FUNDAMENTALS OF INSPECTING THE EXTERIOR COURSE

FREEZE THAW CAN EXERT 3000 LBS PER SQUARE FOOT OF PRESSURE LATERALLY ON A FOUDATION WALL, BUT HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE CAN EXERT ---TIMES THAT FORCE

10

MIKE WOULD OFTEN ARRIVED ARRIVE AT THE INSPECTION ----MINUTES BEFORE THE SCEDULED APPOINTMENT TIME.

15-30

MIKE RECOMMENDS GIVING THE CLIENT THE INSPECTION AGREEMENT/CONTRACT AT LEAST ----HOURS PRIOR TO THE INSPECTION

24

FREEZE THAW CAN EXERT ---LBS PER SQUARE FOOT OF PRESSURE LATERALLY ON THE FOUNDATION WALLS.

3000

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE CAN EXERT ----- LBS OF PRESSURE

30000

A HOME INSPECTION IS:

A HIGH LIABILITY

WE LEARN THAT CONCRETE HAS TWO MAIN CHARACTERISTICS: ITS GRAY AND IT ------

CRACKS

WHAT DOES A FOUNDATION DO?

DISTRIBUTES THE BUUILDINGLOLAD TO THE SUPPORTING SOILS.

T/F: AT THIS HOUSE, MIKE INSPECTED POOL AND THE SURROUNDING DECK

FALSE

T/F: THE CONCERN IS THE LARGE PILE OF SNOW IN THE YARD

FALSE

REMEMBER THE --- PRINCIPLE, WHERE ONLY 10% OF THE PROBLEM IS VISIBLE

ICEBERG

SHOULD YOU WORRY ABOUT SCALE IN YOUR DIAGRAM

NO

CLIENTS MAY MISTAKENLY BELIEVE THAT INSPECTORS CAN ------THROUGH WALLS

SEE

STINKING STANDING WATER MAY INDICATE A -----FAILURE

SEPTIC

T/F: A HOME INSPECTION IS OFTEN CONDUCTED IN FRONT OF A DEMANDING AUDIECE

TRUE

T/F: DO NOT SPECULATE

TRUE

T/F: ITS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO OPENLY SPECULATE DURING AN INSPECTION

TRUE

T/F: MIKE CALLS THE STAIN ON THIS HOUSE AN ICEBERG ISSUE

TRUE

T/F: MIKE RECOMMENDS CARRYING BOOTIES OR SLIPPERS TO YOUR INSPECTION

TRUE

T/F: MIKE WROTE IN HIS REPORT ABOUT THE UNEVEN SURFACE OF THE CUSTOM BUILT STONE WALK AS A HAZARD

TRUE

T/F: SPLINNKER OVERSPRAY CAN DO TREMENDOUS DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR SIDING

TRUE

T/F: THE LAWN SPRINKLERS ARE SPRAYING ONTO THE STUCCO SIDING AT THIS HOUSE.

TRUE

T/F: WE LEARNED TO CONSIDER MAKING A DIAGRAM OR SKETCH OF THE HOME AS WE INSPECT THE EXTERIOR

TRUE

WHERE DO WE START THE EXTERIOR INSPECTION? PICK ONE SPOT THEN DO ---FULL CIRCUITS AROUND THE HOME FROM THAT SPOT

TWO

SHOULD DYOU LOG WHAT THE OWNERS AND AGENTS SAY AS WEKK AS THE DATE AND TIME?

YEES

SHOULD YOU MARK ALL TREES AND BUSHES ON YOUR DIAGRAM

YES