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INSPECTION COMONENTS MASTER LIST Mobile Home Inspection Guide VISUAL PERCEPTION ERRORS HOT WATER HEATERS HOUSE PARTS, DEFINITIONS INDOOR AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT GUIDE ICE DAM PREVENTION INSULATION IDENTIFICATION GUIDE INSULATION INSPECTION & IMPROVEMENT Journal of Light Construction - Index 1994 KIT HOMES, Aladdin, Sears, Wards, Others LEAD POISONING HAZARDS GUIDE LEED GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION LEED Building Designation & IAQ LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEMS LOG HOME GUIDE MANUALS & PARTS GUIDES - HVAC Mobile Home Inspection Guide MOISTURE CONTROL in BUILDINGS MOISTURE METER STUDY MOLD in buildings MOLD PREVENTION GUIDE MOLD RELATED ILLNESS GUIDE MOLD SAFETY WARNINGS MOLD SPRAYS, SEALANTS, PAINTS MOLD STANDARDS MOLD TESTING SERVICES MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets MVOCs & MOLDY MUSTY ODORS Nanomaterials Hazards NOISE / SOUND DIAGNOSIS & CURE ODORS & SMELLS DIAGNOSIS & CURE OIL TANK PIPING & PIPING DEFECTS OIL TANKS INSPECT LEAK TEST ABANDON REGS PAINT ANALYSIS, DIAGNOSTIC USES PAINT & STAIN GUIDE, EXTERIOR PAINT FALURE, DIAGNOSIS, CURE, PREVENTION PIPING IN buildings, Clogs Leaks Types PLASTER & BEAVERBOARD & DRYWALL PLASTER BULGES & PILLOWS PLASTER LATH, METAL PLASTER, LOOSE FALL HAZARDS PLASTER TYPE IDENTIFICATION PLUMBING SYSTEM INSPECT DIAGNOSE REPAIR PUSHMATIC - BULLDOG PANELS Reports: Checklists vs Narrative ROOFING INSPECTION & REPAIR ROOF VENTILATION SPECIFICATIONS SAFE DECK CONSTRUCTION GUIDE SAFETY HAZARDS & INSPECTIONS SAFETY: Elderly & Veterans Home Safety SAFETY for ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS SAFETY HAZARDS GUIDE Safety for Septic Inspectors Sears Catalog kit homes - how to identify Septic System Safety Hazards SEPTIC SYSTEM INSPECT DIAGNOSE REPAIR SIDING, Sheathing Identification - Photo Guide SIDING, ALUMINUM SIDING, ASBESTOS FIBER CEMENT SIDING ASPHALT ROOF SHINGLES on WALLS SIDING ASPHALT SHINGLE or SHEET SIDING DAMAGE by SPLASHBACK SIDING EIFS & STUCCO SIDING, FIBER CEMENT SIDING HARDBOARD SIDING STEEL SIDING VINYL SIDING, WOOD PRODUCT CHOICES SIDING, WOOD INSTALLATION SIDING WOOD, FAILURES OVER FOAM BOARD SIDING WOOD, FLASHING DETAILS SIDING WOOD SHINGLE INSTALLATION SINKHOLES, WARNING SIGNS SLAB CRACK EVALUATION SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS Splits in Structural Wood Beams SQUARE-D RECALLS STAIN & BIODETERIORATION AGENT CATALOG STAINS on buildings - QUICK GUIDE STAIN DIAGNOSIS on BUILDING EXTERIORS STAIN DIAGNOSIS on BUILDING INTERIORS STAIN DIAGNOSIS on ROOFS STAIN DIAGNOSIS on STONE STAINS on INDOOR SURFACES: PHOTO GUIDE STANDARDS, HOME INSPECTION STAIRS, RAILINGS, LANDINGS, RAMPS STAIR FALL & TRIP HAZARDS STONE CLEANING METHODS STRESS SKIN INSULATED PANELS TANK TYPES: WATER, OIL, EXPANSION, ALL THERMAL TRACKING Indicates Heat Loss VAPOR BARRIERS & HOUSEWRAP VAPOR CONDENSATION & BUILDING SHEATHING VENTILATION in buildings VISUAL PERCEPTION ERRORS WATER ENTRY in buildings WATER HEATERS WATER ODORS, CAUSE CURE WATER PRESSURE & FLOW MEASUREMENT WATER PUMPS, TANKS, TESTS, WELLS, REPAIRS WATER PUMPS & WELLS WATER QUANTITY IMPROVEMENT WATER SOFTENERS & CONDITIONERS WATER TEST CHOICES & WATER TEST FEES WATER TESTS, CONTAMINANTS, TREATMENT WATER TESTING ADVICE WATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT CHOICES WELLS CISTERNS & SPRINGS WELL CLEARANCES WELL CHLORINATION SHOCKING PROCEDURE WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS WIND TURBINES & LIGHTNING WINDOWS & DOORS Wood Burning Boilers, Furnaces Fireplaces Stoves WOOD ROOF INSPECTION GUIDE ZINSCO / SYLVANIA HAZARDS    More Information |
