A pre-drywall inspection happens after the framing, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC rough-in are complete, but before the walls get closed up. That's the whole idea. Once drywall goes up, everything behind it disappears, so this is the last chance anyone gets to see the guts of a new home before they're hidden for good. [...]
Ever wonder what our energy techs are doing when they show up with a giant fan? It’s for blower door testing – a useful way to find where a home is losing energy. So let's walk through what happens during the test, why it matters in Colorado, and what we do when we find [...]
Corinna Bolton Fieger is a real estate agent based in the Denver area. She combines her years of experience in the housing industry with her extensive background as an educator to provide a top notch buying or selling experience to all of her clients.
Update: As of October 25, 2022, the egress rules changed for residential rental license requirements in the city of Denver. Please refer to the egress section of the Residential Rental Program Guidebook for the updated guidelines. Though some of the egress requirements now differ for Denver rental properties, the article below still [...]
We are often asked by builders, contractors, and architects - what is included in the IECC Code? Understanding code content is critical to building and designing homes. And yet so many people don't completely understand the content of the IECC Code. Reading codebooks from cover to cover seems to be a daunting task. Most contractors [...]
City of Louisville adopts IECC 2021 and its Net Zero Appendix The latest and most challenging energy codes have been released by the International Code Council and their IECC 2021 codes. While the vast majority of Colorado’s Cities and Counties have adopted one iteration of the IECC or another, ranging from IECC 2009 to [...]
Where are the best places to insulate a home to get the most energy savings and best comfort gains? That question is asked in every energy audit we perform. While this answer can vary depending on the age and the type of home, there are general solutions that apply across the board. Improvements in [...]
During the course of our 16+ years performing home inspections, with a team of home inspectors in Colorado, we have seen a wide range of electrical issues. And while we have written a lot of articles on specific issues, we wanted to compile the top electrical issues found at home inspections into one place. [...]
Boulder, Colorado has some very unique building requirements. If you are a builder that works within the county or the city, you know that it's now always easy to understand what's needed in regards to energy performance. The fun part is the county and the city each have very different requirements. Today we are going [...]
View from the Roof is a blog series written by me, George Scott, Founder, and CEO of Scott Home Inspection. The series is meant to share my thoughts and views of the home inspection and real estate industry, as well as the general challenges of running a small, growing business from my own [...]
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