Items Not Part of Home Inspections
What you should know…
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Enter any area or perform any procedure which is, in the opinion of the home inspector, unsafe and likely to be dangerous to the inspector or other persons
Enter any area or perform any procedure which will in the opinion of the home inspector, likely damage the property or its systems or components
Enter any area which does not have at least 24 inches of unobstructed vertical clearance and at least 30 inches of unobstructed horizontal clearance
Identify concealed conditions and latent defects
Determine life expectancy of any system or component
Determine the cause of any condition or deficiency
Determine future conditions that may occur including the failure of systems and components including consequential damage
Determine the operating costs of systems or components
Determine the suitability of the property for any specialized use
Determine compliance with codes, regulations and/or ordinances
Determine the market value of the property or its marketability
Determine advisability of purchase of the property
Determine the presence of any potentially hazardous plants, animals or diseases or the presence of any suspected hazardous substances or adverse conditions such as mold, fungus, toxins, carcinogens, noise, and contaminants in soil, water and air
Determine the effectiveness of any system installed or method utilized to control or remove suspected hazardous substances
Operate any system or component which is shut down or otherwise inoperable
Operate any system or component which does not respond to normal operating controls
Operate shut off valves
Determine whether water supply and waste disposal systems are public or private
Insert any tool, probe or testing device inside electrical panels
Dismantle any electrical device or control other than to remove the covers of main and sub panels
Walk on unfloored sections of attics
Light pilot flames or ignite or extinguish fires
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