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.

This text is designed both for beginners who need an in-depth introduction and more advanced practitioners looking for tips, sample dialogue and documents, and an understanding of the scope and ethical aspects of a 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.

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Structural conditions are often the most serious and expensive area to correct, making this an important topic for potential homeowners. They are also among the most difficult for home inspectors to identify.

THE HOME INSPECTION BOOK is designed to serve as a learning tool as well as a reference guide.

The majority of roof leaks are flashing related, so this critical topic is covered in-depth, including valley, chimney, pipe, sidewall, hip and ridge, skylight, drip edge and dormer flashings.

Packed with informative sidebars, checklists, diagrams and photographs, all showing what to expect from contractors and tradespeople, and how to keep every reno running on time and on budget, Make It Right is the book you need to read ...

Home Inspection: Getting Started / Soils, Foundations, and Floors / The Exterior / Roofs and Attics / Building Interior Finishes / Electrical System / Plumbing / Built-In Appliances and Systems / Heating Systems / Central Cooling Systems / ...

The book discusses strategies for inspecting floors, walls, ceilings, trim, counters, cabinets, stairs, windows, skylights, solariums, and doors. The text additionally gives special consideration to the pervasive problem of wet basements.