The D-Box

At Stand By Home Inspections, we offer sewer scope inspections as an add-on service to provide a thorough check of your home’s plumbing system. Using advanced technology, we inspect your [...]

What is the D-Box? The D-Box is a checkbox used in inspection reports to highlight areas of a property that are deficient. It's a visual cue that helps clients identify [...]

Temperature pressure relief valves are there to protect the unit from building up to much pressure and blowing through the roof. The valve is usually rated for 150 psi and [...]

Bathroom exhaust fans do you the favor of removing moisture and fumes from bathrooms but when they are terminated in the attic they might cause you more damage than you [...]

This gas furnace flue is not venting fumes (carbon monoxide) safely outside. Carbon monoxide is the by-product of the combustion process and is known as the silent killer because there [...]

Expansion joints are there to allow the brick of your home to expand and move due to changes in the weather. But if your home has a large void at [...]

Here is a chimney flue that has the secondary drain line rubbing up against it. Guess the A/C tech didn't read that little sticker right there that says it needs [...]

The thought of skipping the home inspection is a common one in the mind of the home buyer. "Why spend the additional money? What can they see that I can't? [...]