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Identify Those Hidden Areas of Missing Insulation, Costly Leaks or Hot Spots

 

Napoleon Home Inspections is proud to be the first Home Inspection Company located in Barrie to introduce Thermal Imaging for our customers. This technology allows accurate assessment of your property and removes the guess work and surprises when purchasing a property.


Need a Professional home or Commercial inspection in Barrie, Alliston or Orillia? A $50.00 WETT certification is also available with our inspection services, Regular price is $125.00. We also provide Professional Home and Commercial inspections in Alliston, Orillia, Innisfil, Oro-Medonte and other communities in Simcoe County. Look no further, we guarantee the best house and commercial propery inspection in Barrie and surrounding area. The purchase of a home or business is for most of us the largest investment we will ever make, don't risk your investment to inexperienced inspectors. The decisions you make can affect you for many years to come. Whether you are buying or selling a house, the process can be extremely stressful, sometimes confusing, and emotionally challenging due to the considerable risks involved when making such large financial decisions. Read More

Areas We Serve

We offer professional home inspections in the following areas:
Alcona Collingwood Midland Stayner
Alliston Creemore New Lowell Stroud
Angus Elmvale Newmarket Tottenham
Barrie Everett Orillia Wasaga Beach
Bradford Innisfil Penetang Simcoe County

Expect The Best

Finding a Professional inspector is very easy. Before hiring any home inspector make sure you ask for his qualifications and how long he has been in business. Choosing a home inspector is not something to be rushed and there are many "rookies" out there promoting themselves as trained professionals. We provide a Professional Home Inspection and back up our services with a 100% Satisfaction guarantee or your money is cheerfully refunded with no questions asked. We also offer a Fair Pricing Policy which offers huge savings to our clients. Call a trained Professional when buying your property in Alliston, Orillia or Barrie, Call the Barrie Home Inspector!

Barrie Home Inspector Tips

Tips for Maintaining and Improving Your Home

Observational Diagnostics for Home Energy Audtis

Observational Diagnostics, Section One There are many Observational Diagnostic techniques and experiential knowledge that have been learned by many individuals through the time that they spend in buildings which, in general, may not have made its way into the typical building evaluation resource materials. This Observation Diagnostics, Section One document was created as a way of [...]

Posted on 3 July 2009 | 9:31 am

The Beginning of Energy Management and Audits

In the Beginning ASHRAE 90-75, released in 1975, was the first ASHRAE Standard 90 and the first real energy standard for commercial buildings. Standard 90-75 led to a short-lived and virtually unknown energy code called the Model Code for Energy Conservation (1977). The requirements in 90-75 showed up in the first Model Energy Code in 1983 [...]

Posted on 3 July 2009 | 9:07 am

Energy Devopment of Code and Regulations

Role of DOE Federal law (ECPA , as amended by the Energy Policy Act) requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to determine whether revisions to the residential portion of the IECC would improve energy efficiency in the nation’s residential buildings and whether revisions to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1 would improve energy [...]

Posted on 3 July 2009 | 8:45 am

Energy Audits and the Need For Energy Management

Energy Audits and the Need For Energy Management   We are facing three major problems that are national priorities for most of North America. To obtain an energy efficient economy we need to: Improve Environmental Quality by reducing global warming and acid rain. Increase our Economic Competitiveness by reducing costs and creating jobs. Develop Energy Security [...]

Posted on 3 July 2009 | 7:39 am

Energy Management Tools

Clock Controls and Programmable Thermostats   The most powerful technique of energy conservation is turning off equipment when it is not needed. To accomplish this the user must follow three steps; 1.       Choose controls that have enough flexibility to change to all planned variations of work. 2.       [...]

Posted on 30 June 2009 | 1:47 pm

Reverse mortgages: Beware the come-ons

The loans can help you tap the equity in your house. Just don’t get tripped up by greedy salespeople. Interesting article from Money Magazine warning US seniors about the risks to Reverse Mortgages.  Would not the same problems exist in Canada? (MONEY Magazine) — Last year, borrowers took out more than 132,000 reverse mortgages - 50% more [...]

Posted on 30 June 2009 | 12:06 pm

Energy Audits and Your Home

Grant Table for ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes Effective March 30, 2009 Thinking of ways to make your home more energy-efficient? Here’s what you can do to reduce your energy consumption and receive grants through ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is offering residential energy efficiency evaluations through licensed service organizations to owners of single-family homes, including [...]

Posted on 22 June 2009 | 11:36 am

The History of the Blower Door by Abba Anderson

The History of the Blower Door by Abba Anderson Perhaps no piece of equipment has changed the way energy professionals look at buildings more than the blower door. Over the past 15 years, entire diagnostic procedures have evolved around this relatively simple device that can make subtle, but measurable, changes in house pressures. The blower door as we know and [...]

Posted on 22 June 2009 | 11:32 am

Juno Beach - Don Cherry

While checking the score of the Stanley Cup final between the two American Teams, Detroit and Pittsburgh, I happened to catch Don Cherry and his commentary regarding the ceremonies at Juno Beach. Don Cherry seems to be one of the only Canadians that cared that Canada did not participate in the fly by at Juno Beach.  [...]

Posted on 7 June 2009 | 8:48 am

Water Intrusion - Sneaky and Damaging

Water is one of the most common reasons that damage occurs to homes. The exterior is especially vunerable to the onslaught of water and moisture, the slow but sure deterioration of a homes cladding, windows and foundation if not properly maintained. I have written many articles on the value of proper drainage and grading of building [...]

Posted on 19 May 2009 | 8:02 am

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