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Inspection-Related Articles
Below are inspection-related articles. They may be used by any InterNACHI member. Each article is specially written to include an inspection-spin. Common uses by InterNACHI members include:
- inspector websites (improves search engine optimization);
- inspector newsletters (great to email to real estate agents and past clients);
- inspection reports (include appropriate articles for particular issues);
- trade show handouts (make copies with your contact information on them).
Members can (and should) also offer them to their local real estate agents for use in their newsletters.
They are also very educational.
The articles are copyrighted for member-use only, but any licensed real estate agent may also use them.
- 15 Tools Every Homeowner Should Own (consumer-targeted)
- Adjustable Steel Columns
- Anti-Tip Brackets for Freestanding Ranges
- Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters
- Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter (AFCI) Indicators (testers)
- Asbestos (consumer-targeted)
- Attached Garage Fire Containment
- Attached Garage Fire Hazards (consumer-targeted)
- Attic Pull-Down Ladders
- Bathroom Ventilation Ducts and Fans
- Backdrafting
- Backflow Prevention
- Bat Infestation
- Become a HUD 203K Consultant
- Bidets
- Biological Pollutants in the Home (consumer-targeted)
- Building a Home (consumer-targeted)
- Burglar-Resistant Homes
- Burglar-Resistant Homes (consumer-targeted)
- Carpeted Bathrooms
- Central Humidifiers
- Child Safety (consumer-targeted)
- Chinese Drywall
- Choosing a Manufactured Home (consumer-targeted)
- Choosing the Right Home Inspector (consumer-targeted)
- Collar Ties vs. Rafter Ties
- Common Electrical Conductor Types
- Condensation in Double-Paned Windows
- Constructed Wetlands (consumer-targeted)
- Cool Roofs
- Deck Inspections, Illustrated
- Deck Receptacles
- Defensible Space
- Defrost Cycle of a Heat Pump
- Dryer Vent Safety
- Efflorescence for Inspectors
- Elderly Safety
- Electrical Safety (consumer-targeted)
- Electromagnetic Fields (consumer-targeted)
- Energy Conservation
- Energy Efficiency
- Exterior Design Features
- Fiberglass Insulation - History, Hazards, Alternatives
- Fire Extinguisher Maintenance and Inspection
- Firestops
- Foundation Insulation (consumer-targeted)
- Garbage Disposals for Inspectors
- Garage Doors and Openers
- Geothermal Heating and Cooling Systems
- Green Lumber
- Grounding Electrodes
- H-Clips for Inspectors
- Hantavirus Danger in Homes
- Hearths and Hearth Extensions
- High-Performance Buildings (consumer-targeted)
- Holiday Safety (consumer-targeted)
- Home Insurance (consumer-targeted)
- Home Winterization
- Homebuyer Mistakes (consumer-targeted)
- House Numbers
- House Numbers (consumer-targeted)
- Household Hazards (consumer-targeted)
- Identifying and Describing Heating Systems
- Increasing Home Energy Efficiency
- Indoor Air (consumer-targeted)
- 10 Easy Ways to Save Energy In Your Home (consumer-targeted)
- Inspecting Furnaces
- Kick-out Flashing
- KitecŪ Fittings
- Knob and Tube Wiring
- Ladder Safety
- Lead Facts (consumer-targeted)
- Lead Facts for Inspectors
- Life Expectancy Chart
- Log Homes (consumer-targeted)
- Lock Boxes
- Manufactured Homes (consumer-targeted)
- Marijuana Grow Operations
- Meth Labs
- Moisture Meters
- Modular vs. Manufactured Homes
- Mold (consumer-targeted)
- Mortar Joints
- Occupancy Load Signs
- OSB vs. Plywood
- Pellet Stoves for Inspectors
- Permanent Wood Foundations
- Pine Beetles
- Plumbing Terms (consumer-targeted)
- Polybutylene for Inspectors
- Pool Safety (consumer-targeted)
- Private Water Wells (consumer-targeted)
- Radon Gas (consumer-targeted)
- Rehab a Home (consumer-targeted)
- Reserve Studies
- Roofing (consumer-targeted)
- Safe Rooms
- Safety Glass for Inspectors
- Seller's Pre-Listing Inspection (consumer-targeted)
- Septic System Inspections
- Septic Systems (consumer-targeted)
- Settlement Information (consumer-targeted)
- Shrinkage Cracks in Concrete
- Soils and Settlement
- Stucco (consumer-targeted)
- Sump Pump Operation and Inspection
- Swimming Pool Barrier Regulations
- Ten Tips to Speed up your Inspection (consumer-targeted)
- Termites (consumer-targeted)
- Tie-Downs for Manufactured Homes
- Toilet Inspections
- TPR Valves and Discharge Piping
- Tree Dangers
- Venomous Pests: Inspector Beware
- Water Damage (consumer-targeted)
- Water Heater Expansion Tanks
- Wind Mitigation
- Water Quality (consumer-targeted)
- What Really Matters on an Inspection (consumer-targeted)
- Wildlife (consumer-targeted)
- Window Bars
- Window Falls
- Wood Decay
For commercial building and commercial property inspectors, in particular:
- Commercial Office Checklist
- Commercial Property: Buy or Rent?
- Commercial Real Estate Terms Inspectors Should Know
- Commercial Water Towers
- Financing Commercial Equipment for Inspectors
- Going Commercial: Moving the Office Out of the Home
- Green Strategies for Commercial Buildings
- Inspectors and Commercial Leases
- Shopping for a Commercial Loan? Avoid these Mistakes
For inspectors, in particular:
- Avoiding Lawsuits
- Commercial Lending Proposals Will Benefit Home Inspectors
- Commercial Vehicles: Considerations for Inspectors
- Digits and Hyphens in Inspection Reports
- Do Classroom Inspection Courses Harm Consumers?
- Deposition Preparation
- Exams that Harm
- Farther vs. Further
- Forms of Inspection Business Ownership
- Gromicko on Home Inspection Brochures
- Gromicko on Home Inspector Websites
- How to Sell to a Real Estate Professional
- How Agents can Reduce their Liability
- Inspector Attire
- Inspector Safety Equipment
- Inspector Selection, A Real Estate Agent's Duty
- Online Education Better than Classroom Education
- Paying a Little Extra for an InterNACHI Inspector Pays Off
- Put your Inspection Business all over the Internet
- Seven Ways to Use a Home Inspection Report
- That's a Lot of Money for a Few Hours' Work!
- Warning about advertising oneself as "Code Certified"
Inspector Profiles:
Click here to learn how to make your own clean copy of any of these articles.
More articles can be found at InterNACHI's Citizen Information Center and InspectorMALL.com.
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