Product Description: Finding the house that is right for you is harder than ever. In hot markets prices are skyrocketing, inspection contingency periods are dwindling and houses are moving fast. Experienced and educated home buyers hold the advantage...read more

Product Description: Inspecting and Diagnosing Disrepair provides housing officers, surveyors, landlords, tenants, lawyers and environmental health inspectors with the essential information they need to record, diagnose and remedy disrepair. Pat Reddin presents technical information methodically, including useful diagrams to help readers to develop an understanding of building materials and structures and to advise and take action on disrepair...read more

This book is written as a practical guide for surveyors and others who may be asked to survey buildings and prepare reports. Although not primarily intended as a text book on building construction, it is also aimed at the student who, whilst perhaps familiar with basic building construction, lacks the knowledge or experience of building performance. The preparation of reports on buildings is a very personal service and since no two surveyors and no two clients will be the same, the style and content of reports can vary considerably from case to case, from practice to practice and in different localities. Though the writers would not wish to try to impose complete uniformity, they have observed certain broad principles in preparing the advice which their book offers and have paid particular regard to the recommendations laid down in the Practice Note "Structural Surveys of Residential Property" (May 1981) issued by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The intention of this Practice Note was to introduce some uniformity of procedure and to improve the general standard of reports on residential property prepared by chartered surveyors.

Since the first edition was published in 1983, Building Surveys has been the core text in its field for students and professionals alike. Covering everything needed for initial inspections such as equipment, know-how and procedures to writing an accurate report, this book is a proven indispensable guide. It considers all the structural elements required when surveying a property for example, foundations, walls and roofs as well as what to look out for and how to deal with it. Legal considerations and recent cases are used to illustrate good working practice making this a comprehensive text to this important subject.

Product Description: Understanding Housing Defects provides a concise, coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of defects in domestic buildings. For this new edition, many of the chapters have been substantially updated and new photographs have been added...read more

Probably the best source available for prospective homebuyer’s to use for evaluating property, inside and out. Originally intended to be for buyers and owners, it has sufficient detail that professional home inspectors use it throughout the country. Loaded with charts, checklists, and photographs, this is a must have for anyone considering a new or used home purchase. Nearly 75,000 copies are in print.

Product Description: An answer book for both contractors and building inspectors, this manual explains what it takes to pass inspections under the 2009 International Residential Code. It includes a code checklist for every trade, covering some of the most common reasons why inspectors reject residential work footings, foundations, slabs, framing, sheathing, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, energy conservation and final inspection...read more

Ultrasonic signals are increasingly being used for predicting material behavior, both in an engineering context (detecting anomalies in a variety of structures) and a biological context (examining human bones, body parts and unborn fetuses). Featuring contributions from authors who are specialists in their subject area, this book presents new developments in ultrasonic research in both these areas, including ultrasonic NDE and other areas which go beyond traditional imaging techniques of internal defects. As such, both those in the biological and physical science communities will find this an informative and stimulating read.

Product Description: A must-have for the desk of every successful building inspector, as well as the technicians that assist them, The Residential Inspector's Guide to Codes, Forms and Complaints provides a practical guide through the tools and techniques of accurate, consistent, and efficient code violation documentation...read more

Select and install the right waterproofing system...the right way...every time.Michael T. Kubal's Construction Waterproofing Handbook is an all-inclusive, project-simplifying guide for waterproofing and construction professionals. This comprehensive answer-packed resource is loaded with the up-to-date, clearly-defined information you need on every project, including work on the building envelope, below-grade, above-grade, and remedial waterproofing. You get information on materials, including: Quality, maintenance and warranties Sealants Admixtures and expansion joints Testing, leak investigation and detection Safety issues And more You'll find:*Well-illustrated installation procedures*Detail plans and specifications*Inspection techniques and checklist*and much, much more

Product Description: Learn how to enforce the International Building Code when violations occur, and to correctly write any document required by the job! This new book features a compilation of legal notices, letters, complaints, and other documents that inspectors can use for effective enforcement of the most common problems likely to be encountered in the field...read more

The first edition, Surveying Buildings, and second edition, Building Surveys, were both well received and now, Peter Glover, with his many years of experience, has brought this valuable text completely up-to-date. The book deals with contemporary problems disclosed in more recent design and construction, covers modern techniques and illustrates new equipment.Peter Glover qualified as a Chartered Surveyor at the age of 21 in 1967. From 1971 to 1986 he ran his own surveying practice undertaking mainly the survey and valuation of property in the London area. Since 1986 he has worked for a major national firm of surveyors and he is currently based in central London. He also contributes regularly to newspapers, magazines and journals on topics connected with the property market and building construction. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Inspectors now have a partner in enforcing the property maintenance code! This valuable resource demonstrates how to prepare the documents required to pursue property maintenance code violators so that inspectors can perform inspections, file charges in the absence of compliance, obtain administrative search warrants, and condemn property "by the book...read more

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Product Description: This book deals with structural surveys for all types of building - domestic industrial and commercial - and includes diagnosis of a wide range of defects. It considers both modern and older construction methods, and deals with the particular problems of alterations and restoration work...read more

Product Description: Structural appraisal is important to professionals concerned with the repair, maintenance or refurbishment of traditional buildings. It involves recognizing and establishing the cause of any structural damage and, if the damage is still active predicting its course...read more

Product Description: Up to Code: Carpentry and Framing Inspection Notes is an on-the-job “cliff notes” resource, packed with information that will save time and money while ensuring quality. To-do checklists, charts and tables with at-a-glance calculations, who’s-responsible-for-what info, and diagrams that clearly illustrate complicated information make it fast and easy for busy building professionals to do their jobs thoroughly and efficiently, and avoid costly mistakes...read more

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Product Description: Building appraisal, or building evaluation as it is also known, is concerned with the systematic study and assessment of buildings in use. This book examines the methods used to provide feedback to the design team of successes and failures of buildings in use, to highlight problems in existing buildings such as space problems and excessive maintenance costs, to audit critical aspects of performances such as thermal and acoustic efficiency, structural integrity, and to provide guidelines for subsequent new build and adaptation schemes...read more