Inspection Services
BLT Home Inspections are the best home inspectors in Tampa, Brandon, Riverview, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and Central Florida.
Home Inspections
Whether you are a buyer or a seller, getting a home inspection is a big deal. A home inspection is a visual assessment of the house’s physical structure and systems within it, which a trained and certified inspector does. A professionally trained and certified home inspection will provide you with the insight and knowledge you need to make a confident and informed financial decision.
New Construction Inspections
You may think since a home is newly built, it must be perfect. This isn’t always the case though. With so many people working on a home and with so many components to the actual construction, mistakes can be made. No home is perfect but it’s important to know which aspects of a home are worth repairing and which are deal-breakers. A new-construction home inspection can provide key insights into the home’s construction, as well as a chance to prevent costly repairs later on down the line.
4-Point Insurance Liability Inspections
An Insurance Liability, or 4-Point Inspection will identify both major and minor hazards that may have a negative impact on your homeowners insurance. Insurance companies have become increasingly reluctant issuing homeowner insurance policies on homes 25 years old or more. Unresolved issues can result in increases in cost for your homeowners insurance, or potential cancellation. Resolving these hazards may lower your insurance premiums, saving you money in the long run.
Wind Mitigation Inspections
Wind mitigation is the implementation of certain building techniques to limit the damage caused by intense wind. Some examples of these features are door/window coverings, how your roof is attached to your home, or how your roof is sealed to prevent water from entering. Wind mitigation helps protect the home from damage. Even if a home is insured, it is always costly when a house is damaged, both for the homeowner and the insurer. Repairs can take months, especially during material shortages that follow massive destruction to entire communities. If proper wind mitigation techniques are used, these expenses can be avoided altogether.
Well Water Testing
When it comes to your home’s well water make sure it is safe for you and your family to drink. You can do this by contacting the professionals at BLT Inspections. We offer testing services mainly intended to help homeowners make sure their well water system is working correctly and determine the quality of their drinking water. In truth, your well water system cannot be adequately checked by simply looking at it or running a little bit of water. That is why we pride ourselves on being expert diagnosticians and seeing clean and healthy water in your home.
Air Quality Testing
Indoor air investigations can be challenging. There are many aspects to indoor air quality, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), inorganic compounds, particulates, allergens, comfort factors, etc. One of the most difficult areas to look at is the VOCs, which are organic chemicals (containing primarily carbon and hydrogen) that vaporize easily at room temperature. There are thousands of different VOCs in indoor air from hundreds of sources, making both source identification and remediation plans challenging. Understanding the sources as well as how the VOCs will react to changing conditions, is crucial to improving air quality.
11th Month Warranty Inspections
When you purchased your newly constructed home, chances are you entered into a secondary agreement with the builder, who offered you a 1-year warranty on all systems and components of the home. A warranty inspection is a comprehensive evaluation of the interior and exterior of your new home and its major systems and components. It’s conducted during the 11th month of your occupancy – before your builder’s warranty expires.
Thermal Imaging
Thermal imaging, also called infrared home inspection, uses a special infrared camera to detect differences in temperature across a surface. These tools see the light that is in the heat spectrum. Images on the video or film record the temperature variations of the building’s skin. Thermal imaging is incredibly effective for identifying problems that are hard or impossible to see with the naked eye, like moisture issues, electrical problems, and even areas where energy loss is occurring.
Wood Destroying Organisms Inspection
WDO is an acronym for Wood Destroying Organisms. When people hear the word “wood destroying organism,” most of them immediately think of termites. This is a great first guess – especially since termites damage over 600,000 American homes yearly. In reality, these tiny bugs fall into a subgroup of WDOs known as wood destroying insects. They share this title with carpenter bees, powderpost beetles, carpenter ants and other pests.
Contact Us
BLT Home Inspections provides professional inspection services in the following areas throughout Florida:
Tampa / Brandon / Riverview / Clearwater / St. Petersburg
Have more questions?
Feel free to call, email, reach out through the contact form, or schedule an inspection. We look forward to getting the opportunity to work with you.
Phone: (813) 777-9848
Email: info@bltinspections.com