Growing Green
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This is one good reason to keep [vines] away from siding.
Lon Grossman
Technihouse Inspections, Inc.
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
New Definition of “Raised Garden”
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Note the rooftop sprinkler system. The roof only leaks when the plants are watered.
Jim White
Superior Home Inspections
Homer, Ill.
Pop! There’s Corn in the Roof
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This proves corn can grow anyplace in Nebraska.
Ted Rabenberg
Advanced Home Inspections
Fairmont, Neb.
Gutter Garden
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First came window boxes, now look up!
Thomas Dabb
Immaculate Home Inspections
Plainfield, NJ
Fernished Home
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I thought there might be a problem with the roof on this home.
Steve Hadduck, ACI
Integrity Home Inspections
Portland, OR
Green Machine
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I know there’s an air-conditioning compressor in there somewhere, but I can’t find it.
Matthew Steger
WIN Home Inspection
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Hedging On the Chimney
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A team of landscapers was sent in to try to locate this ‘alleged’ chimney.”
Paul Staron
Valley Building Inspections, Inc.
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Treed House
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Here in California, we love trees! We would rather just build the house around a tree. But, does the tree add safety or stress to this steep slope?
Corey Folsom
Corey Folsom Property Inspector
Ben Lomond, Calif.