Originally Posted By: Rusty Rothrock This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Nick -
I just love your Clint Eastwood idea... a virtual reality tour of a house to be inspected. I can visualize exactly what you are talking about. There could be 100's of very specific areas of a house (both inside and out) to click on and an actual picture (supplied by our library of pictures that we inspectors should be sending in) would come up (enlarged on the screen) with a written explanation along with it. The explanation would include things to look out for, why the damage is being caused, suggested course of repair, etc.
This would be a fantastic training tool. No other inspection organization has anything along these lines. Have you had a chance to talk to Chris about this concept ?.
Originally Posted By: Chris Morrell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
The concept, though daunting, isn’t difficult in theory. It’ll probably be a while before we can get something like this in the works, but its really just a matter of finding the right pictures. I’ve worked out something of the database structure for it already.
Originally Posted By: rking This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Hi Everyone!
I have yet to take the exam, I will right after this, but I just wanted to comment on the referenced material idea. Up here in frosty ole Canada ![icon_lol.gif](upload://zEgbBCXRskkCTwEux7Bi20ZySza.gif) a lot of our codes and indeed building practices are different. Heck what is and is not allowed changes from one building department to the next even though there is a standard Provincial building code!
If I were to go to say Califonia or Arizona I would be screwed up before I even began an inspection because the vapour barrier is on the outside of the building! Up here we have thermal layers to keep us warm ![icon_lol.gif](upload://zEgbBCXRskkCTwEux7Bi20ZySza.gif) ![icon_lol.gif](upload://zEgbBCXRskkCTwEux7Bi20ZySza.gif)
I will go try that exam now.
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