ASHI home inspections & free, in-depth information
& reports about defect recognition, analysis, repair advice, &
environmental issues for home buyers, owners, and ASHI home inspectors
will be found right at this website.
ASHI home inspections & free, in-depth information & reports about
defect recognition, analysis, repair advice, & environmental issues
for home buyers, owners, and ASHI home inspectors will be found right at
this website.
This website provides extensive and frequently-updated information about
ASHI home inspection, construction diagnosis, building forensic, &
environmental information for home buyers, home owners, architects, engineers,
real estate professionals. If you don't see the information you need, tell
the webmaster.
Who is the author? Dan Friedman combined education and experience
from careers in computer engineering design and new/restoration construction
to build a professional practice as a researcher, writer, publisher, home
inspector, and computer consultant specializing in construction inspection.
Professional time is divided between performing home inspections - a consumer
protection service for owners or home buyers, and writing, teaching, researching
about related topics. The Author offers home inspections,
problem diagnosis, research, expert witness, legal documentation, &
failure claims assistance
by Dan Friedman, American
Home Service Co. / American micro Publish Co.
ASHI, AAA, BOCA, IAEI, ICBO, NPCA
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The Home Inspection & Construction
Information Website
Contents
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What's
or updated at this site
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Home Inspection & Consulting: My Company,
Finding Qualified Inspectors, ASHI, and Home
Inspection Methods & Research
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Air Conditioning, Fans, & Cooling
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Appliances
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Chimneys, Flues, Woodstoves & Fireplaces:
Safety Concerns
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Electrical Systems & Hazards: Aluminum
Wiring, Federal Pacific Panels, more
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Environmental Hazards: Asbestos, EMF-Electromagnetic
Fields, Oil Tanks, UFFI, Radon
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Exteriors & Siding: Siding failures,
EIFS, Louisiana Pacific, Masonite, Vinyl
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Heating Systems: Inspection methods, Product
Warnings
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Insulation & venting
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Interiors: Moisture, Mold, Mildew, Dampness
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Plumbing, Wells, Water Quality, Septic Systems:
Inspection, Maintenance, Repairs
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Roofing & Flashing Concerns: Product Failures,
Reroofing, Selecting Contractors
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Structural Concerns & Failures: Foundation
Failures, Inspection, Diagnosis
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Termites, Carpenter Ants, Powder Post Beetles, Insects,
Rot, Fungii
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Real Estate Services & Homeowner Newsgroups
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More Information Construction Inspection, Diagnosis,
Repair Links
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Our Main Websites
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FAQs on Website/Author credibility
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Website Kudos
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Contacting Me
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Topics we address: ASHI American Society of Home
Inspectors Air Conditioning Aluminum Wiring Appraisal architecture Asbestos
buyers CAHI Construction failures contamination Cooling Directory Electric
Electrical Electromagnetic engineering entry Enviro-Hazards Environment
Environmental Foundation Heating Home Inspector Inspection Lead water Leaks
Louisiana Pacific Masonite NABIE NAHI NAREI OAHI oil Tanks owners paint
Plumbing Property Radon Real Estate Referral Roofing Septic Siding Structural
Structure systems testing Underground Storage UST drinking water
What's New?
NEW: Photos Added -
Fiberglass Asphalt Shingle Failures Information and Claims Website
Drinking Water Contaminant
Levels - Maximum Allowed
Interpreting Drinking
Water Test Results, Correcting Unsatisfactory Water, Advice & Warnings
for Home Buyers/Home Owners
Federal Pacific Electric
Panels: Fires Waiting to Happen, Debate Waiting to be Ended
Developing your X-Ray
Vision home inspection techniques paper, OAHI Conference, October,
1997
Aluminum Wiring Retrofit
Product: Failures with the Ideal 65 Twister
Home Buyer's Guide
to Septic Systems
Need For and Role
of Vapor Barriers Beneath Vinyl Siding
Lennox Pulse Furnace Safety Inspection/Warranty
Program: Carbon Monoxide Warning
FAQs on Website/Author credibility
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Home Inspection & Consulting Services
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Chimneys, Flues, Woodstoves & Fireplaces
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Chimneys & Flues, safety concerns, inspection methods, repair, replacement,
new installation alternatives; relining, and direct-vent alternatives,
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Unlined Flue Requirements old chimneys
may be unsafe
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Electrical Systems & Hazards
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Environmental Hazards
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Exteriors & Siding
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Heating Systems
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Plumbing, Wells, Septic Systems
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Roofing & Flashing Concerns
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Structural Concerns & Failures
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Fire Retardant Treated Plywood Failures - FRT
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Foundation Crack Bible, in-depth
diagnosis, and evaluation of all types of structural and non-structural
cracks in residential foundations
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Termites, Carpenter Ants, Powder Post Beetles,
& Wood Destroying Insects, Rot, Fungii
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Real Estate Services & Homeowner Newsgroups
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More Information
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Our Main Websites
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Website Kudos
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10/2/97 Recognition for website design meeting requirements of the major
Internet Search Engines
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we've checked out, our editors believe that your site* should be publicly
recognized as a Luckman Four-Star winner."
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Edge Page.
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12/01/95 - PC Computing Magazine: Names our Aluminum
Wiring Website among the "Best 1001 Internet Sites." See the Engineering
category, p. 146.
Contact Information
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Contact Author for Consulting.
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and commercial property inspections, construction failure diagnosis, research,
consulting
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Writing, Publishing, Internet Website Design, Content Development, Site
Provider.
updated: 12/07/97 Created 3/21/95 File: welcome.htm
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1997 Dan Friedman American
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