Links to Many Areas of Home Inspection Interest
 
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There are so many sites that relate to the Home Inspection and Commercial Building Inspection field, that this is only one list (a starting point). Anyone coming to a Home/Building Inspection related site may be seeking information to solve a problem, find out about how something works, where to get materials, who does certain kinds of work, and/or many other things. Some of the material here is editorial content from a veteran Home Inspector, and represents an opinion. This link area should give you a number of avenues to travel to get what you need, including find other home inspectors and how to get into the business. Remember, a search engine is a good place to start any search.

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Links to Many Areas of Home Inspection Interest
1. Various Home Inspection and Building Inspector Resources:
1A. Inspection Group Resources: 1B. Inspection Companies and Individuals: 1C. Inspection Training: 1D. Inspection Software for Report Writing, etc.:
2. Professional Home Inspection Associations: 3. Other Related Organizations:
4. Termite and Wood Boring Pest sites: 5. Mold cleanup:
6. Other Inspection Related Services & Information:
7. Components and Systems: 8. Materials Related Information: 9. Products Information:
10. A Few Real Estate Oriented Sites: 11. Some Fire Related Material :
12. Home Inspection Reference Material: 14. Books, and other references:
14. Historic/Preservation or Rehab/Remodeling/Disaster Related Links:
15.New Construction:


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This is only a fraction of what's is on the Internet. Except for the Harknesses, These were picked these for variety, content, geography, and appearance. There's some interesting ones and some dull ones, some pretty, some ugly. The idea here is to list a representative segment of what has been put up on the Internet by home inspection companies and individuals.
While including many links to useful information. Many changes and improvements/sophistications have occurred in what has been put up on the Internet, in general, and by these entities (changes and upgrades are happening continuously) --this means links may be broken without notice.

At one time John Harkness owned Apex home Inspection company in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Robert Harkness Asheville Property Inspections by Robert Harkness is in North Carolina, USA. Home Inspections by Adams, Soloman and Harkness owned by Rodney Harkness was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. At least one other "Harkness" home inspector exists. And, yes, all the Harknesses seem to be related.

1. Various Home Inspection and Building Inspector Resources:
    At the top of our list here is access to some other lists. If successful, the link page you are on will get you, with two or three jumps (clicks), to just about any where else on the Internet where there is useful related information.
  • 1A. Inspection Group Resources:
    With these lists available, there is no need to place Professional Home Inspection Chapters separately under this heading. Some are listed separately under the Professional Home Inspection Associations heading, because of their especially good presentation or other unique characteristic.
  • ASHI Chapter Directory (ASHI seems to make it difficult to find chapters, but you can find one chapter easily.) If this link stops working go onto the ASHI site and search the site for chapters.
  • NAHI Chapter Directory (Look at the bottom of their chapter directory page.)

  • 1B.Inspection Companies and Individuals:
  • Pittsburgh Home Inspectors A list of home inspectors doing business in and around Pittsburgh, PA. This list has both ASHI and NAHI members.
  • Harrisburg Home Inspectors.com A list of home inspectors doing business in and around Harrisburg PA. This list has both NAHI and ASHI members.
  • Erie PA Home Inspectors A list of home inspectors doing business in and around Erie, PA. This list has both NAHI and ASHI members. There are not very many.
  • Goodell Structural Services Rik Goodell's "Real Estate Construction Consulting". Serving San Francisco and the entire Northern California Coast. Puts forth a responsible attitude.
  • Proactive Homeinspection (Texas) Buying a new home may be the biggest investment you'll ever make. Although the process is very exciting it quickly becomes overwhelming. While the home you have selected may appear to be just what you're looking for, how can you be sure there aren't potentially serious unknown defects which can make your investment in your future a costly one. Having your new home professionally inspected as early as possible in the buying process can save you thousands of dollars on items which you may be able to have the seller or builder correct.
  • Home-Alyze (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) --nice graphics.
  • Pillar To Post (Erie,PA) As part of your community, we are pleased to provide our local customers real estate professionals, home buyers and home sellers with a home inspection service that brings to the buying or selling of a home unmatched quality, precision, integrity, and professionalism.
  • Sebring Home Inspection Co. (Eastern Ohio) Example of a simple web page.
  • Able Home Inspection (Boston MA) --This is mostly Dennis Robitaille, and his stuff.

  • 1C. Inspection Training:
    There are lots of these on the Internet, and they change frequently, try using a search engine to get up-to-date listings.
  • Accu-Spect Home Inspector Institute This site offers some training and tools.
  • Inspection Training Associates (ITA) Lots of resource material at this site. A professionally done web site.
  • Entering The Home Inspection Profession, by Moe Madsen A decent read.
  • Employment of construction and building inspectors
      Significant Points:
        * About 45 percent of inspectors worked for local governments, primarily municipal or county building departments.
        * Many home inspectors are self-employed.
        * Opportunities should be best for experienced construction supervisors and craftworkers who have some college education, engineering or architectural training, or certification as construction inspectors or plan examiners.
        * Home inspection has become a standard practice in the home-purchasing process, creating more opportunities for home inspectors.
    You will also find this link (Employment of construction and building inspectors) under
    12.Books, and other references:

