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House inspector

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: London EG Books 2005Description: v, 288p ill 18cmISBN:
  • 0728204894
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 690.2 $2 18
Partial contents:
Foundations -- External loadbearing walls -- Timber frame construction -- Ground floors -- Upper floors -- Roof structure -- Tiling and slating -- Chimney stacks -- Rendering -- Cracking -- Garden/boundary walls -- Finishes -- Windows -- Staircases -- Damp -- Electrical installations -- Plumbing and heating -- Drainage -- Rot and insect attack.
Summary: A concise but comprehensive guide to building defects and house inspection. Each chapter includes a brief history of building over the past century to help identify and understand specific construction details, illustrations and explanations of the most common building defects, and a checklist that can be used when carrying out a systematic and thorough inspection.

Foundations -- External loadbearing walls -- Timber frame construction -- Ground floors -- Upper floors -- Roof structure -- Tiling and slating -- Chimney stacks -- Rendering -- Cracking -- Garden/boundary walls -- Finishes -- Windows -- Staircases -- Damp -- Electrical installations -- Plumbing and heating -- Drainage -- Rot and insect attack.

A concise but comprehensive guide to building defects and house inspection. Each chapter includes a brief history of building over the past century to help identify and understand specific construction details, illustrations and explanations of the most common building defects, and a checklist that can be used when carrying out a systematic and thorough inspection.