Automatic Safety Controls: Devices designed and installed to protect systems and components from unsafe conditions.
Component: A part of a system.
Decorative Ornamental: not required for the proper operation of the essential systems and components of a home.
Describe: To identify (in writing) a system and component by its type or other distinguishing characteristics.
Dismantle: To take apart or remove components, devices, or pieces of equipment that would not be taken apart or removed by a homeowner in the course of normal maintenance.
Engineering: The application of scientific knowledge for the design, control, or use of building structures, equipment, or apparatus.
Further Evaluation: Examination and analysis by a qualified professional, tradesman, or service technician beyond that provided by a home inspection.
Home Inspection: The process by which an inspector visually examines the readily accessible systems and components of a home and describes those systems and components using this Standard.
Inspect: The process of examining readily accessible systems and components by (1) applying this Standard, and (2) operating normal operating controls, and (3) opening readily openable access panels.
Inspector: A person hired to examine systems and components of a building using this Standard.
Installed: Attached such that removal requires tools.
Normal Operating Controls: Devices such as thermostats, switches, and valves intended to be operated by the homeowner.
Readily Accessible: Available for visual inspection without requiring moving of personal property, dismantling, destructive measures, or actions that will likely involve risk to persons or property.
Readily Openable Access Panel: A panel provided for homeowner inspection and maintenance that is readily accessible, within normal reach, can be opened by one person, and is not sealed in place.
Recreational Facilities: Spas, saunas, steam baths, swimming pools, exercise, entertainment, athletic, playground and other similar equipment, and associated accessories.
Representative Number: One component per room for multiple similar interior components such as windows and electric receptacles; one component on each side of the building for multiple similar exterior components.
Roof Drainage Systems: Components used to carry water off a roof and away from a building.
Shut Down: A state in which a system or component cannot be operated by normal operating controls.
Structural Component: A component that supports non-variable forces or weights (dead loads) and variable forces or weights (live loads).
System: A combination of interacting or interdependent components, assembled to carry out one or more functions.
Technically Exhaustive: An investigation that involves dismantling, the extensive use of advanced techniques, measurements, instruments, testing, calculations, or other means.
Under-floor Crawlspace: The area within the confines of the foundation and between the ground and the underside of the floor.
Unsafe: A condition in a readily accessible, installed system or component that is judged by the inspector to be a significant risk of serious bodily injury during normal, day-to-day use; the risk may be due to damage, deterioration, improper installation, or a change in accepted residential construction practices.
Wall Covering: A protective or insulating layer fixed to the outside of a building such as: aluminum, brick, EIFS, stone, stucco, vinyl, and wood.
Wiring Method: Identification of electrical conductors or wires by their general type, such as non-metallic sheathed cable, armored cable, and knob and tube, etc.
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