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Roy Cooke Building Inspections

What

We do a through, visual inspection of the entire building, including all accessible operational components; i.e. Roofing, chimney, exterior surfaces, structure, foundation, lot grading, heating/cooling systems, plumbing and electrical instillations, interior finishes, insulation and ventilation.

His practice includes real estate, wills, powers of attorney, estates and trusts, corporate and commercial transactions and litigation, civil litigation and family law.

All are inspected, verbally reported upon and written up to assist the client to know what is good as well as what needs improvement and/or repair.


How

Every client is provided with the best reporting system used and a tutorial of the inspected building; tailored to fit your needs and/or questions.

All of this information is written up in "THE HOME REFERANCE BOOK" (Carson & Dunlop) which is presented to the client at the end of the inspection. Our service after the inspection is to handle any and all questions or concerns from our clients for as long as they own that building.
When

While our phone lines are open from 8AM until 11PM daily, we try to schedule inspections for 8AM, 12 noon, and 4PM, Monday through Saturday.

We charge according to size, location and other variables for homes.

Commercial building inspections are priced accordingly, and competitively.

His practice includes real estate, wills, powers of attorney, estates and trusts, corporate and commercial transactions and litigation, civil litigation and family law.

All are inspected, verbally reported upon and written up to assist the client to know what is good as well as what needs improvement and/or repair.
Spring showers bring wet basements

As much as one thousand gallons of water comes off an average roof during a rain storm. Imagine if you were to back up a milk truck tanker to your foundation and open the spigot to let it all drain against your foundation. In some cases this is similar to what is going on at some homes.

When we look at a home, we should see that it sits in a HOLE in the ground, called a basement. Mankind is the only creature on earth, that will dig one hole as a well and hope it fills with water, and feet away dig another hole as a basement and hope it doesn't fill with water.
Remember that it is a hole in the ground. We can do things to help avoid some of that risk.

1st -ensure that the home you look at is higher in elevation then the street that that you drove on to get there

2nd -investigate all surfaces around the home to see that they slope AWAY from the home. Include all gardens, walkways, patios, even under porches and decks.

3rd -improve the eavestroughs and downspouts at the roof edges all around the entire home. These are designed to gather and deliver water away from the home, if you don't manage them they will increase the likelihood of a wet basement. Also it is my recommendation that all downspouts should end above grade at least 6 ft. from the home. Not into footing drains or subterranean pipes of any sort, as they do get plugged with leaves, roof gravel, and other debris.


Roy Cooke Building Inspections
Tel: 905-631-0448 or 1-888-812-5552



 

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