(a) Identifying concealed conditions or latent defects;
(a)(b) Determining:
- The strength, adequacy, effectiveness, or efficiency of any system or component;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
- The causes of any condition or deficiency;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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The methods, materials, or costs of corrections;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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Future conditions including, but not limited to, failure of systems and components;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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The suitability of the property for any specialized use;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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Compliance with regulatory requirements (codes, regulations, laws, ordinances, etc.), manufacturer
specifications, installation procedures or instructions;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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The market value of the property or its marketability;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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The advisability of the purchase of the property;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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The presence of potentially hazardous plants or animals including, but not limited to wood destroying
organisms or diseases harmful to humans;
Home inspectors do not do this now, unless you have a wdo license, which will no tchange
- The presence of any environmental hazards including, but not limited to fungi, molds, toxins, carcinogens,
noise, and contaminants in soil, water, and air;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
- The effectiveness of any system installed or methods utilized to control or remove suspected hazardous
substances;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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The operating costs of systems or components;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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The acoustical properties of any system or component;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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Conditions that might affect the ability to obtain insurance and/or the price of insurance;
There is nothing stopping any inspector from including this information in an e mail to the client.
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The calibration of measuring devices including timers, clocks, thermostats, and gauges;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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The integrity of thermal glass seals;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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The presence of manufacturers’ defects in any product, material, component, equipment, or system, or
information related to recall notices;
The home inspector may not be able to, but a third party vendor could, and again, this could be done via a separate email.
- Installation conformance to manufacturers’ instructions for any product, component, element, device, or
system;
If that is the case, then the entire inspection will not need to be done, as that is exactly what we are inspecting.
(b)© Offering to:
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Perform any act or service contrary to law;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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Perform engineering/architectural services;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
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Perform work in any trade or any professional service for which a license is required, other than home
inspection, unless licensed to do so;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
©(d) Inspecting:
- Underground items including, but not limited to underground storage tanks or other indications of their
presence, whether abandoned or active;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
- Recreational facilities;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
(d)(e) Dismantling any system or component, except as explicitly required by these Standards of Practice;
Home inspectors do not do this now.
(f) Utilizing special instruments, tools, or measuring devices of any kind to measure moisture, humidity, water
or air volume, water or air flow, water potability, air quality, temperature, voltage, amperage, electrical grounding,
polarity, and continuity, VOC’s, microwaves, electromagnetic fields, and other similar kinds of conditions or
activities;
This will never make it in and is perhaps the most asinine statement I have ever read.
(e) (g) Operating equipment, appliances, or devices on more than one cycle, zone, or phase or operate any
device, appliance, system, or equipment which in the opinion of the inspector may fail during the act of inspection;
Home inspectors do this now.
(h) Providing any information from any source regarding property ownership, property boundaries, liens,
outstanding loans, code violations, reports of hazardous materials, manufacturers’ recalls, Consumer Protection
Agency bulletins, and other similar kinds of public information.
Hey, to the dumbass who wrote this…“public information”. I correct myself in that this is now the most asinine statement I have ever read!
(f) Performing work in any trade or professional service for which a license is required other than home
inspection, unless licensed to do so.
Home inspectors do not do this now.
What we have is a bunch of mumbo jumbo which appears to have been written by a mentally retarded 8 year-old. I apologize to all of the mental retarded 8 year-olds for lumping them in with whatever idiot wrote this.