My Promise to You

Choosing the right home inspector can be difficult. Unlike most professionals, you probably will not get to meet me until after you hire me. Furthermore, different inspectors have varying qualifications, equipment, experience, reporting methods, and yes, different pricing. One thing for sure is that a home inspection requires a lot of work. Ultimately a thorough inspection depends heavily on the individual inspector’s own effort. If you honor me by permitting me to inspect your home or commercial property, I guarantee that I will give you my very best effort. This I promise you.

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Tom Camp Inspection Services, LLC
4760 Squirreltail Dr.
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80920

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Maintaining Your Gutter System

Homeowner maintenance includes cleaning the leaves and debris from the roof’s valleys, gutters and downspouts. . . . → Read More: Maintaining Your Gutter System

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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas that forms from incomplete combustion of fuels, such as natural or liquefied petroleum gas, oil, wood or coal.  Any fuel-burning appliances which are malfunctioning or improperly installed can be a source of CO poisoning.   Facts and Figures:

    •    480 U.S. residents died between . . . → Read More: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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Central Humidifiers

The winters in Colorado Springs can be very dry and the humidity levels in your home so low that wood floors and wood furniture will shrink or contract.  During My Home Inspections I come across many different types of humidifiers which are attached to the return air duct work at the furnace.  Humidifiers should . . . → Read More: Central Humidifiers

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Asbestos Cement Siding

Asbestos cement is a composite material consisting of Portland cement reinforced with asbestos fibers.  Asbestos cement first came into use as an exterior cladding after 1907. By the 1920s, the National Board of Fire Underwriters recommended that asbestos cement replace wood as siding and roofing material because of its superior fire-resistant properties.  By the . . . → Read More: Asbestos Cement Siding

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Colorado Springs Mold Inspections

I am Certified by the “International Association of Certified Indoor Air Consultants” to provide Mold Inspections on homes or residential buildings . . . → Read More: Colorado Springs Mold Inspections

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Home Safety

After your Home Inspection, follow my tips for your Home Safety . . . → Read More: Home Safety

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Do I have Polybutylene Plumbing in My Home?

Polybutylene piping was a low-cost piping formed of plastic resin. It is commonly gray, white, blue, black and ivory  in color and is flexible as the photos show. Poly piping was used as a substitute for copper piping in both underground water mains and interior plumbing.  One of the easiest ways to identify this . . . → Read More: Do I have Polybutylene Plumbing in My Home?

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Carpeted Bathrooms is it a Good Idea?

Probably 30% of the homes I inspect have at least one bathroom that has carpet. 

Some of the advantages of a Carpeted bathroom are as follows.

Carpet provides a non slip surface when exiting the shower or tub Carpet is warmer to your feet  in the winter Carpet is less expensive and quicker to . . . → Read More: Carpeted Bathrooms is it a Good Idea?

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TIME TO WINTERIZE

Living in Colorado Springs has some challenges when going about the annual duty of winterizing your home.  The following tips you will find helpful especially for this environment, some of these tips come from personal and sometimes expensive experiences.

Colorado Springs is a GREAT place to live and the winters are not as brutal . . . → Read More: TIME TO WINTERIZE

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