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• Online Encyclopedia of Construction & Building Inspection, Diagnosis, Repair
• Information provided with trademark registration for InspectAPedia.com

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This is an encyclopedic public information website which provides © protected in-depth information on detecting, diagnosing, correcting a full range of residential and light-commercial building defects, failures, & hazards, including:

• Air Conditioning systems & heat pumps, including no-cooling diagnosis and repair, product safety notices
• Electrical Systems including wiring & electrical devices, including product safety notices
• Environmental concerns on and around buildings including toxic mold, allergens, pathogens, gases, chemicals, and  other contaminants, including discussion of the validity of various inspection and testing methods
• Building Exteriors including site design and drainage, siding, trim, windows, doors, roofs, chimneys, walks, retaining walls
• Heating systems including boilers, furnaces, steam systems, piping, controls, no-heat diagnosis, product safety notices
• Home Inspection methods, standards, ethics, education and advanced techniques, including listings of qualified professional building inspectors
• Insulation & Ventilation systems in buildings, including types of insulation, asbestos hazards, fiberglass hazards, ventilation and moisture problem diagnosis, cure, and prevention, ice dam prevention, basement water entry, building flooding, flood damage repair, prevention, and control methods
• Building Interiors including choices of building materials, inspection of windows, doors, walls, ceilings, floors, trim, stairs, railings, platforms, for defects, damage, stains, mold, insect damage, pet damage, environmental hazards, or other safety concerns
• Mold Inspection & Test Methods and other environmental hazards: how to find, diagnose, prevent mold contamination
• Plumbing Systems, Water & Well Systems, Septic Systems, including water supply systems, piping, wells, water testing, water treatment, drain piping materials, methods, problem diagnosis, and septic systems including septic system design, inspection, testing, maintenance and repair, and alternative septic system designs
• Roofing systems, including how to inspect, diagnose, and repair problems in various roofing materials, roofing methods, and the inspection and repair of roof installations such as slate, asphalt roof, membrane roofs, wood shingle roofs, metal roofs
• Building Structures, including how to inspect, diagnose, and repair foundation problems, foundation cracks and foundation movement, pre-fab foundation materials, site problems affecting building structures such as settlement and water entry.

The website provides authoritative, un-biased, in-depth research articles on construction defect recognition, analysis, and repair data for building owners, inspectors, engineers, architects, construction managers. Information is provided with the assurance that there are no conflicts of interest – the website and its authors have no financial relationship with the providers of any building products, materials, or services which may be discussed.

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