Bob Started Inspections by Bob in 2007 after having several "Challenged" homes and learning about how homes and their components SHOULD be maintained.

Living in a "challenged" home teaches you much more than you can imagine, as you need to learn how things work, where they are, and how to keep them working. When something fails on a rainy Friday night and the repair man laughs when you call, you know you are going to have a learning experience during that night. Similarly, some seemingly small jobs are impossible to get people to do, or their prices are equally challenging. Again, you learn, maybe more than you wanted to. Maybe you learn more than once.

Over the years Bob has learned about:

• Heating systems (Electric, Ground Source, Gas & Oil, forced Hot air, Hot Water, in floor, radiant)
• Cooling systems (Through the wall, Conventional and High pressure retrofits, Ground Source)
• Electrical systems (Upgrades, re-work, grounding, communications, low voltage, additions, moves and sub-panels)
• Private septic systems (Gravity, pump)
• Private Water Systems (Shallow Jet wells, Deep Submersible Wells, Ice House retrofits, pumping & conditioning systems)
• Plumbing systems (PB pipe, CPVC pipe, Copper pipe, fixtures, well & septic, water treatment systems, tank less, conventional and zoned DHW)
• Hardware (Doors, windows, locks, fixtures, historic)
• Fireplaces (Flues, re-lining, inserts, gas-retrofits)
• Insects & Vermin (Termites, Carpenter ants, Wasps, Carpenter bees, flying squirrels, snakes)
• Roofs (Flat built up, asphalt shingle, wood shake, gutters & drainage)
• Insulation (Blown, Bat, fiberglass, cellulose, foam, rigid, attic, wall, pipe, crawl)
• Hazards (radon, asbestos, abandoned tanks, Lead, methyl chloride)
• Network and telephone equipment (Ethernet, wireless and private PABX's)
• Driveway paving, brick & flagstone patios and walks.
• Heavy equipment (tractors, backhoes, trenchers, chippers), power tools, welding (Wire, Brazing, Oxy-acetylene), Deep wire tracers
• Home Automation (X10, Insteon, wired, SmartHome, HomeSeer, scripting, timing, Curtain Motors)
• Low Voltage Lighting (Solar, Wired, High Power transformers and long runs)
• Animal Control (Groundhogs, Skunks, squirrels , Flying squirrels , Chipmunks, birds, Bats, Electric Fences)

Bob is continuing to learn and has chosen to formalize the education that he has already received so that he may help others through the process of buying and enjoying their homes by becoming a Home Inspector.