NACHI releases new, free, online Structural Issues for Home Inspectors course.

[Nick Gromicko]

We are asking that everyone send their comments and suggested additions to us to help us improve it. If you find errors let us know. If you have pictures to go with your suggested additiions, please send those too. We are working on making the course more robust... with your help. Please contribute by emailing fastreply@nachi.org Contributors will be credited on the last page of the course

To take the course now go to www.nachi.org/structuralcoursereleased2007.htm

[Bill C. Merrell, CMI]

Great Course!

Keep Up the Good Work!

[Nick Gromicko]

Save your unique session code and plug it in to download your certificate of completion: http://www.nachi.org/certificatesofcompletion.htm

[Bill C. Merrell, CMI]

worked great- Certificate looks great!
Love the automated system

[Steven C. Waskewicz]

Interesting course, and well done so far.
I will send a couple pictures of a home I recently did that was sliding down the hill...
And I like the way its already added to the CE credits.

[Thomas H. Dietrich]

"found near white trash."?

[W. Michael Chris]

Originally Posted by gromicko

We are asking that everyone send their comments and suggested . . .

You should have something in your mail.

[Carla Horne]

great course!
thanks NACHI! really appreciate the cont. ed.!
CJ

some spelling errors were noticed for example baloon a couple of times.

[Nick Gromicko]

NACHI's proof reader working on it now... with help from member W. Michael Chris.

[Nick Gromicko]

W. Michael Chris:

We added you to the credit page at the end of the course. Thanks so much for the work you did on it.

[Robert J. Hutchinson]

Great Test!!!! Let's have more.....

[afrost]

thanks for the course!

[Peter C. Russell]

Great course, thank you!

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Excellent course Nick.
I applaud all that worked on this course.

[phinsperger]

http://education.nachi.org/show.php?...7&course_id=22
'A lock of collar ties (see picture to right) can cause rafter spread' should be ' A lack of collar ties.... '
And the picture is further up the page not to the right.

http://education.nachi.org/show.php?...2&course_id=22
http://education.nachi.org/show.php?...8&course_id=22
'Diagonal cracks which grow in width, especially ones that are wider at the bottom than at the top indicate settlement.'It could be settment. It can also be heaving. It depends on the conditions.

http://education.nachi.org/show.php?...8&course_id=22
'Horizontal wall cracks are typically caused by frost and exist at about the frost line.' I would also add cold joints.

http://education.nachi.org/show.php?...8&course_id=22
'There should be at least 2 vents to the outside in enclosed areas such as crawl spaces and at least one vent for every 300 square feet of floor area.'
This is not recommended in northern climates

http://education.nachi.org/show.php?...rse_id=22Under the section of 'The Home Inspector should take note of:" I would also include missing or removed cross bracing or blocking.

http://education.nachi.org/show.php?...1&course_id=22
Unless it just didn't finish loading for me this page appears unfinished with the abunance of white space.

http://education.nachi.org/show.php?...&course_id=22I didn't read this page at all - see comment below.


Overall a nice little course but I there was far too much SOP stuff included in a 'structural' course. Put the SOP stuff in an SOP course and keep the structural course ... well structural.