Home Location Dictates Maintenance Chores Eagle River AK

Where a home is located will often dictate some of the home maintenance chores you can expect to perform. Find out what problems are common to regions across the U.S. and plan ahead for home maintenance.

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Where a home is located will often dictate some of the home maintenance chores you can expect to perform. A home inspection can help ferret out those chores.

by Broderick Perkins
© 2008 DeadlineNews.Com

Deadline Newsroom - While some maintenance issues, such as poor drainage, leaky roofs and old plumbing are common to all areas of the country, location is a driving factor for many home maintenance issues.

That means where you live will often dictate the maintenance chores you can expect to perform, according to the American Society of Home Inspectors the foremost national trade group on the subject.

"At ASHI, we work closely with our members to identify maintenance issues and track regional defects that plague homeowners," said Brion Grant, 2008 ASHI president.

Region-by-region, based on tens of thousands of ASHI member inspections around the nation, here's where to expect what chores you'll have to consider.

Northeast -- Framing issues are a top concern here, particularly underframing, or the presence of undersized and or over-spaced beams in a home's framing. A prevalence of fire retardant-treated plywood, often in attics, has become an issue in newer homes in this region, especially in town homes. When the plywood reacts to high temperatures it becomes structurally unsound and can crumble, creating a safety hazard for roof inspectors or others walking on the roof. ...

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