Website: http://www.reporthost.com/chieci Email: jonsmith1@insightbb.com Phone: (765) 238-2117 · (866) 809-2500 FAX: (765) 489-5989 16389 Turnpike Rd.  Hagerstown, IN 47346 Inspector: Jon Smith, IN License #HI00500190

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Sample Report
Client(s):	John and Susan Homebuyer
Property address:	8409 W. CR 750 N. Any Where, USA 12345
Inspection date:	Tuesday, July 18, 2006

This summary page published on 10/8/2006 4:22:39 PM EDT

	Safety	Poses a risk of injury or death
	Repair/Replace	Recommend repairing or replacing
	Repair/Maintain	Recommend repair and/or maintenance
	Minor defect
	Maintain	Recommend ongoing maintenance
	Evaluate	Recommend evaluation by a specialist
	Monitor	Recommend monitoring in the future
	Serviceable	Item or component is in serviceable condition
	Comment	For your information

1) Exterior: - Outside faucet leaks from the valve stem when turned on. A qualified plumber should evaluate and repair as necessary.
2) Exterior: - The gravel driveway is in poor condition. Repairs should be made as necessary, such as filling holes or grading, and new gravel should be spread.
3) Exterior: - Downspouts have no extensions, or have extensions that are ineffective. This can result in water accumulating around the structure's foundation. Repairs should be made as necessary, such as installing extension and/or splash blocks, or installing underground drain lines, so rain water is carried at least several feet away from the structure to soil that slopes down and away from the structure.
4) Exterior: - The deck has a loose deck board.
Recommend securing the board as needed and by a contractor if necessary.
5) Exterior: - Vegetation such as trees, shrubs and/or vines are in contact with or less than one foot from the structure's exterior. Vegetation can serve as a conduit for wood destroying insects and may retain moisture against the exterior after it rains. Vegetation should be pruned and/or removed as necessary to maintain a one foot clearance between it and the structure's exterior.
10) Roof: - The roof surface material on the 2nd story is beyond the end of its service life and needs replacing now. The clients should consult with a qualified roofing contractor to determine replacement options and costs.
11) Roof: - Flashing at the base of the chimney is deteriorated and/or substandard. Leaks have occurred as a result. A qualified roofing contractor should evaluate and repair as necessary.
14) Garage: - The garage-house door poses a fire risk because it's not fire-rated (metal or solid-core construction) and has a pet door. A qualified contractor should replace this door with a fire-rated door.
15) Garage: - No infared "photo eye" devices are installed for the vehicle door's electric door opener. They've been required on vehicle door openers installed since 1993 and improve safety by triggering the vehicle door's auto-reverse feature without need for the door to come in contact with the object, person or animal that's preventing it from closing. Recommend considering having the automatic door openers upgraded for improved safety. For more information on garage door safety issues, visit: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/523.html
16) Garage: - One or more hornet, bee and/or wasp nests were found. These can pose a safety hazard. Nests should be removed as necessary.
17) Attic: - Some wiring is exposed and subject to damage, stored items can be placed on top of the wiring in the attic. This is a safety hazard. A qualified electrician should evaluate and make repairs as necessary.
18) Attic: - The 200 amp service entrance cable is against the bottom of the roof sheeting. A roofing nail can pierce the insulation and cause a short. This is a potential safety hazard. Cable should be moved away from the roof.
19) Electric service: - Wires in the main service panel appear to be undersized for their overcurrent protection devices (circuit breakers or fuses). This is a safety hazard due to the risk of fire. A qualified electrician should evaluate and repair as necessary.
20) Electric service: - Overcurrent protection devices (circuit breakers or fuses) are "double tapped," where 2 or more wires are clamped in a terminal designed for only one wire. This is a safety hazard since the bolt or screw may tighten securely against one wire, but leave others loose. Arcing, sparks and fires may result. A qualified electrician should evaluate and repair as necessary.
22) Heating and cooling: - The last service date of this system appears to be more than one year ago, or the inspector was unable to determine the last service date. The clients should ask the property owners when it was last serviced. If unable to determine the last service date, or if this system was serviced more than one year ago, a qualified heating and cooling contractor should inspect, clean, and service this system, and make repairs if necessary. This servicing should be performed annually in the future.
25) Plumbing and laundry: - No air gap, or a substandard air gap, exists for the water softener's discharge line. This is a cross connection and may result in gray and/or black water flowing back up into the water softener and/or supply lines. A qualified plumbing contractor should evaluate and repair so that a minimum 1 inch air gap or acceptable indirect drain exists for this drain line as per standard building practices.
29) Fireplaces, woodstoves and chimneys: - One or more chimney flues do not have a screened cover installed. Screened covers prevent the following:

