Insight Home Inspection Services East TN

10/27/2026

You can buy a house without a home inspection.

You can also marry a st****er after knowing her for 20 minutes in Vegas.

Either way, congratulations! You’re about to find out what you really signed up for. 😂🏠

Friends don’t let friends buy money pits.

10/27/2026

Election season is here, and with all these yard signs featuring smiling faces, catchy slogans, and professional headshots, I’m starting to wonder…

Did I vote for someone to represent me, or did I just hire a realtor to sell my house? 😂🏡🇺🇸

At this point, I’m just waiting for one of them to promise an open house and free cookies!

10/15/2026

10/13/2026

🔎 INSPECTOR X CHALLENGE! 🏠🛁

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? 👀

At first glance, this bathtub and shower might look perfectly normal… but something isn’t quite right!

Think you have an eye for home inspections?

🧐 Take a good look at the photo.

👇 Drop your answer in the comments!

Let’s see who can spot the issue before I reveal it!

🔨 30+ years in construction have taught me one thing: Just because something looks good doesn’t mean it’s installed correctly!

Inspector X | Insight Home Inspection Services

📞 423-395-2020

10/01/2026

On today’s episode of “What Were They Thinking?” 🤦‍♂️

🛁🚀 The tub spout goes airborne!

Turned the water on during the inspection and the tub spout decided it was time for liftoff.

You really can’t make this stuff up. 😂

09/29/2026

Imagine planning a kitchen remodel or addition and discovering the septic tank is under the kitchen floor. 😳

This is also where a sewer scope can make a huge difference. Following the main sewer line with a camera can help identify where the waste line runs, what type of system you’re dealing with, and potentially where it exits toward the septic system—information you definitely want before buying or planning an addition.

A home inspection looks at the house. A sewer scope looks where we can’t see.

Don’t find out what’s underground after you start cutting concrete.

🔍 Every house has a story. We write the facts it tells.

Insight Home Inspection Services East TN
📞 423-395-2020

09/23/2026

“You’re too critical when it comes to decks.”

I hear that fairly often. But here’s a good example of why I’m critical.

This deck has composite decking installed over joists spaced approximately 24 inches on center. Composite decking generally requires considerably closer joist spacing to properly support the decking and limit excessive deflection.

Then we get to the outside edge: I measured an approximately 29½-inch cantilever from the supporting beam to the end of the joists.

And take a look at those beam-to-post connections. Several areas have inadequate bearing, gaps, and questionable connections where the load is supposed to transfer from the deck, through the beam, and into the posts.

These aren’t cosmetic details. Joist spacing, cantilever distance, bearing, and connections are what determine how the deck carries its load.

People sometimes tell me, “It’s been standing for years.”

That doesn’t tell me it was built properly. It tells me it hasn’t failed yet.

So yes, I’m critical when it comes to decks. When you’re standing 8, 10, or 12 feet off the ground with your family and friends, “good enough” isn’t the standard I want to see.

🔍 Every house has a story. We write the facts it tells.



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09/22/2026

🏠 EXPERIENCE MATTERS — ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE BUYING A HOME.

Insight Home Inspection Services has been inspecting homes since 2014, with thousands of inspections completed.

But a company is only as good as the inspector who shows up at your door.

Here in East Tennessee, I bring over 30 years of construction and building experience to every inspection.

Before becoming a home inspector, I worked as a general contractor, municipal building inspector, third-party building inspector, and code enforcement officer.

That background matters.

I’m not just looking for something that’s broken. I’m looking at how the home was built, how the systems work together, what has been altered over the years, and whether repairs were actually done correctly.

Older homes. New construction. Crawlspaces. Electrical. Plumbing. HVAC. Decks. Structural concerns. Renovations and additions.

I’ve spent decades learning what to look for — and, more importantly, where to look when something doesn’t seem right.

Our reports are detailed, photo-documented, easy to understand, and structured to help buyers separate the important concerns from routine maintenance and future repairs.

Insight Home Inspection Services
Experience behind the inspection. Knowledge behind the report.

📞 423-395-2020

Every house has a story. We write the facts it tells.

09/18/2026

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? 🔍

At first glance, this kitchen sink plumbing might look okay. The disposal drains downstream into the trap. So what’s the problem?

Follow the water after the trap.

Once the water passes through the P-trap, the drain piping has to travel UPHILL to reach the wall connection—which is actually higher than the bottom of the sink basket.

Gravity hasn’t changed the rules just because somebody managed to glue the pipes together.

This is why we don’t just look for leaks during a home inspection. Sometimes you have to stop and ask:

“Where is the water actually supposed to go?”

Would you have caught this one?

🔎 Inspector X

Every house has a story. We write the facts it tells.

09/15/2026

👀 THREE SINKS. THREE DIFFERENT DRAIN SETUPS.

All three of these were observed during inspections.

At first glance, they may all look like ordinary sink plumbing—but there are some important differences.

🔎 What do you notice?

Take a close look at each photo and tell me in the comments: #1, #2, or #3 — which one catches your attention, and why?

I’ll give my inspector’s take after everyone has had a chance to weigh in.

Sometimes the things hidden inside a cabinet tell you a lot about how a home was put together.

Inspector X
Every house has a story. I write the facts it tells.