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Paint makes old siding look fine until the day it does not. An inspection is a slow walk around the house with a probe, a ladder and a camera, and it ends with a list: these walls are sound, these need boards, this one is done.
The same dozen places, on every house, because that is where water sits.
Firm everywhere, with chalky or peeling paint. A paint job with proper caulking, and another look in a few years.
Soft at a few edges, firm elsewhere. Board and trim repair, with the cause fixed at each spot.
Probe sinks in at many points on one side. That wall is a replacement; the others may not be.
Staining on the sheathing, or siding that moves when pressed. The water barrier has failed, and the wall needs opening to see how far it goes.
Because the alternative is finding out from a painter halfway through a paint job, or from a buyer's inspector a week before closing. Both are expensive moments to learn that a wall is soft.
On a house from the 1980s or 1990s, pair it with a roof inspection. The two are the same age, they meet at every dormer and eave, and one visit covers both.
Nothing on this page should be read as a statement about what your house is clad in. Plano's houses were built by many builders over thirty years. The inspection is what identifies the material on yours.
On sound wood a probe leaves a pinprick that paint covers. Where it sinks in, the damage was already there.
It depends on the size of the house and how much of it is siding. Ask when you call; a two-story house with sided upper walls takes longer because of the ladder work.
Photographs of each problem with its location, a wall-by-wall summary, and repair and replacement priced separately so you can choose.
Give the build year and the number of stories.
Call (972) 526-0131 Request an Inspection
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