| It's almost inconceivable how much damage one | | | | what was wrong and what caused the water |
| small water leak can do to a garage wall. I'm here | | | | damage to the walls in the garage. I told the |
| to tell you, in person that I have seen this happen | | | | homeowner, what caused the problem and how it |
| more than once and the damage is often | | | | could have been avoided if someone would've |
| unbelievable. | | | | took some time to inspect this area. |
| If you're not interested in maintaining your house | | | | It only took me a couple of days to fix the |
| and inspect it on a regular basis for any problems, | | | | damage, but there was mold, mildew, some type |
| especially water leaks, you could find yourself | | | | of fungus I'd never seen before under the water |
| spending a lot of money on home repairs in the | | | | heater platform and wood rot on the garage |
| future. What I'm about to share with you is a | | | | walls. If the homeowner wouldn't have fixed this |
| problem that could have been solved for under | | | | repair, when he did, it could have eventually ruined |
| $20, but ended up costing the homeowner over | | | | their bathroom walls and flooring on the other |
| $1200. | | | | side. |
| The homeowner didn't maintain the property and | | | | If you own a house, you should maintain it and |
| was renting the home to some people that he | | | | this would include inspecting your home on a |
| knew. He never bothered to inspect his own | | | | regular basis. If you see a problem or something |
| property, and ended up paying the price later. It's | | | | that looks like it could be a problem, this would be |
| hard to imagine that most renters aren't really | | | | the best time to do some investigating. If |
| interested in taking care of something that really | | | | something in your house is broken, you should |
| isn't theirs, but this stuff happens. | | | | repair it as soon as possible, to save yourself |
| When I went out to the house to give the | | | | future frustration and the possibility of the |
| homeowner an estimate, I had a pretty good idea | | | | problem becoming larger, as time goes on. |