| Home Inspection And The Facts
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| | the facts will disclose a deficiency,
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| While a home inspector looks for
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| | even if other obvious problems are not
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| significant issues and deficiencies,
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| | readily apparent. As an example, old knob
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| another part of the job consists of
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| | and tube wiring (pre-1950's) is a safety
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| providing basic factual information to
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| | concern that makes a home harder or more
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| the client. Often, this factual
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| | costly to insure. Old galvanized steel
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| information, when put in perspective,
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| | pipes, used as supply pipes or for drain
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| provides valuable insight into the
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| | systems, are of such an age that they are
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| condition of the home.
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| | currently past their design lives.
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| A home inspector provides facts to the
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| | Whether these old steel pipes are rusted,
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| client. Sometimes these facts and
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| | leaking or in good condition at the time
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| descriptions disclose obvious
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| | of the inspection, anyone buying a home
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| deficiencies at the lot or the home, such
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| | with pipes of this vintage should be told
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| as leaking pipes. Other times the facts
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| | that the plumbing will need an upgrade in
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| might be as basic as describing the
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| | the not too distant future.
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| materials used in the construction of the
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| | Any home inspector, who does not provide
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| home: the driveway is gravel; the
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| | essential information on the systems,
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| sidewalk is concrete; the furnace is new,
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| | components and materials found at the
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| propane and 80% efficient; the home has a
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| | home, is not a thorough professional and
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| septic tank; the water comes from a well;
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| | is not doing a quality job that serves
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| the shingles are architectural grade
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| | the best interests of his or her clients.
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| composition material and so forth. On
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| | This article was produced by the writing
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| other occasions, the inspector might
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| | team of Eric Badgley & Angee Gardner;
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| provide interpretations of the facts,
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| | specializing in Glacier Real Estate and
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| such as explaining why a certain
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| | Bellingham Real Estate, along with
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| deficiency is a significant problem and
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| | Skagit County Home Inspector. Making sure
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| not merely a trivial annoyance.
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| | buyers are protected.
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| It is not unusual to find that providing
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