[.ca] Home Inspection: A Guide for Professionals (ISBN 0324143842)

Fine book for the new professional and general home owner:
What a helpful book! It is organized into three parts: Part 1 explains the home inspection business including some aspects of licensure. Part 2 covers the process of home inspection Part 3 is a workbook and study guide for each of the preceding chapters. Appendix A is the ASHI standards of practice Appendix B is the NAHI standards of practice Appendix C lists home inspections organizations There is also a glossary and index Each chapter is written clearly and reads easily with many helpful illustrations and concludes with review questions (and the answer key). I am not a home inspector, but I am a homeowner and my problem was that I really don't know what to look for in really understanding my home. This book is a wonderful guide to helping me see how my home functions and what to look at in seeing what is going well and what needs to be tended to and what needs to be fixed. Understanding the vocabulary of home building helps me not feel so completely inadequate when I walk into Lowes, Home Depot, or the local hardware. While this book can serve as a fine introduction to the person who wants to get into the home inspection business, it deserves a wider audience because of the education in provides to homeowners like me. I need to inspect my own home and understanding how to do that is a real confidence builder in being able to care for my own home (or even an investment property).