How to Identify & Inspect Historic, Old, & Kit Homes
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How to Identify & Inspect Historic Homes & Old Houses
How to Find a Qualified Home Inspector for older homes
List of old house inspection, diagnsosis, and repair articles
This article discusses How to Identify & Inspect Historic Homes & Old Houses, and provides a directory to help you find a qualified home inspector who has experience and expertise in evaluating the condition of older homes.
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This list of old-house inspection, diagnosis, and repair articles provides information on how to inspect, evaluate, diagnose, and repair older homes. We also provide links to home inspection standards and ethics, and home inspection methodology. Advice for home buyers includes how to choose a home inspector and how to get the most from a home inspection.
Also see ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING COMPONENT ID. Advanced home inspection methods are presented stressing methods for increasing the detection of significant or safety defects at properties, technical expertise, and ethical conduct.
Advice is provided for people interested in becoming a home inspector as well as for home buyers or owners who need to hire a home inspector.
ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING COMPONENT ID - series of articles providing photo and drawing aids to architectural type and age of buildings and building components.
Find the Age of a House How to Determine the Age of a Building from Visual Clues, Architectural Style, Building Materials, Construction Details, or Documentary Clues
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Mark Cramer Inspection Services Mark Cramer, Tampa Florida, Mr. Cramer is a past president of ASHI, the American Society of Home Inspectors and is a Florida home inspector and home inspection educator. Contact Mark Cramer at: 727-595-4211 mark@BestTampaInspector.com 11/06
Roger Hankey is principal of Hankey and Brown home inspectors, Eden Prairie, MN. Mr. Hankey is a past chairman of the ASHI Standards Committee. Mr. Hankey has served in other ASHI professional and leadership roles. Contact Roger Hankey at: 952 829-0044 - rhankey@hankeyandbrown.com. Mr. Hankey is a frequent contributor to InspectAPedia.com.
Books & Articles on Building & Environmental Inspection, Testing, Diagnosis, & Repair
Our recommended books about building & mechanical systems design, inspection, problem diagnosis, and repair, and about indoor environment and IAQ testing, diagnosis, and cleanup are at the InspectAPedia Bookstore. Also see our Book Reviews - InspectAPedia.
The Home Reference Book - the Encyclopedia of Homes, Carson Dunlop & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, 2010, $69.00 U.S., is available from Carson Dunlop. The Home Reference Book is a bound volume of more than 450 illustrated pages that assist home inspectors and home owners in the inspection and detection of problems on buildings. The text is intended as a reference guide to help building owners operate and maintain their home effectively. InspectAPedia.com ® author/editor Daniel Friedman is a contributing author. Field inspection worksheets are included at the back of the volume.
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