Johnny Goad is a licensed home inspector who serves Clarksville Tennessee, Nashville Tennessee, Hopkinsville Kentucky and surrounding areas. He is an individual who will spend the time necessary to thoroughly inspect your home from basement to attic and all points in between. Your home is a big investment. Why take a chance with an unqualified home inspector? Johnny Goad will inspect your home and provide you with a detailed inspection report.
Johnny Goad is a third generation home builder and has 25 years of home building, remodeling and maintenance experience. He is certified by the American Academy of Home Inspections and licensed in the state of Tennessee and Kentucky.
Call Johnny Goad today at (931) 801-1575 and get an affordable, dependable and prompt home inspection.
August 9th, 2008 by Johnny Goad
Roberta H writes, I have been living in my new home for some time now & have been asking for the contractor to clean the brick because it is obvious that they never were. Well, last week they finally sent someone to clean the brick with a pressure washer & ... [
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June 1st, 2008 by Johnny Goad
Dan H writes: We recently moved into a new home & although the showers get warm enough for me to take a shower, my wife would like to be able to take a "hot" shower or bath. The water at the bathroom & kitchen faucets is considerably hotter, what would ... [
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May 19th, 2008 by Johnny Goad
Ben D asks, We had a hot water recirculating system installed recently & now we are having rusty looking water on the hot side. Do you have any idea of what would be causing this?
It sounds like someone installed a recirculating pump meant for a hydronic heating system instead of ... [
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May 18th, 2008 by Johnny Goad
Rhonda L writes:
My laminate floor suddenly started making a "crackly" sound when we walk on it.
The only things we can think that caused it are using too much cleaner, (our
housekeeper may have used something other than the made-for-laminate cleaner),
the temperature got very hot outside (but our home inside is not ... [
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Also Try Searching: cracking sound from laminate, laminate flooring, laminate flooring installation
April 26th, 2008 by Johnny Goad
Donnie J says, my bathroom is gutted to the studs, & I'll be tiling the bathtub surround. Should I drywall this area & then put up cement backer-board, or dose the backerboard go directly over the studs? Do I need felt paper?
Don't put up drywall under the backerboard. I am ... [
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Also Try Searching: installing cement backerboard, tile backerboard, tile bathtub surround, tile surround
April 10th, 2008 by Johnny Goad
Mike L writes, On old fashioned lamp plugs, both prongs on the plug are the same size & the lamp works any way you plug it in. On new plugs the prongs are different sizes. I've been told this is to keep the polarity constant. What is polarity & why ... [
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Also Try Searching: new plugs, old plugs, polarity, tool or lamp re-wiring
March 29th, 2008 by Johnny Goad
Ted W writes, I repainted our bathroom a few months ago & now the paint is kind of flaking off in areas, what would cause this?
More than likely Ted it is from hairspray on the walls, I have run into this problem myself & this what I did. Scrape any ... [
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March 22nd, 2008 by Johnny Goad
Growing a healthy lawn involves preparation & maintenance, but regardless of how well you've done both if you choose the wrong seed you will fight an uphill battle & the lawn is doomed. Grasses that flourish in an open sunny area may not survive in the shade. Some grasses are ... [
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Also Try Searching: grass seeds, lawn care, successful lawn, thick grass
March 19th, 2008 by Johnny Goad
Pat M writes: My new brick chimney has white streaks down the sides. Both the builder & the mason say the stains are normal & will go away on their own, but I am still concerned. Are they a long-term problem that I will have to worry about when my ... [
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Also Try Searching: calcium carbonate, efflorescence, efflorescence & calcium staining on brick, masonry water intrusion
March 15th, 2008 by Johnny Goad
Evan S says, Temperatures in the 70's the other day got me to thinking about some spring time projects around the house, one if which will be re-coating my asphalt driveway. Are all asphalt sealants the same?
Funny you should mention that Evan as I found my mind wandering down the ... [
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Also Try Searching: asphalt driveway, asphalt driveway sealant, asphalt sealant, driveway sealer
