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| The Complete Book of Home Inspection | 
 enlarge | Author: Norman Becker
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (29 reviews)
Sales Rank: 114331
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 289
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0071391258
Dewey Decimal Number: 643.12
UPC: 639785336136
EAN: 9780071391252
ASIN: 0071391258
Publication Date: June 13, 2002
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Probably the best source available for prospective homebuyer?s to use for evaluating property, inside and out. Originally intended to be for buyers and owners, it has sufficient detail that professional home inspectors use it throughout the country. Loaded with charts, checklists, and photographs, this is a must have for anyone considering a new or used home purchase. Nearly 75,000 copies are in print.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 A good place to start August 22, 2008
A good place to start, but you probably want to look for a newer edition.
 Great book February 28, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book was actually written by the man who founded the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI). Great information.
Excellent Home Inspection Book August 6, 2005
This home inspection book is an excellent collection of knowledge from a very accomplished licensed professional engineer who is also a home inspector. The book covers a wide variety of topics in a very thorough manner and allows the reader to not feel overwhelmed if they have to inspect a home. A good approach for using this book is to go through the home to see if you like the home. As you go through, note what type of systems are in place (oil furnace, gas hot water heater, etc.). Then read the book to provide some background to better prepare yourself to understand what you see when you inspect the home.
The guy did an excellent job of communicating his years of knowledge into a useful book. If you're going to do your own home inspection, this book should be read. I'm also an engineer and home inspector. It took me years to learn what is compiled in this book.
contents ok. December 10, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
this book covers all the topics on home inspection, and its material is ok. except that there is no color pictures, all the photographs are black and white, some of them could be barely seen. that put me off a bit.
 This book did not teach me anything I didn't already know October 25, 2003
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
If you are looking for a book that will teach you a lot about real estate and home inspections then this is not the book for you. The chapter information and text content of this book was very basic and did not teach me anything I didn't already learn from other books that were much better. Inspecting homes is something I have done for many years and I would not recommend this book to any customers or contractors. If you know absolutely nothing about real estate then you might learn a few things but not too much.
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