This introductory overview of the major home systems gives students a solid foundation for beginning a career in home inspeciton. This comprehensive text gets students out into the field quickly while serving as a springboard for the 13 advanced electives in the Principles line. Systems &amp; Standards focuses on system and component problems, their practical implications, and inspections strategies for finding them. No other single volume offers both the breadth and depth of this introduction.

Principles of Home Inspection: Systems & Standards

Dunlop, Carson

Reference

Kaplan Publishing

The inspection of insulation and ventilation systems is particularly challenging because so little of the systems can be seen. This text discusses how insulation, air/vapor barriers and ventilations systems work to keep houses comfortable and structurally sound. 
 Basics of heat transfer and vapor movement are covered first to lay the groundwork for discussion of insulation and ventilation materials, systems, and applications. Thorough treatment of venting living spaces is provided, including balanced ventilation systmes and heat recovery ventilators (HRV's).

Principles of Home Inspection: Insulation

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Dearborn Home Inspection Education

Featuring over 1,500 technically precise illustrations of a home's major systems. The Illustrated Home provides a one-of-a-kind resource to home inspectors, new homeowners and real estate professionals alike. This must-have reference book provides an impressive collection of detailed home illustrations developed by expert home inspectors and engineers. Detailed notes on each image enrich understanding of systems and components. The Illustrated Home's corresponding CD-ROM (Sold Separately) contains JPEG clip art of all the book's 1,500 illustrations that can be used in actual home inspection reports.

The Illustrated Home (Book only)

Business & Money

Real Estate

over 1700 illustrations of house systems, components, styles, and constructions details

The Illustrated Home

This book, created by leaders in the field of home inspection, is an illustrated guide to housing. This is a collection of more than 1500 beautifully drawn and technically-precise illustrations including detailed notes clearly showing how systems are built, how they work, and what goes wrong. Structure, roofing, heating, cooling, and electrical systems are just some of the areas covered. A valuable resource for home inspectors, builder, renovators, architects, tradespeople and more.

Limited, Associates

Carson Dunlop & Assoc

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Principles of Home Inspection: Systems & Standards

Principles of Home Inspection: Insulation

The Illustrated Home (Book only)

The Illustrated Home

The Illustrated Home