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INSPECT ANY HOME INSIDE AND OUT--WITH HELP FROM AN EXPERT

Find out the real value of a house or condo using the tested techniques in this step-by-step guide. Written by a professional home inspector and fully updated throughout, The Complete Book of Home Inspection, Fourth Edition, shows you how to determine exactly what's behind, beneath, above, and around a house before you make an offer. If you're selling your home, you'll learn how to accurately evaluate its condition prior to setting a price.

This comprehensive manual covers every aspect of exterior, interior, and electromechanical home inspection--and contains a new chapter on green home technology. Now with details on American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) requirements, this book serves as a valuable on-the-job tool as well as a basic layperson's guide. Plenty of useful photos, drawings, worksheets, and checklists are included in this practical resource.

The Complete Book of Home Inspection, Fourth Edition, covers:

• Tools and procedures
• Roofs
• Roof-mounted structures and projections
• Paved areas around the structure
• Walls, windows, and doors
• Lot and landscaping
• Garage
• Wood-destroying insects and rot
• Attic
• Interior rooms
• Basement and crawl space
• Electrical system
• Plumbing
• Heating systems
• Domestic water heaters
• Air-conditioning
• Swimming pools
• Energy considerations
• Environmental concerns
• Green home technology

Author: Norman Becker
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 09/08/2010
Series: Complete Book
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.28h x 7.36w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780071702775
4th Revised Edition


Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2011 pg. 387

About the Author

Norman Becker, P.E., has more than 35 years' experience in home 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. Mr. Becker wrote the widely read "Homeowners Clinic" column for Popular Mechanics magazine. He is a licensed professional engineer in New York, New Jersey, and Florida.