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Home Inspection Glossary to help First Time Homebuyer's
Automatic Safety controls: These are devices designed and installd to protect systems and components from excessively high or low pressures or temperatures, excessive electrical current, loss of water, loss of ignition, fuel leaks, fire, freezing or any other unsafe conditions, with in the home.
Cross connection: This is any physical connection or arrangement between potable water and any source of contamination.
Dangerous or Adverse Situation: Any situations which poses a threat of injury to the family living in the home, or to the inspector when conducting the home inspection, situations which require the use of special protective clothing or safety equipment.
Engineering: An analysis or design work that requirs extensive preparation and experience in the use of mathematics, chemistry, physics and engineering sciences.
Functional Drainage: A drain is functional when it empties in a reasonable amount of time and does not overflow when another fixturs is operated at the same time.
Functional Flow: A reasonable flow at the highest fixture in a dwelling when another fixture is operated at the same time.
On-site Water Supply Quantity: Water quality is the rate of flow of water.
Primary Windows and Doors: Windowns and/or Exterior doors which are designed to remain in their respective opening year round and not left open for the entire summer.
Readily Openable Access Panel: This is a panel provided for homeowner inspection and maintenance which has removable of operable fasteners or lach devices in order to be lifted off, swung open, or otherwise removed by one person, and its edges and fasteners are not painted in place. These are limited to those panels within reach or from using a four foot stepladder, and which are not blocked, such by any stored items, furniture or building components.
Roof Drainage Systems: this includes gutters, downspouts, leaders, extensions, splashbacks and all similar components used to carry water off the roof and away from a home or building.
Shut Down: A piece of equipment or any system which is shut down when it cannot be operated by the device or control which a home owner should normally use to operate it. If its safety switch or circuit breaker is in the off position, or its fuse is missing or blown, the inspector is not required to reestablish the circuit for the purpose of operating the equipment of said system.
Solid Fuel Heating Devices: These are any wood, coal or similar organic fuel burning devices, including but not at all limited to fireplaces whether masonry or factory built, fireplace inserts and stoves, woodstoves, room heaters, central furnaces and combinations of these devices.
I hope this small glossary will be of help to First Time Homebuyer's, and others.
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Retired U.S. Navy, Captain Dale Baker
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12 April 2009-Posted at: http://bakerhome.activerain.com/ and Localism.com
