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Home Inspection Basics -- What We Inspect
 I am often surprised to find that buyers, and even their agents, do not know what to expect from a professional home inspection. Inevitably, there are things that they "think" we inspectors will be looking at when, in fact, that system or component is excluded -- burglar alarms, cable and telephone, yard irrigation systems. Then, on the opposite side of the spectrum, there are those things that we inspect in detail that end up surprising many people -- the fact that we remove the cover from the electric panel, remove the cover on the furnace.
Home inspections vary from state to state, and from association to association, depending on the applicable standards of practice. My description of the inspection process, provided below, is general in nature but it should be helpful for those who are unfamiliar with the field of home inspection. 
In most cases, the home inspector will report on the following:
Site and exterior, including siding, gutters, downspouts, decks, perimeter slope of concrete and soil, earth to wood contact
Roof covering, including verifying ventilation
Attic, including the structural components, insulation and ventilation
Electric system, including the service drop or lateral, inside the panel and checking for GFCI protected receptacles, while verifying the operation of  lights and receptacles
Water heater, ... more

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