  • 1D. Inspection Software for Report Writing, etc.: None of these systems have been reviewed or tried by us. There are many available; try a search engine --these are only a small selection of what is available.
  • Horizon Home Inspection Software for Home Inspectors - Horizon by Carson Dunlop. One of the best known names in the home inspection business.
  • 3D No link list would be complete without this.
  • Report Host One way to publish inspection reports on the Internet.
  • InspectIt These guys have been around for a while.
  • Data Point Solutions' Software to run all aspects of a home inspection business. For Macintosh and Windows. Looks exciting. More oriented toward running your business --they have a variety of products.
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2.Professional Home Inspection Associations:
  • NAHI® The National Association of Home Inspectors. Promoted as: The friendly home inspectors association.
  • ASHI® American Society of Home Inspectors. The first and oldest and biggest professional home inspection association.
  • AII The American Institute of Inspectors® is a non-profit corporation that has been set up for the benefit of residential and commercial building inspectors across our nation.
  • IHINA The Home Inspectors listed/linked on this site have signed a pledge which states that they do not actively solicit real estate agents for home buyer client leads. Signing this pledge limits your customer base; however it is seen by many clients as a committment to honesty.
  • Great Lakes Chapter of ASHI® Home inspectors committed to education and a higher standard for home inspections have formed the American Society of Home Inspectors [ASHI] and organized it in chapters for ease of education.
  • The Rocky Mountain Chapter of The National Association of Home Inspectors The Rocky Mountain Chapter of The National Association of Home Inspectors provides invaluable networking to home inspectors throughout the state of Colorado.
  • California Real Estate Inspection Association   Providing information and education for the homebuyer, seller, home inspector.
  • Canadian Association of Home Inspectors CAHPI is considered the voice of Canada's home inspection industry. An organization that operates near the USA.
  • Ontario Association of Home Inspectors Home inspections began as a consumer service in the early 1970's in direct response to the growing demand by home buyers.
  • Ohio ASHI® The Ohio Chapter of ASHI is a not-for-profit organization incorporated in 1989.
  • Tri-State ASHI® "Tri-State ASHI® Members serve Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey & Northern Delaware. [USA].
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3. Other Related & Standards Setting Organizations:
  • Legal Help Almost everyone needs to have an attorney. Discussion is free.
  • Manufactured Housing Institute Information about manufactured housing. A must read if you are a veteran home inspector.
  • International Code Council. Did you know that automatic sprinklers are required in townhouses as of 2009, and will be required in 1- and 2-family dwellings in 2011. Are you aware of the new regional R value requirements or storm shelter standards. Whether you’re a city planner, safety official or builder, there are hundreds of code changes you should know.
    On December 9, 1994, the International Code Council (ICC) was established as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to developing a single set of comprehensive national standards/codes.
  • National Fire Protection Association [NFPA] Heating equipment is a leading cause of home fires in December, January, and February [the holiday season]. NFPA has produced an online tool kit that helps everyone understand the safe use of all types of heating equipment. This is the authority on fire, electrical and building safety --they write the rules and, are respected world wide.
  • Air Conditioning Contractors of America [aka ACCA] "Air Conditioning Contractors of America ® Making life more comfortable for contractors and their customers. ACCA's mission is to help the best HVACR contractors in the country acquire, serve, and satisfy customers.
  • ASTM Web Site ASTM International provides technical standards to industry worldwide. As a standards development body, the standards products offered include metals, petroleum, construction, environment and many other related standards, test methods, specifications, and guides. Download or order mail delivery of any of ASTM’s 12,000+ standards, covering metals, petroleum, construction, the environment, and more.
  • Plumbing Heating & Cooling Contractors Association Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association - Dedicated to the promotion, advancement, education and training of the industry.
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4. Termite and Wood Boring Pest sites:
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5. Mold cleanup:
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6. Other Inspection Related Services & Information:
Lead paint

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7. Components and Systems:
  • Rumford Fireplaces One of the most interesting sites relating to fireplaces. It has some very unique and promising products and approaches to fireplace design and conversion. Worth browsing; a must read if you own an old house.
  • Fireplace and Chimney info
    The Chimney Safety Institute of America [CSIA] is a non-profit educational organization existing to provide chimney and venting safety resources to those in the industry and to you, the homeowner, with these goals in mind:
         * Elimination of residential chimney fires.
         * Preventing carbon monoxide intrusion.
         * Improving home heating efficiency.
  • Australian Building News Many Magazines, including Australian. (After entering this web site put Australia in your "Find" box located under "Edit" in your IE or Firefox browsers.)
  • ASHRAE® Home Page The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers advances technology.
  • Firestone Technical Database A good flat-roof resource. Since its introduction in 1980, Firestone RubberGard EPDM has dominated the single-ply roofing market.
  • theplumber.com Another outstanding resource. theplumber.com web site, under 'plumbing' has been called one of the 'best web sites' by on-line multimedia encyclopedia Encarta.
  • LOVE Plumbing & Remodel Save time, and money. Terry Love is the owner of Love Plumbing & Remodel. He has created his web site to to save you time and money.
    Picture of Terry Love
    All you need is Love
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8. Materials Related Information:
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9. Product Information:
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10. A Few Real Estate Oriented Sites:
    --- FSBO Stuff ---
    The FSBO (For Sale By Owner) marketing approach is steadily growing. Like it or not, FSBO assisted sites and programs have become a permanent fact of life. There is strong support for a burgeoning F.S.B.O. market. It appears that the Internet has had a major effect on this growth. Several FSBO groups offer everything traditional Real Estate Agencys offer. If real estate agents set up their personal web site to offer services to the public; and make it clear that a Realtor© can and does help show and sell FSBO's, that real nestate agent would probably sell more homes. (An agent can strike a contract to assist in purchasing a FSBO.) From a buyers perspective, having a consulting real estate agent assist them in purchasing a home, usually adds a lot of valuable expertise.

    Put "FSBO" into a search engine (be sure to ADD the area that interests you, please be specific) --when this is done prepare to receive many returns. Below are a few links just to get you started.
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11.Some Fire Related Material:
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12.Home Inspection Reference Material:
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13.Books, and other references:
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14.Historic/Preservation or
Rehab/Remodeling:
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15.New Construction: Remember, a search engine is a good place to start any search.
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