Chimney!
For many homeowners, fireplace season means warming cold toes by a crackling fire, safe from the strong winds and chilly weather that...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Sep 10, 2019
- 3 min
Winter Storm Preparation Tasks for Your Home
Adapted from Home Advisor Article 1. Trim Branches If there are branches positioned to fall on your home, you'll want to trim them back...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Sep 1, 2019
- 2 min
Why Bother Caring for Door Hinges & Hardware?
Let's face it, in the pantheon of routine home maintenance, caring for your door hinges and hardware clearly isn't as high a priority as...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Aug 28, 2019
- 1 min
Hard Water and Your Dishwasher
If you haven't already done so, test your water to see if it is "hard," and if so, you may need to add a water softener to allow your...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Aug 26, 2019
- 2 min
Anti-Scald Valves - An Important Necessity!
by Nick Gromicko Anti-scald valves, also known as tempering valves and mixing valves, mix cold water in with outgoing hot water so that...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Aug 21, 2019
- 1 min
Eco-Friendly Home Insulation
One couple learned all about insulation when they began renovating their kitchen. They found that they didn't need to buy conventional...
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Hawkeye Home Inspections
- Aug 16, 2019
- 4 min
Energy Efficient Way to Better Indoor Air Quality
According to the EPA, indoor air quality inside a home is typically 5 times worse than outdoor air quality. New technologies have been...
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