The Complete Guide to Home Inspection
Spiral-Bound | March 31, 2015
Michael Litchfield, Roger C. Robinson
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The Complete Guide to Home Inspection
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Thorough enough for professionals...accessible enough for homeowners! Written in plain language suitable even for first-time home buyers, The Complete Guide to Home Inspection is a must-have reference. An all-in-one resource with 250 descriptive photographs and 20 helpful illustrations, it is invaluable for home buyers, home sellers, professional home inspectors, and every homeowner who wants to understand what their house is telling them.
Truly comprehensive in scope. This is the most extensive examination of home inspection available, covering all areas of the home from top to bottom, including:
Exteriors
Roofs
Attics
Foundations, basements, and crawlspaces
Plumbing
Electrical systems
Heating and cooling
Kitchen, baths, and laundries
Garages, attached structures, and many other areas
Learn the trade secrets of industry experts in home building and inspection. With over 70 years of combined experience, the authors are on a highly focused mission to:
Determine your home's hidden trouble spots and how to remedy them
Provide sound advice on avoiding hazardous materials
Offer helpful tips for improving energy efficiency, and much more.
Put an end to the mysterious problems that can create a “Money Pit.” Head off potential problems as you learn to understand a home's systems. Includes enormously helpful resources:
Checklists – for properly inspecting a home
Retrofit tips – to quickly resolve problems and issues
Get your copy today and gain new insights into home safety and more.
Publisher: Ingram Publisher Services
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 1627104801
Item Weight: 2.3 lbs
Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.7 x 10.9 inches
Michael Litchfield has been renovating houses or writing about them for more than 40 years. During that time he has been a founding editor of Fine Homebuilding magazine, the author of 12 acclaimed books on home design and renovation, and editor of a CNET/Yahoo! Gold Star home improvement site. He is also a certified green building professional.
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