 Home appliances are components that most inspectors will check during a home inspection, but are often not a required part of the inspection. Most Standards of Practice do not mention house hold appliances or exclude them from the inspection.
I do check the kitchen appliances during the inspection. The cook top is where I frequently find a problem, specifically the clearance to the microwave-range hood.
The minimum clearance should be 24 inches to the bottom of the hood -microwave unless the manufacturers installation instructions state otherwise.
This is problematic during an inspection since the installation instructions are almost never available for reference. The only thing to do is go by the known standard and let the homeowners produce, if they have them, the installation instructions.
Sometimes the defect is very obvious such as in the first photo. This microwave was so close to the cook top a larger pot would not fit underneath. When viewing the underside it was apparent some melting was occurring. Not good!
The second micro - hood looks okay, but the tale of the tape says different. This was also a brand new unit in a vacant condo so there were no signs to indicate if a problem might potentially exist.
This may seem like a small issue, but damage to the microwave-range hood or even a fire could occur if left uncorrected. It is always best to cook food not your range hood for dinner.
James Quarello
NRSB #8SS0022
JRV Home Inspection Services, LLC
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Thanks for sharing your tips. Many buyers would miss some of these items.