A Satisfied Client Writes About His West Fort Worth Home Inspection

When Adam Sedinger (TREC 8894) inspected the 1920s vintage home in Fort Worth’s West Side, this client wrote to express his appreciation. It’s nice to hear that our work is appreciated most by the Clients, who need to make a purchase decision, based at least partially on what we find and how we present it. House Exam inspectors have always worked for YOU, the home buyer, and we promise to keep your best interests in mind.
For this review, we simply copied and pasted what this client said. Read for yourself:

Adam,
Thank you very much. I really appreciated the work you did and the
detail you did it in. I was telling my wife that I felt great leaving
know the work you had done.
If someone needs a home inspection, I will definitely recommend you.
Thanks again!
Travis B.

Please remember that we are an independent, family-owned, local company. We live in the community, and our reputation stays here. So we promise to treat you the same way we like to be treated.

House Exam Inspection and Consulting – 2318 Carleton Avenue – Fort Worth, TX – 76107 – (817) 797-2461

Home Inspector Answers: “What if my circuit breaker keeps tripping after I reset it?”

The photo in this article is from an inspection we did in Fort Worth a few weeks back, on an existing home. It shows a circuit breaker in the “tripped” position. As you can see, the switch is neither on, or off, and there should be no power on this circuit.

At House Exam Inspection, our policy when we find a circuit breaker that is “tripped” is to take a photo of it, include it in the report it as a deficiency, and recommend that a licensed electrician evaluate the problem and repair it as needed.

The reason? Simple: we don’t know what caused the breaker to “trip,” turning the power off to that particular circuit. A tripped circuit breaker is a clue that there is a problem in the wiring, or in the devices attached or plugged into the wiring. The safest thing to do is to pay attention to the clue we’ve been given.

If you live in a house where a breaker continues to trip, especially if you have reset it more than once, the best advice we can give you is to leave it tripped, and call a licensed electrician and have the circuit checked out and repaired as needed. It could be something simple, like a faulty breaker. Or it could be something serious that could cause an electrical fire.

Don’t risk the safety and health of your family! Stop ignoring tripped circuit breakers!

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