Originally Posted By: tbrowning This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
i am new at the home inspection business and need to see pictures or descriptions of different types of roofs. does any one have a site or know where i could get info on dutch hip, gambel, mansard roof, or just view pictures of examples? thanks, tb
Originally Posted By: Blaine Wiley This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
OK Igor, I’ll take this one.
These types of roofs are easily identifiable by anyone who possess the requisite knowledge needed to perform a home inspection. Moreover, this is the very simple easy part.
You state you are new to the home inspection business. I hope by reading this question that you aren't out doing home inspections. If you aren't ready to identify the type of roof, you certainly aren't ready to find and describe the inherent problems commonly found.
I would recommend starting with a basic book like Home Inspection, mastering the profession by Russell Burgess. Do ride alongs, or work for someone, or go into the construction field for a while. Gain all of the knowledge you can prior to ever doing an inspection for fee. Lack of knowledge and poor performance are driving all of our E&O rates up. I have been doing this for a long time, and I could still easily make a mistake or miss something. Without proper training and knowledge, you run a great risk.
Originally Posted By: gbeaumont This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Hi Thomas
I hope it's obvious from your post and question that you are just entering our profession, That being the case I would recomend a trip to your local barnes and noble or similar, as they carry a great deal of home inspection books. I would recomend Rex Cauldwells "Inspecting a house" as a good starter.
The following slide is from the Carson Dunlap series the Illustrated home:
Originally Posted By: tbrowning This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
thanks, all of you for info, it was very helpful. i am new at this and have not done an inspection for a fee yet, i study everyday, and am taking the free online course and copiing all the pictures for study and future reference. i do have some construction experience, not with roofs tho.
Originally Posted By: eharden This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
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Interesting...Tom did past the NACHI test to become a member didn't he. HMMMM
It seems to me that people should concentrate more on proper English (spelling, sentence composition and punctuation), than visiting this board and bashing our organization. I guess some people just don't get it.
Originally Posted By: Joe DiGiacomo This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Eric, sorry for the miss spelling, but I am looking for a future as a Home Inspector not an english teacher. Did not know we got graded for grammer at this site. Eric is this what you pay attention to on the board, I try and get to the substance and look past others spelling or grammer mistakes. What makes you an expert in judging what my entent was by my comment. I was certainly not bashing NACHI, this organization has been of great help to me getting my HI busisness off the ground. I have spoke with Nick, Joe M and Joe G. all have been a great help. My intentions are to join NACHI in Jan or Feb, and I do not belong to any other organizations at this time. Not sure what your problem is… My point was two fold, 1. If Tom passed the test, maybe he is adequate to be an inspector but needs help in a couple of areas like he asked, or 2. maybe our test is lettiing people in the HI busines that do not belong to be in it. I hope our test is tough enough not to let anyone in that knows very little about inspections. Eric how does this look for spelling??
Originally Posted By: eharden This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
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...but I am looking for a future as a Home Inspector not an english teacher.
Point taken, but you must remember that our livelihoods as inspectors depend on our ability to clearly communicate (both written and verbally) our findings. Joe you will have to forgive me if I read any unintentional sarcasm in your post. If you were not trying to bash NACHI, please accept my humble apologies. (After simmering down and going back and looking over some of your other posts, I now believe that I have been a little quick to judge  . Again my apologies. It just bothers me that there are people (non members) on this board that are only here to try to knock this great organization down. Anyone with the sense that God gave them, knows that the sole purpose of this association is to make ALL of us better inspectors. It is those same non members that can not fathom the idea that an association would put the members ahead of itself. Again Joe, please accept my apologies for prematurely lumping you into that group of people.
One more thing. I do not profess to be an English wiz by any stretch of the imagination. I do know enough about it to try and use proper form at all times. I, being a victim of public schools, do not always know what proper form is though.
Originally Posted By: Joe DiGiacomo This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Apology accepted. I am glad you did a little research in checking me out, traits of a good inspector. Thanks for being man enough to apologize, I appreciate that.
Originally Posted By: janderson This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
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I would recommend Rex Cauldwells "Inspecting a house" as a good starter.
I agree, I had the opportunity to meet Cauldwell in January 2003. He came to MN and did a one day continuing education class on plumbing and electrical systems and components. After attending the class I purchased the book.
-- Within the seeds of ignorance lie the fruits of denial