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By White Glove Building Inspections | Chicagoland, IL Small problems can snowball into big repairs, but a smart toolkit lets you act fast and keep costs down. After thousands of Chicago-area inspections, we have seen these 20 tools save homeowners time, money and stress. Do a quick inventory as you read, note what you are missing and upgrade your kit with purpose. Cordless Drill/Driver Your do-it-all MVP for assembling furniture, hanging shelves and drilling pilot holes. Choo

By White Glove Inspections | Chicagoland, IL A dripping faucet can waste hundreds of gallons of water a year, a loose towel bar can rip drywall and a slow-moving drain can turn into a midnight flood. Those little glitches feel harmless until they become big budget busters. Homeownership is a milestone that deserves pride, yet it also requires steady care to keep surprises from draining your wallet or weekend. Here at White Glove Building Inspections, we walk through homes acr

Radon is an invisible, odorless gas that can seep through tiny gaps in your home and linger where your family lives, works and sleeps. The CDC links it to about 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year, making it the nation’s second leading cause of the disease after smoking. In Illinois, more than one in three homes tested exceed the EPA action level of 4 pCi/L - a risk that crosses every price point, neighborhood and construction style. Cancer Survivor Day, June 7, and the week

by The White Glove Inspections Team You can’t see, smell, or taste radon, yet it can settle in the air you breathe every day. Picture an invisible gas drifting up from the soil beneath your floors, slipping through hair-line cracks and quietly lingering in the places your family feels safest. Unlike mold or carbon monoxide, there’s no telltale odor or irritation to warn you that something’s wrong - but over time the threat to your lungs can be life-changing. Radon’s danger is