Originally published as "The Complete Book of Home Inspection", this book has been updated to cover current building materials; construction techniques; and home-heating, electrical and plumbing systems. The book guides the reader through the house and shows them how to determine the soundness of many of its components. There is a new chapter on important environmental and energy concerns, and illustrations designed to help readers identify common household structural problems. It also includes inspection checklists and worksheets. The author is president of a home inspection firm and was instrumental in the formation of the American Society of Home Inspectors.

Complete Book of Home Inspection

Business & Money

Becker, Norman

Real Estate

Tab Books

Originally titled The Complete Book of Home Inspection, this book sold 25,000 copies in its first edition. Now updated to cover current building materials; construction techniques; and home heating, electrical, and plumbing systems, this popular guide walks new home buyers through every square inch of a house and shows them how to determine the soundness of its many components. Norman Becker has added more than 20% new information, including a chapter on important environmental concerns, and illustrations designed to help readers identify common household structural problems.

The complete book of home inspection: For the buyer or owner

McGraw=Hill

The Complete Book of Home Inspection - 4th Edition This comprehensive instruction manual covers every aspect of a home inspection. It includes the exterior, interior, and electro-mechanicals of the home or condominium apartment. The book is basic enough for a layperson and detailed enough to be a working on-site tool for professional home inspectors. Revealing techniques and methods used by experienced home inspectors, this heavily illustrated reference details how to evaluate the condition of a home - inside and out. Precise step-by-step procedures enable you to inspect a home as though accompanied by an inspector with many years' experience. Written by a professional home inspector, most chapters of the 4th edition of The Complete Book of Home Inspection have been updated and expanded with new material and is packed with photos, graphs, dozens of checklists, worksheets and valuable chapter summaries.

Complete Book of Home Inspection 4/E

Arts & Photography

Architecture

All homeowners know there’s always something that needs repairing or upgrading. They just may not know how to solve the problem. But Norman Becker, the writer of Popular Mechanics “Homeowners Clinic” column, is here to help them fix those annoying, and sometimes dangerous, household occurrences. Presented in an accessible question and answer format, the information comes from real-life situations faced by homeowners. It’s all divided into three easy-to-follow major sections: Exterior, Interior, and Electromechanicals. Every component is covered, from shingle moss on the roof to the wood-destroying insects in the foundation, plus walls, windows, doors, paved areas, landscaping, basement crawl spaces, plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and more. Every homeowner needs this reference—now or in the future.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

Hearst

500 questions500 smart solutions! From worn shingles, leaky windows, and squeaky floors to musty odors, slow-heating furnaces, and sump pit drainage, every house has something that needs repairing, changing, or upgrading. And Norman Becker, the engineer who writes Popular Mechanics Homeowner’s Clinic” column, can help homeowners fix the problem. He presents an amazing range of must-know information in an accessible question-and-answer formatall taken from real-life situations. Three easy-to-follow sectionsExterior, Interior, and Electromechanicalscover all areas of the home environment: shingle moss on the roof, wood-destroying insects in the foundation, stained bricks, gurgling sinks, plus paved areas, landscaping, basement crawl spaces, plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, squeaky floors, stuck doors, and more.

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Complete Book of Home Inspection

The complete book of home inspection: For the buyer or owner

Complete Book of Home Inspection 4/E

Popular Mechanics 500 Simple Home Repair Solutions

Popular Mechanics 500 Simple Home Repair Solutions