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STRUCTURE HOME INSPECTION CHECKLIST
STRUCTURE HOME INSPECTION CHECKLIST
Familiarize yourself with the following systems and components as well as the home inspection checklist at the end of the bullets of each section; This should give you a good idea of what your “CHI “Certified A-Pro Home Inspector will be looking for with his/her trained eye.
- Defects in the walls, roof framing, exterior wall framing, interior framing, or cracks in the foundation may indicate a serious structural problem that may be the result of poor structural design, foundation settlement, poor construction techniques, improper structural modification, water damage, termite damage or other causes.
- Raising up a house to replace damaged structural components, or underpinning a defective foundation wall is a major expense.
- The home inspector has the experience, education and expertise to evaluate structural problems. This is one of the reasons why retaining the services of an “CHI” Certified A-Pro Home Inspector to conduct your home inspection instead of a home inspector who is not “CHI” Certified is advantageous.
- Make sure your “CHI” Certified A-Pro Home Inspector performs a “Foundation Level Survey” (SECTION 2.01) to determine the levelness of the foundation which is in many times the cause of structural defects.
- Please note that most standards of practice do NOT require home inspectors to check the foundation levelness. As an example, foundation levelness testing is not required by ASHI®, NAHI® or InterNACHI®.
- To download a illustrative Foundation Handbook including checklist click here.
- To see what’s inspected by your A-Pro “CHI” home inspection checklist for structures- click here.
Any Questions at all, just call our home inspection franchise devolopment team at 1.800.793.2776 x101