The Building Inspector of Connecticut

05/28/2026

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Email from The Building Inspector of Connecticut The View From Above This is a picture of the roof on a property we inspected on 7/22/2025. The right side of the roof was visible from the ground and

05/14/2026

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Email from The Building Inspector of Connecticut ARE THERE DANGERS IN YOUR ELECTRICAL PANEL? This is a common problem we often see. It’s called “double tapping” where multiple circuits are wired to a

04/30/2026

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Email from The Building Inspector of Connecticut MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE Walking past this window it appears to just need a little scraping and painting. The job of a licensed home inspector is to det

04/16/2026

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Email from The Building Inspector of Connecticut The Concern With Overhanging Tree Limbs There are many reasons why tree limbs are a threat to roofs and other structures, like chimneys and solar power

04/02/2026

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Email from The Building Inspector of Connecticut HELP KEEP YOUR BASEMENT DRY This recently inspected home has a galvanized window well because the basement window is below ground. Our recommendation w

03/19/2026

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Email from The Building Inspector of Connecticut ASBESTOS IS STILL OUT THERE It is getting rarer to see asbestos in homes today, but it’s still out there and most people don’t know how to identify it.

03/05/2026

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Email from The Building Inspector of Connecticut KNOW IT ALL UNCLE Your “know it all” uncle could’ve found this one. Even before running water the tape on the drain pipe is a dead give away the the pi

02/26/2026

02/26/2026

An ice dam is a ridge of ice that forms at the edge of a roof and prevents melting snow from draining. As water backs up behind the dam, it can leak through the roof and cause damage to walls, ceilings, insulation and other areas.

Ice dams are formed by an interaction between snow cover, outside temperatures, and heat lost through the roof. Specifically, there must be snow on the roof, warm portions of the upper roof (warmer than 32° F), and cold portions of the lower roof (at freezing or below). Melted snow from the warmer areas will refreeze when it flows down to the colder portions, forming an ice dam.

Although the primary contributor to snow melting is heat loss from the building’s interior, solar radiation can also provide sufficient heat to melt snow on a roof. For example, in southern Canada, enough sunlight can be transmitted through 6 inches (150 mm) of snow cover on a clear and sunny day to cause melting at the roof’s surface even when the outside temperature is 14° F (-10° C), with an attic temperature of 23° F (-5° C).

02/19/2026

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