Absolute Inspectors, LLC

Absolute Inspectors, LLC Veteran-owned, family-operated home inspection company. Middle Tennessee, Knoxville & Chattanooga. Certified Master Inspector. Thermal imaging included.

Three-time Best Home Inspection Company, Sumner County.

🏠 Myth vs. Fact Monday 🏠MYTH: "It's Tennessee. Radon is a northern problem. We don't need to worry about it down here."F...
06/22/2026

🏠 Myth vs. Fact Monday 🏠
MYTH: "It's Tennessee. Radon is a northern problem. We don't need to worry about it down here."
FACT: Tennessee is one of the most radon affected states in the country, and the geology right here in Middle Tennessee is a big reason why. 🔬
Here is what the science actually shows. Radon is a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas produced naturally when uranium breaks down in soil and rock. It seeps into homes through foundation cracks, crawlspace gaps, sump pits, and utility penetrations. You cannot see it. You cannot smell it. And it does not announce itself.
Tennessee sits on limestone karst terrain and Chattanooga Shale, both of which contain naturally occurring uranium and create efficient pathways for radon to travel through the soil and into your home. The EPA classifies 41 of Tennessee's 95 counties as Zone 1, the highest risk category. Right here in Sumner County, the average tested radon level is 3.4 pCi/L. That is right at the EPA's consideration threshold of 2 to 4 pCi/L, and individual homes in our area regularly test above the 4.0 pCi/L action level where the EPA recommends immediate mitigation.
According to the Tennessee Radon Program, 1 in 4 homes that request a free test kit come back above that action level. That is not a small number. That is your neighbor's house. ☠️
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, responsible for approximately 21,000 deaths every year according to the EPA. The only way to know your home's level is to test it.
The good news is that testing is simple and mitigation works. A certified radon measurement professional, trained and credentialed through InterNACHI and the National Radon Proficiency Program (NRPP), places a test device during your property inspection and your results are included in the report. If levels come back at or above 4.0 pCi/L, a professionally installed sub-slab depressurization system reduces radon by 90 to 99 percent, typically within hours of being turned on. Mitigation costs in Tennessee average $1,200 to $2,500, a fraction of what long term health consequences can mean for your family.
At Absolute Inspectors, our radon testing is performed by an InterNACHI certified inspector. We include it as an add-on to any property inspection, one trip, one report, complete peace of mind. ✅
Do not assume Tennessee means safe. Test. Know. Protect your family.
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Good Morning!! Good Morning!!!!! Gooooood Morning!!!! We made it!!! It's "Fearful Friday"!!! That special time of the we...
06/19/2026

Good Morning!! Good Morning!!!!! Gooooood Morning!!!! We made it!!! It's "Fearful Friday"!!! That special time of the week when your humble yet lovable inspectors share the things we've seen that leave us shaking our heads...or shaking in our boots. This week? A touch of both...

Some days (most days) it seems that you already know what you're going to see before you see it. You stroll through the home and you can just "feel" things going on in the floor. We have a saying that "the feet don't lie". They can tell when something is off...and there was...something off.

Into the crawlspace we go! A two-block crawl (meaning you can barely roll over under there!) and solid metal ductwork so you get to belly-crawl under it to get to where you need to get to to see what you need to see. And did we? Of course we did!

And what to my wandering eyes did appear but a beam and a bottle jack and a paver so near. Ok...there are right ways and wrong ways to shore up (in this case the main beam was sagging) a beam. This was the latter, not the former. One jack, one beam, one nervous sweaty inspector. Some things are best left to the professionals. What's in your crawlspace?

That's it for this week!! Thanks for tuning in to "Fearful Friday"!! See you next week!!!

🏆 Voted by you. Three years running. 🏆Best Home Inspection Company in Sumner County. 2023. 2024. 2025.The Main Street Aw...
06/11/2026

🏆 Voted by you. Three years running. 🏆
Best Home Inspection Company in Sumner County. 2023. 2024. 2025.
The Main Street Awards are not bought and they are not handed out by a panel. They are voted on by the readers of The Gallatin News, The Hendersonville Standard, and The Portland Sun. Your neighbors. Our community. Three years in a row, this community has said Absolute Inspectors is the team they trust.
That trust was earned one property at a time. Over a decade serving Middle Tennessee. A 5.0 rating on Google. Veteran owned and family operated since day one.
We do not take a single inspection for granted. Every roof, every crawlspace, every report carries the same standard: we inspect your property like it is our own. Absolutely.
To everyone who voted, to every agent who refers us, and to every family who has trusted us with one of the biggest decisions of their lives, thank you. This recognition belongs to you as much as it does to us.
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🏠 Happy Wednesday to all our Realtor partners out there! Quick pro tip that could save your next closing. 👇The single mo...
06/10/2026

