• Is your Flexible Gas Line Grounded?,David Campbell

    Is your Flexible Gas Line Grounded?

    Is your Flexible Gas Line Grounded? CSST stands for Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing and it has become a very popular means to run gas lines. Since it is flexible it easily installs where rigid black iron pipe would take multiple elbows, cuts and fitting to do the same thing. Here’s the issue I see

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  • What do Powderpost Beetles do to my House?,David Campbell

    What do Powderpost Beetles do to my House?

    What do Powderpost Beetles do to my House? We don’t see powderpost beetles in Dayton OH as often as termites but every now and then I run across these little guys during an inspection for a home sale. They are a species of woodboring insect and they come by their name honestly. The damage they leave

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  • Why is my Water Heater Popping? ,David Campbell

    Why is my Water Heater Popping? 

    Why is my Water Heater Popping?  Have you ever been confused by the muffled knocking and popping that occasionally comes from a water heater?  Sometimes they are rather faint noises but other times can be downright startling. This can occur from excess sediment build-up in the bottom of your water h

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