During Your Inspection
Whether you are buying, selling or maintaining your home, Encore Inspections & Solutions provides professional and quality service from the moment you call us. Our certified home inspectors will walk through your home with you and teach you as much as you want to learn. We strictly follow the Standards of Practice for home inspectors established by InterNACHI, the leading home inspection association.
After Your Inspection
After we walk through the home together, we will explain the general condition of the home and systems with you and your agent. We will talk through any major issues that need to be addressed sooner rather than later. We will also mention the items that you will want to keep an eye on for deferred maintenance. All of this will be detailed in our easy-to-read Spectora report, which will be delivered in HTML and/or PDF format. From that report, you will be able to see the items we discussed, with images for reference.
Included Components
Encore Inspections & Solutions thoroughly inspects and reports on the following:
Exterior
- Exterior wall covering materials
- Eaves, soffits and fascia
- Representative number of windows
- All exterior doors
- Flashing and Trim
- Walkways and driveways
- Stairs, steps, stoops, stairways and ramps
- Porches, patios, decks, balconies and carports
- Railings, guards and handrails
- Vegetation, surface drainage, retaining walls and grading of the property.
Roofing
- the roof-covering materials
- gutters
- downspouts
- vents, flashing, skylights, chimney and other roof penetrations
- general structure of the roof from readily accessible panels, doors or stains.
Electrical Systems
- Service drop
- OVerhead service conductors and attachment point
- Service head, gooseneck and drip loops
- Service mast, service conduit and raceway
- Electric meter and base
- Service-entrance conductors
- Main service disconnect
- Panelboards and over-current protection devices
- Service grounding and bonding
- Representative number of switches, lighting fixtures and receptacles
- Ground-fault circuit interrupter receptacles
- Presence of smoke and carbon-monoxide detectors
Basement, Foundation, Crawlspace & Structure
- Foundation
- Basement
- Crawlspace
- Structural components
Heating & Cooling
- This involves inspecting the heating system (i.e. furnace), specifically using normal operating controls.
- Inspection of the cooling system (i.e. A.C.), using the normal operating controls.
Plumbing
- Main water supply shut-off valve
- Main fuel supply shut-off valve
- Water heating equipment (including energy source, venting connections, temperature/pressure-relief valves)
- Interior water supply (including all fixtures and faucets by running the water
- All toilets for proper operation by flushing
- All sinks, tubs and showers for functional drainage
- Drain, waste and vent systems
- Drainage sump pumps with accessible floats
Fireplace
- Readily accessible and visible portions of the fireplaces and chimneys
- Lintels above the fireplace openings
- Damper doors by opening and closing them, if readily accessible and manually operable
- Cleanout doors and frames
Doors, Windows & Interior
- Representative number of doors and windows by operating them
- Floors, walls and ceilings
- Stairs, steps, landings, stairways and ramps
- Railings, guards and handrails
- Garage vehicle doors and the operation of garage vehicle door openers, using normal operating controls.
Attic, Insulation & Ventilation
- Insulation in unfinished spaces, including attics, crawlspaces and foundation areas
- Ventilation of unfinished spaces, including attics, crawlspaces and foundation areas
- Mechanical exhaust systems in the kitchen, bathrooms and laundry area
