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Sebring Home Inspection Company
Providing
Light Commercial and Residential Home Inspection Services
in Northeast Ohio Since 1979.
440-942-8768, 800-449-3248, Fax: 440-350-0033 E-mail
775 Westwood Dr., Painesville, OH
44077 |
All inspections are performed to
the American Society of Home Inspectors
(ASHI®)
Standards of Practice
and
Code
of Ethics, our
inspections typically take 2 to 3 hours to complete, occasionally longer, and
covers all area of the home. For your convenience we have someone answering our
phone and your questions 6 days and 60 hours per week, messages and
E-mails
will be returned promptly.
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The United States EPA and the Surgeon General have recommended that all houses should be tested for radon. For more information on radon testing, call the toll-free National Radon Information Line at 1-800-SOS-Radon or 1-800-767-7236. As with a home inspection, if you decide to test for radon, you may do so before signing your contract. |
We are State Licensed Radon Testers John Sebring # T-000012 and Shawn Sebring #T-000347, required to do testing in Ohio if part of a real estate transaction. Our Radon Tests are performed using a State of the Art "Radalink" Continuous Radon monitor requiring a minimum two day exposure, with results usually available within several hours after test termination on business days. For more information on Radalink® or Radon Gas, please click. For the EPA booklet explaining Radon gas look at the "Home Buyers and Sellers Guide to Radon" |
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For a Radon Gas Test to be performed, the home to be tested must have all doors and windows closed, except for normal entry and exit, for at least 12 hours prior to the start of the test and for the duration of the test. Once the Radon monitor is set and the test is started, the monitor will remain in the home for about 48 hours, but the test does not stop until the licensed radon tester stops the test. Results are usually available within an hour or two of completion. |
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Septic System Inspections/ Tests:
At this time we are not performing septic tests.
We
recommend that you consider having the county health department conduct the
septic system inspection. There are many changes recently in the residential septic
system laws.
In the future, should you choose to have Sebring Home Inspection perform the
inspection, we will ask that you sign a contact for the inspection. Then dye is
flushed into the septic system and approximately 250- 300 gallons of water is
pushed through the system, tank, leach field, etc. The ground is then probed to
determine if dye is showing up in areas that it should not. There is no digging
or excavating done. This is not an extensive or thorough test, but a quick test
that may reveal problems, but may not reveal problems depending upon many
unknown circumstances not known about the septic system.
(This test does not qualify for the Geauga County Septic Testing, speak to your
realtor or the county health department for more information.)
Septic system inspections are generally not performed on systems that:
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Have recently been pumped
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Properties that have not been occupied for 90 consecutive days
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Is covered with more than 4" of snow
Please call 800-449-3248 or 440-942-8768 to
schedule your inspection.
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Water Testing Services:
A basic water sample can be taken and delivered to a lab within the required 30 Hours Monday through Wednesday for a Total Coliform analysis. Results take 2-5 Business Days. A 93 Parameter Analysis is also available, with 93 items checked for in the water and an extensive written report on each, using 5 bottles and viles for samples, and delivering to UPS Next Day Air promptly Monday through Wednesday, Results take 10 to 14 days due to the extensive analysis to be done on the samples. No phone results and no speedups available.
Commercial Inspections:
Can be scheduled through out the year. Please contact us for more information about our inspections. Detailed information about the property will help us when you call. Typically we like to know the:- Age of the property
- Square footage
- Type and age of the roof
- What type of access, roof will only be walked if there is inside access, otherwise the roof will be viewed from the ground.
- Type and number of heat and A/C systems
- we will also want someone knowledgeable of the property to guide us and provide access.
Please call 800-449-3248 or 440-942-8768 or E-mails to schedule your inspection.
Last updated on February, 2007