by Bryan Standley | Nov 10, 2026 | Resources
Flaking, crumbling or cracked bricks at the top of a chimney are usually a sign that water has been soaking into the brick and freezing over many winters. It’s a maintenance item, not an emergency, but it gets worse each winter if left alone. If your inspection...
by Bryan Standley | Nov 10, 2026 | Resources
If a home inspection finds a Federal Pacific Stab-Lok panel, have a licensed electrician evaluate it before your inspection period ends. These panels were installed in many homes built from the 1950s into the 1980s. Testing for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety...
by Bryan Standley | Nov 10, 2026 | Resources
Inspect KC is launching ChimCheck, a new chimney inspection service for Kansas City home buyers, sellers, and real estate agents. ChimCheck is a DBA of Inspect KC LLC. Why we started ChimCheck A standard home inspection looks at the chimney from the roof and the...
by Bryan Standley | Oct 26, 2026 | Resources
In September, one of our inspectors inspected a 1990s ranch in Olathe with a walk-out basement. Walking around the outside, the inspector found several downspouts ending right at the base of the house. Some had no extension at all, so the water came straight down...
by Bryan Standley | Oct 26, 2026 | Resources
This October, one of our inspectors inspected a 1950s ranch in south Kansas City. It had a basement and a crawlspace. Up on the roof, the gutters were full of leaves. Leaves had piled up where two roof slopes meet, a long run of gutter along the roof edge was packed...
by Bryan Standley | Oct 26, 2026 | Resources
Late this summer, one of our inspectors inspected a 1950s ranch in north Leawood. It had a basement with concrete walls. Finished areas, storage and floor coverings hid parts of the basement, but cracks were visible in the walls we could see. Diagonal cracks ran down...
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