The inspector shall report as in need of correction:Ĭracks, brick cracks, out-of-square door frames, and unlevel floors.

Inspect: a representative number of doors and windows by opening and closingģ.3. The SOP of InterNACHI, of the world’s largest home inspector organization, requires this:ģ.10. The inspector shall: (2) report asĭeficient: (A) deficiencies in the condition and performance of doors and

Opinion of adverse performance, such as: (A) binding, out-of-square, non-latching Shall: (3) generally report present and visible indications used to render the The reasonįor this is that secondary exterior doors and interior doors are affordedĪlmost no consideration in the prevailing prescriptive building codes.ĥ35.228(a)(3)(A) (a) Foundations. References in SOPs, such as “condition” and “function,” are found. Regarding all doors other than exterior doors, vague Inspection protocol for exterior doors generally follows building code Than exterior doors, such as garage overhead doors, fire separation doors, and egressĭoors. That little is required from an inspector regarding the doors in a house, other Inspection protocols and standards of practice throughout the country indicates Mention of their condition and function in inspectors’ reports. With these things in mind, one would expect moreĪttention would be given to interior doors during home inspections, as well as greater Other than windows, no other operable, structurally relatedĬomponent outnumbers them. The average house in Texas, where I live, has about 20 One usually cannot progress from one room to another without

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