Emerald Isle Home Inspections
Products & Services
Inspection Scope -
- Structural components
- Crawl spaces
- Attics
- The foundation
- The floor structure
- The wall structure
- The ceilling structure
- The roof structure
Exterior
- Siding, flashing and trim
- All exterior doors
- Decks, balconies, stoops, steps, porches, and railings
- Eaves, soffits and facias
- Irrigation, grading, surface drainage and retaining walls
- Entryway, walkways, patios and driveways
Interiors
- Walls, ceilings and floors
- Steps, stairways and railings
- Countertops and installed cabinets
- Doors and windows
- Garage doors and garage door separators
Inspect
- Service Drop
- Service entrance conductors cables and raceways
- Service equipment and main disconnects
- Service Grounding
- Interior Components of Service Panels and Sub Panels
- Conductors
- Over current protection devices or representative number of installed lighting fixtures switches and receptacles
- Ground Fault Circuit Interferences
Electrical
Heating
- Open readily openable access panels
- Installed heating equipment
- Vent systems, Flues, and chimneys
Air Conditioning
- Open readily openable access panels.
- Central and through wall equipment
- Distribution Systems
- Amperage and voltage rating of the service
- Location of main disconnects and sub panles
- Presence of Solid conductor aluminum
- Branch circuit wiring
- Presence or absence of smoke detectors
- Wiring Methods
Describe
Inspect
Describe
- Energy Sources
- Cooling Systems
Inspect
- Energy Sources
- Cooling Systems
Describe
Insulation and Ventilation
Inspect
Describe
- Insulation and Vapor Retarders in unfinished spaces
- Ventialtion of attics and foundation areas
- Mechanical Ventilation Systems
- Insulation and Vapor Retarders in unfinished spaces
- Absence of insualtion in unfinished spaces of conditioned surfaces.
Plumbing
Inspect
Describe
- Interior water supply and distribution systems including all fixtures and faucets
- Drain, waste and vent. systems including all fixtures
- Water heating equipment and hot water supply system
- Vent systems, flues and chimneys
- Fuel storage and fuel distribution systems
- Drainage sumps, sump pumps and related piping
- Water supply, drain waste and vent piping materials
- Water heating equipment energy sources
- Location of main Water and fuel shut off valves
Roofing
Inspect
- Roofing Materials
- Roof drainage systems
- Flashing
- Skylights, Chimneys and Roof Penetrations
Describe
- Roofing Materials
- Methods used to Inspect the Roofing
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