Detailed List of Inspection Items
Below is a detailed list of the items Assured Home Inspections/Inspector Ben checks for on all new/resale home inspections and new construction monitoring.
Structural Components:
- Foundations
- Floors
- Walls
- Columns and piers
- Ceiling
- Roof structure and attic
Exterior:
- Wall cladding flash and trim
- Exterior doors
- Windows
- Garage door operators
- Decks, balconies, stoops, steps, areaways, porches, and applicable railings
- Vegetation, grading, drainage, driveways, patios, walkways, and retaining walls
- Eaves, soffets and fascias
Roofing:
- Roof coverings
- Flashings
- Skylights, chimneys, and roof penetrations
- Roofing drainage systems
Plumbing system:
- Interior drain, waste and vent systems
- Interior water supply and distribution systems and fixtures
- Hot water systems, controls, chimneys, flues and vents
- Main water shut-off device
- Fuel storage and distribution systems
- Sump pump
Electrical systems:
- Service and grounding equipment, main overcurrent device, main and distribution panels
- Branch circuit conductors overcurrent devices and compatibility of their amperage and voltage
- Connected devices and fixtures
- Polarity and grounding of receptacles within six feet of interior plumbing fixtures and all receptacles in garage, carport and exterior walls
- Operation of Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters
- Smoke Detectors
- Location of main and distribution panels
- Carbon monoxide detectors
Heating:
- Heating equipment
- Normal operating controls
- Automatic safety controls
- Chimneys, flues and vents
- Solid fuel heating devices
- Heat distribution systems
- Presence of installed heat source in each room
- Gas/LP firelogs and fireplaces
- Central air conditioning:
- Cooling and air handling equipment
- Normal operating controls
- Distribution systems
- Presence of installed cooling source in each room
Interiors:
- Ceilings
- Walls
- Floors
- Steps, stairways, balconies and railings
- Counters and a representative number of cabinets
- Doors
- Windows
Insulation and ventilation:
- Insulation and vapor retarders
- Ventilation of attic and foundation areas
- Ventilating systems
- Ventilating fans and thermostatic controls
Built-in kitchen appliances:
- Dishwasher
- Ranges/ovens/cooktops
- Range hood
- Trash compactor
- Food waste disposer
- Microwave