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What do we inspect?
Rocket Valley Home Inspections follows the InterNACHI Standards of Practice. This list is a minimum and not all encompassing. The home inspector will go above and beyond the minimum SOP requirement when or if the inspectors deems safe to do so with out risk of damage to the home, home owners belongings, or injury to the inspector.
what to expect during a home inspection
Rocket Valley Home Inspections follows the InterNACHI Standards of Practice
Our home inspectors go through the home from top to bottom looking at hundreds of different pieces that make up all the systems of the home during the course of the home inspection.
Roof
- Roof covering Materials
- Gutters and down spouts
- Vents, flashing, skylights, chimney, and other roof penetrations
- Roof structure
Exterior
- Exterior wall-covering
- eaves, soffits, and fascia
- Exterior of windows
- Exterior doors
- Flashing and trim
- Adjacent walkways and driveways
- Stairs, steps, stoops, stairways, and ramps
- Porches, patios, decks, balconies and carports
- Railings, guards and handrails
- Vegetation, surface drainage, retaining walls and property grading
Basement, Foundation, Crawlspace, and Structure
- The foundation
- The basement
- The crawlspace
- Structural components, beams, joist, visible framing
Heating/Cooling
- HVAC operation and condition
- Ducting condition
- Thermostat
- Associated refrigerant and condensate lines
Plumbing
- Main water supply shut off
- Main fuel supply shut off
- Water heating equipment, including energy source, venting, connections, temperature/pressure-relief valves
- Interior water supply, including all fixtures and faucets
- All toilets for proper operation
- All sinks, tubs, showers for functional drainage
- The drain, waste and vent systems
- Drainage sump pumps with accessible floats
Electrical
- Service drop
- Overhead service conductors and attachment points
- Service head, gooseneck, and drip loops
- Service mast, service conduit and raceway
- Electric meter and base
- Service-entrance conductors
- Main service disconnect
- Panelboards and over-current protection devices (circuit breakers and fuses
- Light switches, fixtures and receptacles
- ARC Fault circuit interrupters, and Ground fault circuit interrupters
- Presence of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
Fire Place
- Readily accessible and visible portions of the fireplace and chimneys
- Lintels above fireplace openings
- Damper doors
- Clean out doors and frames
- Hearth
- Insert
Attic Insulation and Ventilation
- Insulation in unfinished spaces including attics, crawlspaces, and foundation areas
- Ventilation in unfinished spaces including attics, crawlspaces, and foundation areas
- Mechanical exhaust systems in the kitchen, bathrooms and laundry
Doors, Windows and Interior
- Door and window operation
- Floors, walls, and ceilings
- Stairs, steps, landings, stairways and ramps
- Railings, guards and handrails
- Garage vehicle doors and operation of door openers