Rainwater entering flues and causing damage to terracotta flue tiles from freeze-thaw cycles

A qualified chimney service contractor should install screened cover(s) where missing. Screens should have holes 1/4 inch or larger.
30) Fireplaces, woodstoves and chimneys: - The damper in the fireplace is stuck and cannot be opened. A qualified chimney service contractor should evaluate and make repairs as necessary.
31) Fireplaces, woodstoves and chimneys: - The masonry chimney crown is deteriorated (cracked or broken) and needs repairs. The crown is meant to keep water off of the chimney structure. The chimney can be damaged by wet masonry going through freeze-thaw cycles.
A qualified chimney service contractor or mason should evaluate and repair the crown as necessary.
37) Well: - Non-metallic sheathed wiring is exposed and subject to damage at the well casing. The insulation can be damaged by objects coming in contact with it and/or it being repeatedly moved. This is a safety hazard. A qualified electrician should evaluate and repair as necessary.
40) Kitchen: - The seal for the refrigerator door is damaged, deteriorated, misaligned or otherwise does not seal well. Energy efficiency may be reduced due to loss of cold air. For refrigerators more than 10 to 15 years old, it may be more cost effective to replace the refrigerator due to the high cost and limited availability of replacement gaskets, and higher efficiencies in newer refrigerators. Otherwise, repairs should be made by a qualified appliance technician, such as replacing the door seal.
41) Kitchen: - The dishwasher rack coating is starting to deteriorate. Products are available to repair the coating, for more information visit. http://amacorcoatings.com/pages/875399/index.htm
43) Bathrooms: - Master bath exhaust fan is noisy. A qualified contractor should evaluate and replace the fan or make repairs as necessary.
44) Bathrooms: - Upstairs bath sink faucet leaks by the handle when turned on. A qualified plumber should evaluate and repair as necessary.
45) Bathrooms: - Half bath toilet is loose. A qualified contractor should remove the toilet for further evaluation and repair if necessary. A new wax ring should be installed and toilet should be securely anchored to the floor to prevent movement and leaking.
46) Bathrooms: - The "flapper valve" in the master bath toilet did not reseat after flushing. Significant amounts of water can be lost through such leaks. A qualified plumber should evaluate and repair or replace components as necessary.
47) Interior rooms: - An insufficient number of smoke alarms are installed. Additional smoke alarms should be installed as necessary so a functioning one exists in each hallway leading to bedrooms, and in each bedroom. For more information, visit http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5077.html
48) Interior rooms: - Cover plates are missing from electric boxes, such as for receptacles, switches and/or junction boxes. This is a safety hazard due to the risk of shock. Cover plates should be installed where missing.
49) Interior rooms: - One or more doors bind in their jamb and cannot be closed and latched, or are difficult to open and close. A qualified contractor should evaluate and repair as necessary. For example, adjusting jambs or trimming doors.
Sunroom closet doors.
N/E bedroom door.
50) Interior rooms: - Stains were found in one or more ceiling areas. However, no elevated levels of moisture were found. The stains may be due to past plumbing leaks. Recommend asking the property owners about this, and monitoring the stained areas in the future. If elevated moisture is found in the future, a qualified contractor should evaluate and repair as necessary.
Downstairs bath above toilet below upstairs bath.