Yesterday I was at a #homeinspection in #lynwood and it was a new build home. This home had 1/2" drywall under the staircase, and I was thrilled to see this. Drywall offers fire resistance, which offers 30 minutes of "fire resistance" before failure. Basement fires are very sketchy. Depending on the basement set up, firefighters may only have 1 way in, and one way out for emergency egress. Now add the possibility of a fire causing the stairway to collapse can make an emergen

On one of my inspections yesterday I came across an electrical panel made by Federal Pacific. They made millions of Stab-Lok breakers between the 1950’s-1980’s. If your home was built during those time periods, there is a good possibility that you may have these breakers installed in your panel. Circuit breakers were created to regulate the way electricity flows through your house. Just as the name states, they break a circuit if it senses any change. If there is a short, ove