What does the home inspector look for in the kitchen and laundry areas?
Your At Home Inspections, Inc. professional runs all appliances (dishwasher, washing machine, dryer, icemaker, etc.) through a cycle, turns on garbage disposers, trash compactors, “instant hot” water heaters, exhaust fans, and fixed-in-place (not countertop) microwave ovens, and checks the temperatures of the oven(s) and refrigerator(s). Cabinets are checked for proper attachment to walls and broken hardware. Where possible, the inspector checks the electrical and gas connections for clothes dryers and stoves. Clothes washers on first and second floors over finished levels should have overflow pans with working drains — pans are checked for cracks. GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt) outlets are checked. Return to top.
