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The Complete Book of Home Inspection
by 
Norman Becker
  
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Subject(s):  Home Design & Décor
Nonfiction
Residential Real Estate
Residential Real Estate
Language(s):  English
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Available copies:   3
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File size:   5068 KB
Digital ISBN:   0071409505
Release date:   Aug 23, 2002

Description

No other book on the market increases your chances more of getting your money’s worth when buying a home than The Complete Book of Home Inspection. If you want to find out exactly what’s behind, beneath, above, and around the home you’re thinking of making an offer on, this is just what the inspector ordered. And if you’re thinking of selling your home, here’s the perfect way to accurately evaluate its condition prior to setting a price.

This comprehensive instruction manual covers every aspect of exterior, interior, and electromechanical home inspection and is basic enough for a layperson and detailed enough to be a working on-site tool for professional home inspectors.

Revealing techniques and methods used by experienced home inspectors, this heavily illustrated reference details how to evaluate the condition of a home or condominium apartment – inside and out. Precise step-by-step procedures enable you to inspect a home as though accompanied by an inspector with many years’ experience.

Written by a professional home inspector, The Complete Book of Home Inspection is packed with photos, graphs, dozens of checklists, and worksheets and valuable chapter summaries.

If you want to avoid costly mistakes and headaches down the road, don’t even think of making an offer on a house without reading this book first!


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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Tools and Procedure

Part One: Exterior Inspection

Chapter 2: Roofs

Chapter 3: Roof-Mounted Structures and Projections

Chapter 4: Paved Areas Around the Structure

Chapter 5: Walls, Windows and Doors

Chapter 6: Lot and Landscaping

Chapter 7: Garage

Chapter 8: Wood-Destroying Insects and Rot

Part Two: Interior Inspection

Chapter 9: Attic

Chapter 10: Interior Rooms

Chapter 11: Basement and Crawl Space

Part Three: Electromechanicals

Chapter 12: Electrical System

Chapter 13: Plumbing

Chapter 14: Heating Systems I

Chapter 15: Heating Systems II

Chapter 16: Domestic Water Heaters

Chapter 17: Air-Conditioning

Chapter 18: Swimming Pools

Chapter 19: Energy Considerations

Chapter 20: Environmental Concerns

Chapter 21: Conclusion

Glossary

Inspection Worksheets

Index

About the Author

Norman Becker, P.E., a nationally known authority on the subject of home inspection, has more than 30 years’ experience in home and building inspection, and is one of the founders of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI). He has been qualified in court as an expert witness on the subject of home inspection. He also writes the widely read “Homeowners Clinic” column for Popular Mechanics magazine. Mr. Becker holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and is a licensed professional engineer in New York, New Jersey, and Florida.

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