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We have a collection of Home Watch Videos, House Check Videos, and Videos of Home Tours that we have conducted for our clients and students during our training classes. While some of these videos may exceed the scope of work for a Home Watch Service Provider, we use them for educational purposes with our students. It's important to note that a Home Watch Visit only involves a visual observation of obvious issues.
Before HGTV... I Co-Hosted a Television Show called "Out and About Home Show." I found an old VHS Tape of the Show and had it put on a USB Flash Drive.
A large crack in the concrete basement floor observed during a house check.
Does your home have lead paint? Learn the typical characteristics of lead paint and what to do if you think your home has it.
Identify Spaced Slat Sheathing and what to do if you have it.
We check panel boxes during our home watch visit. Learn about how a panel box works.
Learn about spaced slat sheathing and a tear-off roof. This roof required a complete tear off of the roofing materials.
We check Heating Vent and Fresh Air Intake Pipes during our home watch visits. We look for obstructions like snow or leaves. Blocked heating vent pipes can force a heating system to shut down. Without heat, your plumbing pipes can burst, causing damage or disaster.
This video explains how an emergency sump pump works and why it can be the difference between damage and disaster when your house loses power. We check sump pump crocks during our home watch services.
Learn how we check sinks, drains and faucets during our home watch services.
Learn about missing downspout extensions and how we check them during our home watch visit.
Learn about Stone and Block Foundations side by side in this video.
Learn about Ridge Roof Vents and Gable Roof Vents in this video. We check roofs from the ground for obvious issues during our home watch visits.
Learn about non - freezeproof faucets, how to winterize them and what can happen if they are not winterized. See our home watch services photo gallery for pictures of icicles hanging from the faucet.
Learn about freeze-proof, anti-siphon outside faucets. How to identify them and how to winterize them.
Do you have cracking lath and plaster walls?
See these beautiful lead glass doors. We love our job checking houses!
Learn about hurricane straps and when they are needed.
Does your home have asbestos, vinyl, asphalt siding? Learn the difference between them and what to do if you have asbestos siding.
During our home watch services we remove newspapers, flyers, leaves etc. from your home while you are away.
Missing downspout extensions can cause negative grading back towards your home, cracks in foundation, water in basements and more.
Learn the common characteristics of asbestos duct tape and what to do if you think you have it.
Learn the signs of powder post beetles in your home and what to do if you think you have them.
Learn about an electric wire falling off a house and who is responsible for repairing it. We see these during emergency home watch services.
Lead Paint was used in homes until 1978, Learn the signs and characteristics of lead paint on a window.
Learn about this old coal gravity furnace that was converted to gas.
In older homes is was common to see trees used in the construction, structure and support of a house.
Learn how to inspect a kitchen sink during a house check.
Learn about Air Condition and what to look for.
Learn how a boiler heating system works and possible red flags to look for.
Learn how a water heater works, its age, its size and possible safety concerns.
Learn about oil tanks in a basement used for heating oil. How to tell if the are empty and what to do with them.
Learn about Federal Stab Lok Panel Boxes, Product Recalls, Safety Concerns and More.
Learn how a baseboard heating works and possible safety concerns to look for.
Learn how to find your septic tank, distribution box and leach lines and what red flags to look for.
Learn how to tell how many apartments are in a house by walking around the exterior of a structure.
Learn about suspended ceilings and common issues with them.
Learn the signs of lead paint in your home, what it looks like and what to do if you have it.
During our Home Watch Visits we check for mice and rodents. In this video we show a dead mouse caught in a snap trap.