Home Inspection
Building Inspections
Roofs
Ventilation of Attics
Attic Vents Function
Kinds of Attic Vents
Walls of Buildings
Foundations
Cracks
Water in Basements
Insulations
Retaining Walls
Checklists
Spring Check List
Glossary
Energy Saving
Solar Energy
Kits
Condos and Coops

The Guide for Selling or Buying Your HOME and the pre-sale or pre-purchase Inspection recomended.

The Guide for Buying or Selling your HOME, the pre-sale, pre-listing or pre-purchase Inspection required.

Are you SELLING your HOME and want to be confident that it is sound so you have no surprise at the closing?

Are you looking to BUY a new RESIDENCE, a Cottage, a Chalet, a Revenue Property and want to know if there are hidden or LATENT defects? The different possibilities in order to adjust modernize; transform the property to suit your needs, necessities and tastes?

Are you SELLING or PURCHASING an Apartment or Commercial Building, a Shopping Center, a Mall, a Warehouse or a Manufacturing Plant? The BASICS, about Commercial, Industrial and High-Rises are described.

A HOME or BUILDING INSPECTION will help you develop a "Peace of Mind"!

Why?

Because you will "be an informed" individual of the Main Aspects of your Residence, Building or Property. You will KNOW yourself the "BASICS" of "WHAT SHOULD BE"!

These numerous GUIDES describe the features, state, condition, purpose, and function of the parts and items of your Property.

They describe with precision and with the help of numerous PHOTOS the different parts of your residence, apartment or building; the state in witch the different features of your property "SHOULD BE IN" and mainly WHY?

They’re purpose and function, their present state, condition and CORRECTIVES if needed. The preventions against future defects and damages.

Then:

The short, medium and long-term priorities for repairs, modernization or additions. Energy Conservation and Savings for Older and New Buildings. The different aspects about COOLING, HEATING, INSULATION functions and NEEDS and Yes, Indoors AIR QUALITY.

Your "PEACE OF MIND" will further develop as you learn to know and understand the "PRINCIPALS" of your property and the ways to maintain, improve, protect your HOME and Possessions.

We may lead you eventually to knowledge of different new materials, supplies, books, e-books, references and sites of outstanding individuals and their web-site addresses.

This is only a beginning. Yours truly!

Andre Beique

PS. Yes Welcome to the Home and Building Inspection Guide. This site is presented as a resource for the inspection, maintenance and improvement of buildings.

Beyond geographic locations, beyond environmental features and beyond our cultural traditions, we all have in common, the inhabitation of buildings for personal, business, recreational and social uses and the buildings need to serve us. We need to ensure they function correctly.

On these pages, you will find the information in each section accompanied by photos and/or drawings for easy identification of features, components and parts of buildings.

During the next few months, tutorials will be added on the common conditions found in most residences, apartment buildings, industrial and commercial buildings.

In addition, a “Discussion Forum” or “Blog” will be added for you to bring your own views, ideas and even your projects.

Check the “Table of Contents” and “Subject Index” to find a specific ITEM or subject. And, when you return, you will be able to check the “What's New?” link.

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Building Inspection - Home inspection

A building or home inspection is the visual examination of the structure, parts, components and systems of a building or home.

Building Inspector - Home inspector

An inspector is an individual who has the capacity and expertise to be able to see, inspect, recognize, recommend explain, suggest the interrelation of different aspects and components of a property. He can take a property in it's present condition and recommend what is needed to improve the property and recognize latent defects which would be detrimental to its soundness and to its inhabitants. In order to do so, the inspector does a complete home or building inspection. He does a visual inspection of the house from top to bottom and recommends repairs, improvements, maintenance, and modernization priorities to protect and improve the property.

The Guide for Home Inspection
The Guide for Home Inspection before selling or buying your Home

The Guide to Building Inspections for all kinds of buildings.
The Guide for Building Inspections before selling or buying any Apartment, Commercial or Industrial Buildings. Why is it so important now? What can you get from a Building inspection?

The Guide to Roofs of all sorts. Flat, Sloped.
The Guide for the Inspection of Roofs, Flat, Sloped and the rest.

The Guide to the Need of Ventilation of Attics.
The Guide to the NEED of Ventilation of Attics in modern homes and buildings. How does it work?

The Guide to the Attic Vents Function, the physical principles they are based on
The physical principles on which Attic Vents Function. All about hot air rises and cold air descends.

The different KINDS of Attic Vents.
Okay! We have talked about the Ventilation of Attics, the Principles behind Attic Vents. Now we talk about the Kinds of Attic Vents.

The Guide for Walls of Buildings and Homes, Old and New materials.
The Guide for the construction, maintenance and repairs of walls, choosing the kind and material of walls, the inspection of Walls of Buildings and Homes.

The Guide for the Design of Foundations, their strength. The causes of cracks.
The Guide for the Design of Foundations, their construction, maintenance, repairs of foundations and basements. The causes of Cracks and basement leaks.

The Guide to avoid Cracks in Basement Walls and Foundations.
The Guide to explain the Causes of CRACKS in basement walls. The effects of different climates on building structures.

The Guide for avoiding Water in Basements. Prevention, causes and correctives.
The Guide for avoiding Water in Basements, the conditions, causes, the solutions

The Guide about the use of Insulations in Homes and Buildings.
The Guide about the advantages of using sufficient insulations in the construction of homes and buildings.

The Guide for the design and construction of Retaining Walls.
The Guide for the construction of Retaining Walls. The causes of toppling.

The Guide to Checklists, what they should contain and their usefulness.
The Guide to the usefulness of Checklists for Homeowners, Buyers, Vendors and Inspectors

The Guide to a sample Spring Check List that you may use.
The Guide to a sample of a Spring Check List that you may use

The Guide to the included Glossary for Inspection
The Guide to a Glossary and Glossaries for Home and Building Inspections

The Guide about Energy Saving.
The Guide about Energy Saving. Learn how to SAVE MORE in energy costs "In One Year" than the "costs of Materials you will spend to attain this.

The Guide to Solar Energy for Homes and Buildings.
The guide to Solar Energy for Homes and Buildings.

The Guide about Kits, there usefulness and what they contain.
The Guide about Kits of all sorts, what they contain and their usefullness.

The Guide to the Inspection of Condominiums and Coops buildings.
The Guide to Condominiums and Coops apartment buildings.


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