Below are inspection-related articles, which may be used by any InterNACHI member, real estate agent and member of the media. (See copyright information below.) These informational/educational articles are free to access by clicking on the links below. They’re useful for homeowners and others with an interest in issues affecting housing and buildings, but their relevance to home inspectors, commercial property inspectors, and the inspection industry in general is specifically highlighted.
Common uses for these articles by InterNACHI members include:
- inspector website content (improves search-engine optimization);
- inspector newsletters (great to email to real estate agents and past clients);
- inspection reports (include appropriate articles for particular issues); and
- trade show handouts (make copies with your contact information on them).
Members can (and should) also offer them to their local real estate agents for use in their newsletters.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:
These copyrighted articles are free for InterNACHI members’ use, but any licensed real estate agent may also use them in their entirety with the author(s) and copyright notation intact. The photos within the articles that are not owned and copyrighted by InterNACHI are reproduced under the Fair Use Doctrine of U.S. copyright law, and attribution is provided where provenance is known. Please email InterNACHI if you have any questions.
ARTICLES:
For inspectors, in particular:
- Geyser Safety- The T&P safety valve and SANS 198
- Choosing a Domain Name
- Digits and Hyphens in Inspection Reports
- Gromicko on Home Inspection Brochures
- Gromicko on Home Inspector Websites
- Home Inspection Equipment
- Inspection Reports: Engage Your Senses
- Inspection Reports: Present or Past Tense?
- Inspector Attire
- Inspector Safety Equipment
- “No Visible Evidence” Language May Be Evidence Against You
- Paying a Little Extra for an InterNACHI Inspector Pays Off
- Pros and Cons of Using Arbitration Clauses in Home Inspection Contracts
- Proving Negligence
- Put Your Inspection Business All Over the Internet
- Sample Language to Stop Defamation of an Inspector
- Sample Narratives
- SEO and the Inspection Industry (blog post)
- SEO and the Inspection Industry (article)
- Seven Ways to Use a Home Inspection Report
- “That’s a Lot of Money for a Few Hours’ Work!“
- The Comparative Negligence Defense for Home Inspectors
- Thermal Imaging Reports
- Top 10 Inspection Industry Innovations of the Decade
- When a Home Inspector Misses Something
- Why Inspectors Should Take Continuing Education Even When It’s Not Required
- Writing Report Narratives
- A Garage Inspection
- Abrasive Blasting for Mold Remediation
- Advantages of Solar Energy
- Disadvantages of Solar Energy
- Aging in Place
- Anti-Scald Valves
- Anti-Tip Brackets for Freestanding Ranges
- Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters
- Asbestos (consumer-targeted)
- Attached Garage Fire Containment
- Attached Garage Fire Hazards (consumer-targeted)
- Backdrafting
- Backflow Prevention
- Brai Safety
- Barn Inspection
- Bathroom Ventilation Ducts and Fans
- Bidets
- Biological Pollutants in the Home (consumer-targeted)
- Blower Door Testing
- Bug Zappers
- Bump Keys and What Inspectors Should Know About Them
- Burglar-Resistant Homes
- Carbon Monoxide
- Central Vacuum Systems
- Ceramic Tile and Stone Inspection
- Child-Proofing Windows and Stairs (consumer-targeted)
- Chimney Inspection: Preventing Collapse
- Choosing a Domain Name
- Choosing the Right Home Inspector
- Commercial and Home Inspector Safety: Carcinogens on the Job
- Detecting Corrosion in Concrete-Encased Steel
- Dryer Vent Safety
- Efflorescence for Inspectors
- Elderly Safety
- Evaporative Coolers
- Exterior Design Features
- Fall-Arrest Systems
- Fiberglass Insulation: History, Hazards, Alternatives
- Fire Extinguisher Maintenance and Inspection
- Fire Safety for the Home
- Fireplace Fuels
- Galvanic Corrosion
- Garbage Disposals for Inspectors
- Geothermal Heating and Cooling Systems
- Ghosting
- Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCIs)
- Greywater Inspection
- Hard Water
- Home Inspection Equipment
- Hot Water Recirculation Systems
- Indoor Air
- Ladder Safety
- Lighting Quality
- Lightning
- Moisture Meters
- Mold (consumer-targeted)
- Mortar Joints
- Mudjacking
- Noise Mitigation
- Non-Conforming Bedrooms
- Organic Solar Concentrators
- Ozone Generator Hazards
- Paying a little extra for an InterNACHI inspector pays off!
- Passive Solar Building Design
- Pet Allergens
- Plants and Indoor Air Quality
- Sauna Inspection
- Scaffold Inspection
- Septic System Inspections
- Septic Systems (consumer-targeted)
- Settlement Information (consumer-targeted)
- Sewer Gases in the Home
- Sheet Vinyl Flooring
- Shrinkage Cracks in Concrete
- Slash Piles
- Soils and Settlement
- Solar Gardens
- Solar Water Heaters
- Sump Pump Operation and Inspection
- Ten Tips to Speed Up Your Home Inspection (consumer-targeted)
- Termites (consumer-targeted)
- The History of Concrete
- The Limitations of a Home Inspection
- The Small House Movement
- Thermal Imaging Reports
- Tobacco Odor Removal
- Toilet Inspections
- Unvented Roof Assembles
- Vapor Barriers
- Ventless Fireplace Inspection
- Vermiculite
- Vinyl Siding Inspection
- Visual Inspection of Concrete
- Water Damage (consumer-targeted)
- Water Damage and EIFS
- Water Quality (consumer-targeted)
- What Really Matters on an Inspection (consumer-targeted)
- Wildfire Mitigation Strategies and Inspection
- Wind Mitigation
- Windbreaks (consumer-targeted)
- Window Bars
- Window Falls
- Window Film
- Wood-Burning Stoves
- Wood Decay
- Wood Siding Inspection
For commercial building and commercial property inspectors, in particular:
- Anatomy of a Commercial Property Inspection Report
- Commercial and Home Inspector Safety: Carcinogens on the Job
- Commercial Office Checklist
- Commercial Property: Buy or Rent?
- Creating a Team of Experts for Your Commercial Property Inspection Business
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