This article lists significant building exterior component defects, definitions, and home inspection education topics. This article series, beginning at BUILDING DEFECTS LISTS, provides lists of common building defects and basic defect knowledge that also outline recommended curriculum content for home inspector education. InspectAPedia tolerates no conflicts of interest. We have no relationship with advertisers nor with topics or services discussed at this website.The building defects and inspection points listed in these articles also guide homeowners and home buyers to building areas that merit careful attention and often point areas of safety concern or important maintenance and repair tasks. Readers should see EXTERIORS of buildings for our complete list of articles on this topic. Also see HOME & BUILDING INSPECTORS & INSPECTION METHODS. Use the Search Box at the top or bottom of these pages to find in-depth information about building, energy savings, and indoor environment inspection, diagnosis and repair at this website. Watch out: these inspection lists do not list all possible defects for the systems discussed, and not all home or building inspectors will examine all of the items listed here. CONTACT us to suggest corrections or additions to articles at this website. Also see these related article groups: These curriculae and building defect lists are based on smilar curriculum documents first prepared by Joe Scaduto, an ASHI member who prepared course material for Northeastern University's Building Inspection Certificate program in 1988, subsequently by DF, InspectApedia's editor, for New York University ca 1988 and later, with others, recommended to ASHI, the American Society of Home Inspectors. ASHI did not adopt this material though currently that association as well as others offer extensive HOME INSPECTOR EDUCATION material. The curriculum and lists of defects are informed by additional analysis of the process of home inspection that was developed beginning Calgary, AB for Canadian and U.S. home inspector education and certification examinations in 1997. Other early contributors to home inspection education in the U.S. and Canada include Dr. Jess Aronstein, Alan Carson, Mike Casey, Mark Cramer, John Cox, Dwight Barnett, Douglas Hansen, Rick Heyl, Larry Hoytt, Bill Merrill, Kevin O'Malley, Dennis Robitalille, Keith Peddie, Pat Porzio, Roger Robinson. © Copyright 2012 InspectAPedia.com, All Rights Reserved. Information Accuracy & Bias Pledge is at below-left. Use page top links to major topics or use links at the left of each page to navigate within topics and documents at this website. Green links show where you are in a document series or at this website. Home Inspection Education Curriculum - Exteriors, Walls, Windows, Doors7. Building EXTERIORs: Inspection Recommendations & Lists of Typical Defects7.1 Exterior Building Wall Cladding Inspection & Defects List7.1.1 Knowledge Base for inspecting building exteriors: walls, soffits, fascia, windows, doors, trim, flashing, caulking1. Describe the function of exterior wall surfaces, soffits and fascia, windows and doors, trim flashings and caulking. 2. Describe the materials and components of each of the items listed above. 3. Describe the features of adequate installation and repair technique for each of the items listed above. 4. Define the following terms: Siding, building paper, housewrap, sheathing, air/vapor barrier, insulation, efflorescence, spalling, mortar deterioration, weep holes, rising damp, vented rain screen principle, safety glazing, stucco, synthetic stucco, portland cement stucco, lime-cement stucco, aggregate, lath, EIFS (exterior insulating finishing system), backwrapping, drain screen, rain screen, drip screed, kickout, drying potential, beadboard, siding (beveled, board and batten, tongue and groove, ship-lap, channel and drop), shakes (taper split, hand split and re-sawn, straight split, taper-sawn), plywood, hardboard, oriented strandboard (OSB), waferboard, capillary break on windowsill. 5. Identify the codes or standards in your area which apply to each system listed above. 7.1.2 Inspection Skills for inspecting building exteriors: walls, soffits, fascia, windows, doors, trim, flashing, caulking1. Describe the inspection procedure for each of exterior systems and components. 2. Identify the following common defects listed on the next page. 3. Describe the implication of each defect. 