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How to Identify & Inspect Historic, Old, & Kit Homes InspectAPedia ®

• How to Identify & Inspect Historic Homes & Old Houses
• How to Find a Qualified Home Inspector

This document discusses How to Identify & Inspect Historic Homes & Old Houses, and provides a directory to help you find a qualified home inspector. Here we also provide links to home inspection standards and ethics, and home inspection methodology. Advice for home buyers includes how to choose a home inspector and how to get the most from a home inspection.

Advanced home inspection methods are presented stressing methods for increasing the detection of significant or safety defects at properties, technical expertise, and ethical conduct.

Advice is provided for people interested in becoming a home inspector as well as for home buyers or owners who need to hire a home inspector. © Copyright 2009 Daniel Friedman, All Rights Reserved. Information Accuracy & Bias Pledge is at below-left. Use links at the left of each page to navigate this document or to view other topics at this website. Green links show where you are in our document or website.

Historic Homes, Home Improvement Costs, Home Research

• Amazon Books on Sears and other Kit or Catalog Houses - you can buy these great reference books on Kit Homes online
• Find the Age of a House How to Determine the Age of a Building from Visual Clues, Architectural Style, Building Materials, Construction Details, or Documentary Clues
• Brick Lined Wall Cavities - determining the age of older homes by bricks in wall cavities
• The Foundation Crack Bible - Foundation Cracks, Leans, Bulges, Settlement: Inspecting Foundations for Structural Defects - Detection, Diagnosis, Cause, Repair
• Historic Buildings Links to other articles: Sears Houses, How old is a House, Old House Materials & Repairs
• Ice Dam Leaks on Older Homes how to predict, look for damage from, and prevent ice dam leaks in older homes
• Lead Hazards in Buildings, Dust, Paint, Water: General Advice, Testing Procedures, Illnesses
• Paint Failure Diagnosis on older homes
• Sears Houses: How to identify Sears catalog kit houses photos and tips for identifying these interesting homes.
• Structural Defects, Inspection, Diagnosis, & Repair. Rot & Insect Damage to Buildings

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More Information on Building Diagnostic Inspections and Repairs

• ASHI Certification Links
• Home Inspection Reports - a Critique narrative vs. checklist type home inspection reports
• ASHI Standards of Practice - Jan 2002 and ASHI Standards History - links to older and alternative versions of Home Inspection Standards
• ASHI Code of Ethics 1993, and ASHI Ethics History - links to older versions; Note: newer may be found at ASHI
• ASHI in 1996 ASHI History - association description from 1996
• American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) Official Website
• Links to our list of additional resources and references on home inspection

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