Details of the Inspection
WynTec Home Inspection Service provides you with a comprehensive visual examination of your current or future home.
Inspections include:
- The Structural Components
- Foundation and framing
- Floor, wall, and ceiling structures
- Test
- The roof structure
- Exterior
- Siding, flashing, and trim
- Exterior doors
- Attached decks, balconies, stoops, steps, and porches
- Eaves, soffits, and fascias
- Vegetation, grading, surface drainage, and retaining walls close to the building
- Entrywayrs, walkways, patios, and driveways
- Roofing
- Materials used
- Roof drainage systems
- Flashing
- Skylights, chimneys, and roof penetrations
- Plumbing
- Interior water supply systems, fixtures, and faucets
- Drain, waste, and vent systems
- Water heating equipment
- Vent systems, flues, and chimneys
- Fuel storage and distribution systems
- Sumps, sump pumps, and related piping
- Electrical System
- The service drop, service entrance, and associated equipment
- Service grounding
- Service panels and sub panels
- Branch circuits
- Over-current devices (breakers, fuses, ground fault interrupters, etc)
- Lighting switches, receptacles, and fixtures
- Heating System
- Installed heating equipment
- Heating vent systems and flues
- Air Conditioning
- Central and through-wall equipment
- AC distribution systems
- Interiors
- Walls, ceilings, and floors
- Steps, stairways, and railings
- Countertops and kitchen cabinets
- The garage, garage door, and door openers
- Insulation and Ventilation
- Visible insulation and vapor retarders (barriers)
- Ventilation of attic and foundation areas
- Mechanical ventilation systems
- Fireplaces, Woodstoves, and Inserts
- Components of the equipment
- Chimney and vents
The inspection is a complete visual examination of the items above.
For a complete list of items that are inclusions and exclusions, please refer to ASHI’s “Standards of Practice” at the link below.