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• How to inspect building interiors
• How to determine the age of a home
• Asbestos hazards
• Attic condensation & attic mold problems, solutions
• Fiberglass hazards, remedies
• Floods in buildings, what to do
• Humidity level management indoors
• Ice dam causes and ice dam prevention
• Insulation & Heat Loss Inspection Guide
• Mold inspection, detection, removal, prevention, testing
• Sears & other kit houses
• How to Diagnose Stains and Thermal Tracking on Walls, Ceilings, Carpets, Other Surfaces

This website discusses how to inspect, diagnose problems in, and repair building interiors, including building insulation & leaks or moisture control. Information is provided about visual clues of building condition, such as evidence of a history of leaks, as well as evidence of hazardous materials and conditions such as the probable presence of animal allergens, asbestos, or mold. We discuss how to identify and correct various building leaks, moisture, and venting problems such as ice dams, blocked attic ventilation, excessive indoor humidity, how to prevent indoor mold, and how to respond to building floods and similar emergencies. Stair and railing inspection and trip hazards are discussed. Special types of building inspection are discussed including the inspection of mobile homes and Sears & Roebuck Kit Houses. In the photo at above left, there really was grass growing inside this building. The photo of this unusual condition was taken through the entry door. © Copyright 2008 Daniel Friedman, All Rights Reserved. Information Accuracy & Bias Pledge is at below-left. Use the links at page left to navigate this document or to go to Other Website Topics. Green links at left show where you are in our document & website.

Interiors: Defect Recognition, Repair, Prevention for Building Interiors, Insulation & Ventilation

This list of articles addresses building interior inspection and defects such as how to determine how old a building is, how to look for evidence of animal or other allergens, how to find visual clues of the presence of asbestos in buildings or of amateur and improper asbestos removal, steps to prevent basement water entry or how to correct building leaks, chimney inspections, dealing with flooded buildings, building rot, and other topics that affect the building interior.

• Age of a House How to Determine the Age of a Building from Visual or Documentary Clues
• Animal Allergens: Dog, Cat, and Other Animal Dander - Cleanup & Prevention Information for Asthmatics and regarding Indoor Air Quality.
• Asbestos: visual identification of asbestos-suspect materials in Buildings - a photo guide
• Attic Condensation and Ice Dam Leaks - Detection and Correcting Venting and Condensation Problems in Buildings
• Basement water entry: what the basement waterproofing companies don't tell you? Water entry prevention and repair suggestions. -- in process
• Brick Lined Wall Cavities in Wood Framed Homes - Brick Nogging and What it Means to a Home Buyer or Home Owner
• Carpet Mold Inspection how to look for mold in carpets
• Carpet Mold Test Guide suggestions for alternative methods to test carpeting for mold
• Chimneys fire hazards, heating flues, woodstoves, coal stoves, & fireplaces: chimney inspection, defects, safety concerns, repair methods
• Electrical inspection for home buyers; identifying and fixing electrical hazards in homes: aluminum wiring, Federal Pacific FPE Stab-Lok panels, mis-wired circuits, fire and shock hazards
• Environmental hazards: allergens, EMF, lead paint, lead in water, leaks, moisture, venting, mold-contamination, MVOCs, radon, toxic gases
• Fiberglass Building insulation: are fiberglass particles a problem in indoor air? Is fiberglass insulation a mold harbor
• Floods in Buildings & interior water damage cleanup, prevention, testing quick steps to prevent mold contamination
• Heat Loss in Buildings, how to determine and calculate heat loss from a building (or heat gain in a cooling climate), how to evaluate building insulation, & how to insulate buildings
• Humidity: How Low Should You Keep Indoor Humidity to Avoid a Mold Problem
• Insulation Inspections: Insulation in Buildings: Identification, R-values, Heat loss, Insulation Types, Insulation Characteristics
• Asbestos pipe insulation in buildings
• Brick "Insulation" in Building Walls
• Heat Loss Calculations, Insulation Properties, Definitions of R, K, U values, Insulation Design
• How to Choose an Air Conditioner - BTU Chart
• How to Detect and Correct Attic Condensation & Prevent Ice Dam Leaks in Buildings
• How to Inspect Building Interiors and Building Insulation/Ventilation list of articles about building insulation inspection, defects, design, and ventilation requirements
• Insulation Materials as Indicators of Building Age
• Indoor Air Quality Investigations: Fiberglass in Indoor Air, HVAC ducts, and Building Insulation
• Insulation Identification Photographs - Fiberglass insulating photos, yellow, pink, green, white fiberglass identification in building attics, walls, ducts, other locations
• Insulation Identification Photographs - Cellulose insulation photos, Mineral wool insulation photos, rock wool insulation photos, cotton insulation photos, balsam wool insulation photos
• Insulation Identification Photographs - Vermiculite insulation photos
• Insulation Properties, Table of R-Values, density, moisture permeability, fire safety, aging effects on various insulation materials
• LP or Natural Gas Pressures & BTUH per Cubic Foot
• Mold in Fiberglass in Insulation
• Mold in Carpeting how to look for mold in carpets
• Moldy Carpeting Tests suggestions for alternative methods to test carpeting for mold
• Rated Cooling Capacity - How to Determine Air Conditioning Equipment Rated Cooling Capacity
• Radiant Heat Floor Mistakes to Avoid case history of improper placement of slab insulation and radiant heat tubing
• Thermal Tracking thermal bridging & air leak stains in buildings or on building insulation
• Un-Vented Roof Solutions - How to Prevent Attic Condensation, Ice Dam Leaks, Roof Mold, & Roof Structural Damage in Buildings with Un-vented Roof Cavities
• Vermiculite Building Insulation & Asbestos
• Ice Dam Leaks in building attics and roof cavities, how to inspect for evidence of leaks, identify causes, and correct bad attic ventilation, improper roof venting, and these causes of attic mold or roof structure damage
• Mobile Home Inspections common defects unique to factory built housing, inspection methods
• Mold Cleanup, How to clean or remove mold in buildings
• Mold Resistant Drywall is mold-resistant or "mold proof" Sheetrock^R from US Gypsum or Georgia Pacific worth it?
• Mold Prevention: Avoiding Mold Problems in Buildings by Using Mold-resistant Construction Products & Practices
• Mold Information Center: What to Do About Mold, mold action plan, valid and invalid test methods, mold remediation
• Rot, fungus, termites, carpenter ants, powder post beetles, & other wood destroying organisms
• Stain Diagnosis on Indoor Surfaces, how to diagnose stains on walls, floors, carpets, and how to determine the stain source
• Stairways: A Checklist for Stair, Railing, Landing Safety Inspections
• Thermal Tracking & Stains how to recognize thermal tracking or thermal bridging & how to diagnose Stains on Ceilings & Walls, Building Air Leaks & Insulation Defects, as well as other indoor air quality or building concerns

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