All the information managers and homeowners need to maintain their homes. Find out exactly what's behind, beneath, above, and around the homes in your community and how to evaluate their condition accurately.

This comprehensive instruction manual covers every aspect of exterior, interior, and electromechanical home inspection. It's basic enough for a layperson and detailed enough for professional home inspectors. Revealing techniques and methods used by experienced home inspectors, this book details how to evaluate the condition of a home or condominium—inside and out. Packed with photos, graphs, dozens of checklists, worksheets, and valuable chapter summaries. If you want to avoid costly mistakes down the road, this is the book for you.

• Contains more than 150 photos and drawings
• Addresses synthetic stucco (EIFS), mold, and satellite antennas

Content
Tools and Procedure
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