🏠 Happy Wednesday to all our Realtor partners out there! Quick pro tip that could save your next closing. 👇
The single most expensive surprise we see buyers walk into is not the roof and it is not the HVAC. It is the sewer line. 💸 A failed lateral can run $8,000 to $25,000 to replace, and it sits completely invisible underground where no standard inspection can reach it.
Here in Middle Tennessee, it is not just tree roots. Our region sits on limestone karst, which means the ground beneath a home is always slowly moving. ⛰️ Add in clay soils that swell and shrink with every wet season, erosion from heavy storms, and decades of settling, and those underground lines take a beating year after year.
And the pipes themselves tell a story. Many older homes around here still drain through original clay tile or cast iron lines. Clay joints are an open invitation for roots and shifting soil. Cast iron corrodes from the inside out after 50 plus years. Both can look fine from the surface right up until they fail. 🔧
That is why we run a full sewer lateral camera inspection. 🎥 It takes about an hour, we scope the entire line from the access point to the main, and your buyer sees exactly what is down there in the report. Pipe material, condition, root intrusion, bellies, offsets, all of it documented.
When your client books their property inspection with us, the sewer scope adds right on. ✅ One trip, one report, zero surprises at the closing table.
Your reputation is built on protecting your clients. We are here to help you do exactly that. 🤝
📞 (615) 916-7264
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06/03/2026

Wednesday What We Found — Water Heater Edition 🔍🔥
We found a water heater the other day.
Someone elevated it on cinder blocks. 👏 Points for effort. The IRC does require garage water heaters to sit a minimum of 18 inches off the floor to keep the ignition source above any flammable vapors that pool at ground level. Whoever did this knew that much.
They did not know which way the blocks go. 🧱
Hollow CMU blocks are engineered to carry load through vertical cores. That is the whole point of their design. These blocks were turned on their side, cores running horizontal, which means a 450 to 500 pound water heater full of water was resting on the thin face shells of the block instead of the structural web. 😬
We also noted the absence of an expansion tank 💧, corrosion on the fittings 🔧, and no sediment trap on the gas line ⛽. Those are all conversations worth having.
But the blocks were the highlight of the day! 🏆
There are many ways to elevate a water heater. This was one of them. It was not the right one. 🤦
This is what we look for. On every inspection. In every mechanical room. In every garage.
Your buyers deserve someone who notices which way the blocks are turned. 🏠
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🚨 MYTH: Sellers are required to disclose everything wrong with a home.FACT: Sellers are only required to disclose what t...
06/01/2026

🚨 MYTH: Sellers are required to disclose everything wrong with a home.
FACT: Sellers are only required to disclose what they know - and only what Tennessee law specifically requires them to.
Most buyers assume that if something is wrong with a house, the seller has to tell them. That's not how it works.
Under Tennessee's Residential Property Disclosure Act (T.C.A. § 66-5-201), sellers must complete a Property Condition Disclosure Statement covering material defects - but only defects they have actual knowledge of. Sellers are not required to investigate or inspect before signing that form.
If a seller never had the roof inspected, they don't have to disclose a roof problem they never knew existed. And in Tennessee, sellers can even opt out entirely by signing a Property Condition Disclaimer - selling the home "as-is" with no condition representations at all.
That's not a loophole. That's the law.
It's also exactly why your clients need a property inspection! Not because sellers are hiding things, but because sellers often don't know what they don't know!!
We find what disclosure forms can't cover. That's the job.
📍 Gallatin, TN | Serving Middle Tennessee, Knoxville & Chattanooga
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What We Learned This Week 📚We do a lot of reading around here. Real estate law, builder practices, buyer protection, lic...
05/26/2026

What We Learned This Week 📚
We do a lot of reading around here. Real estate law, builder practices, buyer protection, licensing boards, CE requirements - all of it. Because the more we know, the better we serve everyone we work with.
Here's what's on our mind this week.
Good builders want to build great homes. And the best ones we've worked with? They welcome the extra set of eyes.
If you have a client who moved into a new construction home in the last year, there's a timeline worth knowing about. Most builder warranties work like this:
⏰ Month 12 - workmanship and materials coverage expires
⚙️ Month 24 - mechanical systems coverage expires
🏗️ Year 10 - major structural coverage expires
No matter how skilled the crew, new construction moves fast. Things get missed. It's not a character flaw - it's the nature of the business. An 11-Month Builder's Warranty Inspection gives everyone a chance to make it right before the clock runs out - the buyer gets peace of mind, the builder gets the opportunity to stand behind their work, and the agent gets to be the hero who thought of it.
That's a win for everybody at the table.
We love working alongside great builders in Middle Tennessee. If you're a builder who wants to offer your buyers this kind of confidence - let's talk.
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Absolute Inspectors, LLC
Veteran-Owned · Certified Master Inspector · Serving Middle Tennessee, Knoxville & Chattanooga

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Tuesday 7am - 7pm
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Friday 7am - 7pm
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