INSPECTION SUMMARY

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION-

THE HOME I INSPECTED HAS 3 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS, AND A 2 CAR GARAGE. IT HAS A GREAT ROOM, FLORIDA ROOM, AND A KITCHEN/DINING AREA. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 1600 SQUARE FEET AND WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1997. IT HAS AN ELEVATED CONCRETE SLAB FOUNDATION. IT IS WOOD FRAME CONSTRUCTION WITH MASONITE TYPE COMPOSITE SIDING. THE ROOF STRUCTURE IS RAFTER AND JOIST WITH A COMPOSITE SHINGLE ROOF COVERING. IT IS TOTAL ELECTRIC.

INSPECTION SUMMARY-

THERE WERE NO VISIBLE STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL DEFECTS OR DEFICIENCIES OF MAJOR CONCERN OBSERVED DURING THE INSPECTION. THE INSPECTION RESULTS ARE LISTED BELOW AND FOLLOWED BY GENERAL COMMENTS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.

PHOTO 1 SHOWS AN ATTIC VIEW OF THE RIDGE BOARD THAT EACH RAFTER ATTACHES TO IN ORDER TO FORM THE ROOF STRUCTURE. WHERE THERE IS A JOINT IN THE RIDGE BOARD, IT SHOULD BE AT THE UNION OF 2 RAFTERS OR IT SHOULD BE SPLICED AND SUPPORTED. PHOTO 2 SHOWS THE OTHER OF THE TWO JOINTS IN THE RIDGE BOARD WHERE IT IS SPLICED AND SUPPORTED BY A VERTICLE 2X4. THE JOINT IN PHOTO 1 IS NOT SUPPORTED AND HAS HAD A SLIGHT SAG THAT CAN BE SEEN IN THE OPENING OF THE JOINT AT THE BOTTOM. THIS IS NOT CAUSE FOR MAJOR CONCERN BUT THIS JOINT SHOULD BE PROPERLY SUPPORTED AS SEEN IN PHOTO 2.
OVER THE GARAGE, IT APPEARS THAT THE VERTICLE KNEE WALLS THAT ARE PLACED HALFWAY BETWEEN THE RAFTER SPAN AS A SUPPORT HAVE BEEN REMOVED SO THAT MORE FLOOR DECKING COULD BE PUT DOWN FOR STORAGE. THESE RAFTER SPANS ARE APPROXIMATELY 18-20 FEET AND SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY VERTICLE SUPPORTS APPROXIMATELY HALF THEIR SPAN. I HAVE ATTACHED A SKETCH SHOWING THE SUPPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED. IT IS NOT A MAJOR TASK TO REINSTALL THESE SUPPORTS. IT SHOULD TAKE LESS THAN 1 DAYS WORK.
PHOTO 3 SHOWS A SMALL AREA OF WOOD DECAY ON THE CHIMNEY TRIM BOARD ON THE LEFT SIDE.
PHOTO’S 4,5, AND 6 SHOW 3 OF THE FOUR PLUMBING VENT BOOTS THAT HAVE SOME CRACKING AND OPENING OF THE SEAL. THE FOURTH VENT BOOT HAS HAD TAR APPLIED AROUND IT IN THE PAST AS A MEANS OF RESEALING. REPLACING THE BOOTS OR ADDING A BOOT CAP IS RECOMMENDED.
THE DRIVE WAY AND PATIO HAVE SOME OBVIOUS SETTLEMENT CRACKS THAT ARE PROBABLY DUE TO POOR SUBSTRATE PREPARATION OR A POOR CONCRETE MIXTURE. THE GARAGE FLOOR AND FOUNDATION ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. THERE IS ONE SMALL CRACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FOUNDATION THAT IS AN EARLY SETTLEMENT CRACK IN MY OPINION AND NOT OF STRUCTURAL CONCERN.

GENERAL COMMENTS-

THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE IS 200 AMP SERVICE WITH COPPER BRANCH CONDUCTORS. THE GROUND FAULT OUTLETS AND CIRCUITS. ALL OTHER OUTLETS AND SWITCHES FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.

THE PLUMBING SUPPLY PIPING IS COPPER AND THE DRAIN LINES ARE PVC. THE WATER HEATER IS A SMITH 40 GALLON CAPACITY ELECTRIC UNIT BUILT IN 1997. THE HOT WATER TEMPERATURE MEASURED 11O DEGREES BIUT THE BREAKER WAS OFF WHEN I ARRIVED. FLOW, PRESSURE AND DRAINAGE APPEARED TO BE NORMAL AND THERE WERE NO LEAKS OBSERVED.

THE HEATING AND COOLING OF THE HOME IS ACCOMPLISHED BY A GOODMAN 2.5-TON SPLIT SYSTEM HEAT PUMP BUILT IN 1996. I RAN THE SYSTEM IN AUXILLIARY HEAT MODE AND MEASURED THE DIFFERENTIAL TEMPERATURE ACROSS THE COIL. IT MEASURED 36 DEGREES, WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF NORMAL OPERATION. THE DUCTING IN THE ATTIC APPEARED TO BE IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION AND WELL INSULATED.

THE ATTIC INSULATION IS BLOWN IN CELLULOSE AND FIBERGLASS PROVIDING AN R-30 RATING. THE ALUMINUM INSULATED WINDOWS ALL APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. ATTIC VENTILATION IS SATISFACTORY.

THE ROOF COVERING IS IN GOOD CONDITION.

ALL OF THE KITCHEN APPLIANCES FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL.

“THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OF SERVICE”

JOHN R. SCHMIDT

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