What is involved in the home inspection they just booked?
What exactly is the home inspector going to do and what exactly will he be looking for? Well, knowledge is power they say, so let’s delve into those questions. Here’s what to expect during the home inspection. Shall we begin outside? Here the inspector will take a walk, completely around the property. He will be looking for rotting wood around the deck, to see if the grading slopes away from the house, if there is any damage to any siding the house may have and he will check to make sure the eaves troughs takes the water away from the house. At this time he will pull out his enormous ladder to get up on the roof. He’ll want to see what condition the shingles are in and estimate the life left in them. While he is up there the inspector will take a look at the roof vents, the condition the brick chimney is in, as well as the condition of the flashing and eaves troughing. Back down on the ground again the inspector will now move inside. Quite a bit of time will be spent in the basement as
