Home Inspections
Home inspectors and home inspections are related to code inspections, but focus on different things and are for a completely different purpose. The required credentials for home inspectors also differ from that of code inspectors and of professional engineers.
A home inspection is a visual, non-invasive inspection that focuses on a home's:
- Roofing
- Exterior
- Structural Components
- HVAC
- Plumbing
- Electrical System
- Insulation and Ventilation
- Interiors
- Garage
- Built-in Kitchen Appliances
Within each of these home's systems or sub systems, the home inspection follows a standard of practice that dictates how the inspection is to be performed and where a home inspector needs to go and does not need to go. For example, while some home inspectors go on roofs, going on the roof is not a required part of a home inspection. Those that do it are going above and beyond the standards of practice. Any home inspector may go beyond the standards of practice as a courtesy, or in response to a special request from the client.
