Links & Resources
Austin Property Inspections
Remember this guy??








Don't let this happen to you...
Have a HOME INSPECTION
before you buy!!!

scene from "The Money Pit "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP
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Regulating Agencies
Texas Real Estate Commission - www.trec.state.tx.us

Texas Structural Pest Control Board - www.spcb.state.tx.us

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - www.epa.gov

Texas Residential Construction Commission - www.trcc.state.tx.us


Associations
Austin Board of Realtors - www.abor.com

National Association of Certified Home Inspectors - www.nachi.org


Consumer Links
Consumer Product Safety Commission - www.cpsc.gov

Consumer Plumbing Recovery Center - www.pbpipe.com

Product Label & Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) lookup- www.greenbook.net

Austin Energy Home Energy Efficiency Info- www.austinenergy.com

Texas Gas Service- www.oneok.com/tgs_default.jsp


Home Improvement/ Maintenence Links
Home Remodeling Info- www.homeimprovementideas.net

Journal of Light Construction online- www.JLCOnline.com

How Stuff Works- www.howstuffworks.com

Home Depot- www.homedepot.com

Lowe's Home Improvement- www.lowes.com

Pest Education- www.bugguide.net

Practical, how-to education based on University Research- http://texasextension.tamu.edu

Fastening Devices- www.strongtie.com

Weather Links
Current Austin Weather- www.srh.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/TXZ192.php

Lightning Explorer- https://thunderstorm.vaisala.com/tux/jsp/explorer/explorer.jsp

Texas Severe Storms Association- www.tessa.org

Just for fun