Home Inspection Blog
Preparing Your East Tennessee Home for Fall
As the leaves turn vibrant shades of red and gold, East Tennessee transforms into a cozy autumn wonderland. But while the crisp air and mountain views are stunning, fall is also the time to prepare your home for colder days ahead. At Bent Nail Home Inspections, we’ve…
The Importance of Well and Well Water Inspections
Owning a well in Knoxville or Sevierville comes with the responsibility of ensuring its proper function and safety. Bent Nail Home Inspections can help with an annual inspection to ensure your well’s reliability and safety.
Understanding Manufactured Home Foundation Certification
Bent Nail Home Inspection Services is dedicated to providing top-notch home inspections in the Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Clinton, and surrounding East Tennessee areas. In an effort to continually improve our services, we have noticed an increase in requests for HUD Manufact…
Smoke Detector and Carbon Monoxide Detector Maintenance
Learn where to place your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, how often to change the batteries and how to perform maintenance on these devices.
Should I Get A Radon Test
When scheduling home inspections, we are often asked, “should I get a Radon test?” It doesn’t matter if it is a Knoxville home inspection or an Oak Ridge home inspection, the short answer to that question is, yes, you should get a radon test. In this week’s blog, I …
Walk Through Inspection Service
The real estate market in Knoxville is crazy. Most home buyers feel like they need to make a “No Contingency” offer to have a chance at winning. Bent Nail has a service to help the buyer understand a home condition before making that no contingency offer.
Aerial Drone for Roof Inspection
With the recent snow, I thought I would talk about aerial drone inspections this week. Why aerial drone inspections? This is one of the ways that Bent Nail is bringing technology to help improve our Knoxville Home Inspections. Technology is great, and anyone who knows m…
Should I get a Pre Drywall Inspection?
Let me give you a short answer on this topic and then I will go into the why’s. The short answer is YES, absolutely you should get a pre-drywall inspection. At Bent Nail, we offer a discount if you schedule the following three inspections as a package: Pre-Drywall Inspe…
Don’t Let Your Flip, Be a Flop
Bent Nail Home Inspection Services provides a thorough inspection of the “Flipped” house you are looking at to help you make sure it isn’t a “Flop”.
Using Thermal Imaging for a Better Home Inspection
At Bent Nail Home Inspection Services, we are always looking to improve our process so we can provide the best Home Inspection in the Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Clinton, and all-over East Tennessee areas. Recently, we attended Monroe Infrared Technology Inc, Certified Reside…
Knoxville Home Inspection Services Update
Last week both Kadee and I were able to attend the Inspection Super Conference. This was a great opportunity for both Kadee and I to meet with other inspectors and inspection companies from across the country. We were able to hear what other people are doing, and …
What To Do Before A Home Inspection
One of the most common questions that the seller asks me is, what do I need to do to prepare for a home inspection. Generally, they are asking this as I get out of my truck and am getting ready to start the inspection. My thought is always, why didn’t you ask this a cou…