4. Identify safety issues for the inspector and occupant of the house (fall hazard) 5. Communicate findings to client verbally and in writing, recommending corrective action where needed. Building EXTERIOR CLADDING TYPICAL DEFECTSWALL Defects - GENERALMETAL AND VINYL SIDING• Exposed foundations — • Buckled or wavy cracked or spalled • Insulation problems • Discolored • Planters and gardens against walls • Flashing and caulking defects • Too close to grade or wood/soil contact • Loose • Vines • Mechanical damage • Water penetration • Metal siding not grounded • Rust BRICK, STONE AND CONCRETE• Too close to grade • Bowing walls CEMENT-BASED SIDING (Fiber-cement, Asbestos Cement) • Cracking • Efflorescence • Loose • Mechanical damage • Mechanical damage • Missing, ineffective weep holes or • Missing paint or caulking flashings • Mortar deterioration • Nailing problems • Spalling • Too close to grade • Too close to grade CLAY AND SLATE SHINGLES STUCCO AND EIFS(SYNTHETIC STUCCO) • Broken • Bulging • Damage • Cracking • Flashing or joint defects • Crumbling • Loose or missing pieces • Incompatible flashings • Missing or loose • Loose • Paint or stain needed • Mechanical damage • Rot • Moisture penetration • Too close to grade • No drip screed • Vents missing or ineffective • Rusted lath or trim • Too close to grade ASPHALT SHINGLES AND INSUL-BRICK
WOOD SIDING (Board, Shakes And Shingles)• Aging • Loose • Loose, missing or torn tabs • Paint or stain – needed • Too close to grade • Rot • Splitting SOFFITS AND FASCIA • Too close to grade • Damage • Warping • Loose or missing pieces • Paint or stain needed PLYWOOD, HARDBOARD AND OSB• Rot • Vents missing, ineffective • Buckling and cracking • Delamination TRIM FLASHINGS AND CAULKING • Inner-Seal® • Loose • Caulking missing or ineffective • Mechanical damage • Flashings incomplete or ineffective • Rot • Flashings missing • Swelling • Loose • Too close to grade • Rot Improper nailing • Rust
WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS AND SOLARIUMSGENERAL SASHES • Air leaks • Inoperable • Lintels sagging or missing • Loose fit • Water leaks • Poor weatherstrip • Rot FRAMES • Rust • Sash coming apart • Deformation • Stiff • Drain holes blocked or missing • Installed backwards GLASS (GLAZING) • Racked • Rot • Broken • Rust • Cracked • Excess condensation vapor occlusions JDG EXTERIOR DRIP CAPS • Loose • Lost seal on double or triple glazing same as above in red JDG • Ineffective • Missing • Missing STORMS AND SCREENS EXTERIOR TRIM• Loose • Caulking or flashing missing, deteriorated, • Missing loose, rusting or incomplete • Damaged, cracked or loose • Rusted • Inadequate sill projection • Torn or holes • Missing • No drip edge SKYLIGHTS AND SOLARIUMS • Paint or stain needed • Putty (glazing compound) cracked, missing, • Evidence of ice dams loose or deteriorated • Rot • Special glazing not provided (more than 15 inches off vertical) • Rust Vapor occlusions. JDG • Sills with reverse slope • Vines DOORS on Building Exteriors: List of Typical DefectsGENERAL GLASS (GLAZING)• Air leaks • Broken • Lintels sagging or missing • Cracked • Water leaks • Excess condensation • Loose DOORS AND FRAMES • Lost seal on double or triple glazing • Missing • Damaged Firedoors at garages JDG • Dark paint on metal exposed to sun STORMS AND SCREENS • Deformation • Delaminated • Loose • Drain holes blocked or missing • Missing • Installed backwards • Rusted • Loose or poor fit • Torn or holes • Plastic trim on metal door behind storm • Racked • Rot • Rust EXTERIOR DRIP CAPS • Ineffective • Missing Building EXTERIOR TRIM, Defects List• Caulking or flashing missing, deteriorated, loose, rusting or incomplete • Damaged, cracked or loose • Inadequate sill projection • Missing • No drip edge • Paint or stain needed • Putty (glazing compound) cracked, missing, loose or deteriorating • Rot • Rust • Sill too low • Sill not well supported • Sills with reverse slope Questions & Answers regarding this articleQuestions & answers about home inspection course curriculua Ask a Question or Search InspectAPediaHTML Comment Box is loading comments...
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