Gutter Home Inspection Narrative

When inspectors write up their home inspection reports the tendency in the past has been to be as brief as possible but being too brief may mean leaving too much open to interpretation.

Gutter home inspection narrative. Some important factors a home inspector should consider include. Routine gutter inspection and maintenance is a simple solution to prevent damage to your home and property from unwanted water flow. The following are narrative examples from the internachi narrative library. Installed properly gutters will help keep basements crawlspaces dry protect siding from backsplash stains protect windows and doors.

Batch problems short version asphalt shingles covering the roof of this home showed deterioration typical of batch problems. Aluminum loose nails sagging gutters at front and rear. From the estimate thru the conclusion of the work carlos made sure to answer all my questions to my satisfaction. Carlos did not know i was a former building inspector and i appreciated his professionalism.

Asphalt shingles inspector reference disclaimers asphalt shingle warranties asphalt shingle description number of layers general shingle condition deterioration replace buckled shingles ice dam removal damage substrate granules. Gutter inspection gutters gutters are not the most beautiful items we can add to our homes. Your home s gutters help to trap and control the flow of rainwater from your roof to wherever you want it to go. It s also usually easy to identify copper gutters even from ground level inspection as we illustrate below.

Qc indicates that a qualified contractor is recommended. But unless we have wide overhangs on our roof and our property is steeply graded away from the home they are essential for routing roof runoff away from the home. Gutter system material general system condition gutter condition downspout condition scuppers. When you have a narrative style report you typically have longer narratives and explanations and this additional text is in place to show what that looks like in the report with palm tech.

A narrative inspection report a narrative report provides a more detailed rundown of the inspector s findings written in an article format in which the inspector basically describes what was inspected how it was inspected and the results. Inspecting gutters and downspouts by nick gromicko cmi kate tarasenko and michael schroll according to internachi s home inspection standards of practice home inspectors are required to inspect the gutters and downspouts as part of the roof portion of the home inspection. Ms word format allows you to find almost any narrative in about 30 seconds.