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BUYER
AND SELLER INFORMATION
Inspection Terms
ALARM
SYSTEMS
Warning devices, installed or free-standing, including but not limited
to: carbon monoxide detectors, flue gas and other spillage detectors,
security equipment, ejector pumps and smoke alarms.
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICE
Any practice involving the art and science of building design for
construction of any structure or grouping of structures and the
use of space within and surrounding the structures or the design
for construction, including but not specifically limited to, schematic
design, design development, preparation of construction contract
documents, and administration of the construction contract.
AUTOMATIC
SAFETY CONTROLS:
Devices designed and installed to protect systems and components
from unsafe conditions.
COMPONENT:
A part of a system.
DECORATIVE
Ornamental; not required for the operation of the essential systems
and components of a home.
DESCRIBE:
To report a system or component by its type or other observed, significant
characteristics to distinguish it from other systems or components.
DISMANTLE:
To take apart or remove any component, device or piece of equipment
that would not be taken apart or removed by a homeowner in the course
of normal and routine home owner maintenance.
ENGINEERING
SERVICE:
Any professional service or creative work requiring engineering
education, training, and experience and the application of special
knowledge of the mathematical, physical and engineering sciences
to such professional service or creative work as consultation, investigation,
evaluation, planning, design and supervision of construction for
the purpose of assuring compliance with the specifications and design,
in conjunction with structures, buildings, machines, equipment,
works or processes.
FURTHER
EVALUATION:
Examination and analysis by a qualified professional, tradesman
or service technician beyond that provided by the home inspection.
HOME
INSPECTION:
The process by which an inspector visually examines the readily
accessible systems and components of a home and which describes
those systems and components in accordance with these Standards
of Practice.
HOUSEHOLD
APPLIANCES:
Kitchen, laundry, and similar appliances, whether installed or free-standing.
INSPECT:
To examine readily accessible systems and components of a building
in accordance with these Standards of Practice, using normal operating
controls and opening readily openable access panels.
INSPECTOR:
A person hired to examine any system or component of a building
in accordance with these Standards of Practice.
INSTALLED:
Attached such that removal requires tools.
NORMAL
OPERATING CONTROLS:
Devices such as thermostats, switches or valves intended to be operated
by the homeowner.
READILY
ACCESSIBLE:
Available for visual inspection without requiring moving of personal
property, dismantling, destructive measures, or any action which
will likely involve risk to persons or property.
READILY
OPENABLE ACCESS PANEL:
A panel provided for homeowner inspection and maintenance that is
within normal reach, can be removed by one person, and is not sealed
in place.
RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES:
Spas, saunas, steam baths, swimming pools, exercise, entertainment,
athletic, playground or other similar equipment and associated accessories.
REPORT:
To communicate in writing.
REPRESENTATIVE
NUMBER:
One component per room for multiple similar interior components
such as windows and electric outlets; one component on each side
of the building for multiple similar exterior components.
ROOF
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS:
Components used to carry water off a roof and away from a building.
SIGNIFICANTLY
DEFICIENT:
Unsafe or not functioning.
SHUT
DOWN:
A state in which a system or component cannot be operated by normal
operating controls.
SOLID
FUEL BURNING APPLIANCES:
A hearth and fire chamber or similar prepared place in which a fire
may be built and which is built in conjunction with a chimney; or
a listed assembly of a fire chamber, its chimney and related factory-made
parts designed for unit assembly without requiring field construction.
STRUCTURAL
COMPONENT:
A component which supports non-variable forces or weights (dead
loads) and variable forces or weights (live loads).
SYSTEM:
A combination of interacting or interdependent components, assembled
to carry out one or more functions.
TECHNICALLY
EXHAUSTIVE:
An investigation that involves dismantling, the extensive use of
advanced techniques, measurements, instruments, testing, calculations,
or other means.
UNDERFLOOR
CRAWL SPACE:
The area within the confines of the foundation and between the ground
and the underside of the floor.
UNSAFE:
A condition in a readily accessible, installed system or component
which is judged to be a significant risk of personal injury during
normal, day-to-day use. The risk may be due to damage, deterioration,
improper installation or a change in accepted residential construction
standards.
WIRING
METHODS:
Identification of electrical conductors or wires by their general
type, such as "non-metallic sheathed cable" ("Romex"),
"armored cable" ("bx") or "knob and tube",
etc.
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