Author: Benjamin GromickoPublisher:
ISBN: 9781942813095
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Complete Book of Home Inspection
Author: Norman BeckerPublisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071409505
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Here is a comprehensive instruction manual covering every aspect of exterior, interior, and electromechanical home inspection--basic enough for a layperson and detailed enough to be a working tool for professional home inspectors. Revealing techniques and methods used by experts, this heavily-illustrated reference details how to evaluate the condition of a home or condominium apartment. Precise step-by-step procedures enable the reader to inspect a home as though accompanied by an inspector with many years' experience. Written by a professional home inspector, COMPLETE BOOK OF HOME INSPECTION, 3rd Ed. is packed with photographs, dozens of checklists and worksheets, and a valuable summary which appears at the end of each chapter.
Principles of Home Inspection: Systems & standards
Author: Carson DunlopPublisher: Dearborn Real Estate
ISBN: 9780793179350
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 950
Book Description
This introductory overview of the major home systems gives students a solid foundation for beginning a career in home inspection. This comprehensive text gets students out into the field quickly while serving as a springboard for the 13 advanced electives in the Principles line. Systems & Standards focuses on system and component problems, their practical implications, and inspections strategies for finding them. No other single volume offers both the breadth and depth of this introduction.
The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections
Author: Bobbi DempseyPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440696187
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
For home buyers and home sellers. Here is the first how-to that addresses the needs of both buyers and sellers, making it the perfect companion to the bestselling The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Buying and Selling a Home. The buyer will depend on this guide to determine whether a house is worth buying. The seller will need it to determine which repairs are necessary before listing or signing anything. Readers will learn to troubleshoot all areas of a home, including its structure and foundation, windows and doors, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, insulation, electrical systems, and the roof, just to name a few. In this Pocket Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • What to look for when inspecting the electrical system, the roof, and other parts of the home. • Simple advice on what to do if the results of your inspections aren’t good. • Expert explanation of what you can expect during and after the inspection. • Easy ways to tell if a home is worth buying—or if it will need extensive repairs before you put it on the market.
House Inspector
Author: Duncan MarshallPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1135330336
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
This book is a concise and comprehensive guide to building defects and building inspection. Whether, as a practitioner you are employed in buying, selling, managing or maintaining houses or whether, or as a layperson, you are buying a property to invest or live in, this book will help you make sound decisions and avoid costly mistakes. Written by two highly experienced authors, House Inspector is a general and accessible book which describes how and why house construction has changed, identifies some of the more common defects, and provides a series of elemental check lists. Essential reading for trainees and general practice surveyors, maintenance inspectors, housing managers, estate agents, planners, and even private purchasers and investors. This book will improve your knowledge and understanding of potential problems and provide a simple framework for a competent building inspection.
NHIE Mechanical Systems & NHIE Content
Author: Bruce BarkerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780996451833
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This is the second edition of the popular NHIE Home Inspection Manual. This volume of a two-volume set covers the National Home Inspector Examination content dealing with the electrical, heating, cooling, and plumbing systems, fireplaces and chimneys, kitchen appliances, and NHIE exam information.
The Home Inspection Book
Author: Marcia Darvin SpadaPublisher: Thomson South-Western
ISBN: 9780324560633
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
THE HOME INSPECTION BOOK is designed to serve as a learning tool as well as a reference guide. This professional guide is a comprehensive yet self-paced handbook covering both the practice and the business of home inspection addressing all the key areas associated with the business of home inspection in this rapidly growing profession. In addition, this handbook also takes you step-by-step through the entire process of home inspection following the most current guidelines established by the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI), the National Association of Home Inspectors (NAHI) and the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors (NACHI).
Author: Michael A. PompeiiThe Complete Guide to Home Inspection
Author: Michael LitchfieldPublisher: Taunton Press
ISBN: 9781627104807
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A guide to home inspection for buyers and sellers, homeowners, and professional inspectors covers all areas of the home, with information on determining hidden trouble spots, avoiding hazardous materials, and improving energy efficiency.
The Diary Of An Intrepid Home Inspector
Author: Rudy PlatzerPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 055762519X
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Real-life stories help buyers and sellers navigate the shark-infested waters of real estate transactions. Get the best deal when buying or selling by understanding how the real estate game is played. Get tips on selecting real estate agents, home inspectors and builders. Avoid mistakes and learn important things often missed when choosing a house. Learn about many unseen problems that can lurk unsuspected in any home. Get savvy about repair contractor scams and how to avoid them. Actual court room experiences offer insight into builders of "bad houses". Beginning home inspectors will get valuable information on all aspects of the profession. Practicing inspectors may pick up a few new "tricks of the trade." Real estate professionals can get a better understanding of the home inspection industry from the inspector's perspective. Others will enjoy walking in the shoes of a real life person, in real life situations related in a most interesting and often humorous way.
