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Certified Home Inspector Brian McGuinness #23126 ICA, CREIA Member, NHIE Certified
Call or Text 619-777-9122 for pricing and appointments

I inspect:

  • Buildings with four or fewer dwelling units and their attached and detached garages and carports.

  • Readily accessible, visually observable, installed systems and components.

  • In accordance with the current Standards of Practice (SOP) and Code of Ethics of the California Real Estate Inspectors Asscociation (CREIA) www.creia.org

  • Structural components including the foundation and framing.

  • Wall coverings, flashing, and trim.

  • Exterior doors.

  • Attached and adjacent decks, balconies, stoops, steps, porches, and their associated railings.

  • Eaves, soffits, and fascias.

  • Vegetation, grading, surface drainage, and retaining walls that are likely to adversely affect the building.

  • Adjacent and entryway walkways, patios, and driveways.

  • Roofing materials, roof drainage systems, flashing, skylights, chimneys, and roof penetrations.

  • Interior water supply and distribution system including fixtures and faucets.

  • Interior drain, waste, and vent systems including fixtures.

  • Water heating equipment and hot water supply systems, vent systems, flues, and chimneys.

  • Fuel storage and fuel distribution systems.

  • Sewage ejectors, sump pumps, and related piping.

  • The electrical service drop.

  • Service entrance conductors, cables, and raceways.

  • Service equipment and main disconnects.

  • Service grounding.

  • Interior components of service panels and subpanels.

  • Electrical conductors.

  • Overcurrent protection devices.

  • A representative number of installed lighting fixtures, switches, and receptacles.

  • Ground fault circuit interrupters and arc fault circuit interrupters.

  • Installed heating equipment including vent systems, flues, chimneys, and distribution systems.

  • Central and permanently installed cooling equipment and distribution systems.

  • Walls, ceilings, and floors.

  • Steps, stairways, and railings.

  • Countertops and a representative number of installed cabinets.

  • A representative number of doors and windows.

  • Garage vehicle doors and garage vehicle door operators.

  • Installed ovens, ranges, surface cooking appliances, microwave ovens, dishwashing machines, and food waste grinders by using normal operating controls to activate the primary function.

  • Insulation and vapor retarders in unfinished spaces.

  • Ventilation of attics and foundation areas.

  • Kitchen, bathroom, laundry, and similar exhaust systems.

  • Clothes dryer exhaust systems.

  • Fuel-burning fireplaces, stoves, and fireplace inserts.

  • Fuel-burning accessories installed in fireplaces.

  • Chimneys and vent systems.

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