This section covers an Overview of Footings and Foundations. Conditions, basement, crawlspace and slab-on-grade construction, soils, frost, special foundations. This section covers Conditions of Footings and Foundations. Shrinkage cracks, crack causes and locations, footing issues, bulging or bowed foundation walls, rot and insects. This section covers an Overview of Floors. Function and materials, characteristics. This section also covers Sills. Functions of sills, common problems with sills, and key terms.
Required Text - Structure - Principles of Home Inspection by Dearborn Publishing Co - 318 pages - paperback
Approved for: Oregon Home Inspector CEU - 5 credit hours $55 (Does not include cost of required textbook).
This section covers Columns. Functions, common column materials, common problems. This section covers Beams. Common beam material, types of products used for beams, common problems with beams, checking beams. This section covers Joists, learn the functions of joists, Subflooring, and Concrete Floor Slabs. Joist Supporting walls, joist conditions, subflooring conditions, concrete slab conditions. This section covers Solid Masonry Walls. Materials and types used for masonry walls, get a structural overview, the functions of the wall, common problems, caused of deterioration. This section also covers Wood-Frame Walls. You will learn the functions of sheathing, bearing walls and partition walls, reasons for bowing and buckling walls, wall framing problems, and key terms.
Required Text - Structure - Principles of Home Inspection by Dearborn Publishing Co - 318 pages - paperback
Approved for: Oregon Home Inspector CEU - 5 credit hours $55 (Does not include cost of required textbook).
This section covers Masonry Veneer Walls. Identifying masonry veneer walls, differences between solid masonry walls and masonry veneer walls, common problems, conditions. This section covers Arches and Lintels. Materials used for arches, bearing and sizes of Lintel, common problems with arches and lintel. This section covers an Introduction to Roofs. The types and functions, insulation and ventilation, anchorage, loads on the roof structure. This section also covers Rafters, Roof Joists, and Ceiling Joists. You will learn installation basics, flat roofs and cathedral roofs, ridges, gable walls, eaves, dormers, functions of roof framing members, causes of rafters sagging and spreading, and key terms.
Required Text - Structure - Principles of Home Inspection by Dearborn Publishing Co - 318 pages - paperback
Approved for: Oregon Home Inspector CEU - 5 credit hours $55 (Does not include cost of required textbook).
This section covers Collar Ties, Knee Walls, and Purlins. The main functions of a collar tie, locations, differences between knee wall and purlin. This section covers Trusses, Wood I Joists, and Roof Sheathing. You will learn about reasons for truss sagging, the difference between chord and a web on a roof truss, difference between a wood I joist and traditional lumber. This section also covers Seismic and Wind Resistance. You will learn the types of hardware used to improve earthquake resistance, issues in hurricane resistance for houses, shearwall, materials and fastening of a shearwall, and key terms.
Required Text - Structure - Principles of Home Inspection by Dearborn Publishing Co - 318 pages - paperback
Approved for: Oregon Home Inspector CEU - 5 credit hours $55 (Does not include cost of required textbook).
Structure Principles of Home Inspection by Dearborn Publishing Co - 318 pages - paperback
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