Today, building inspection in many countries become an essential part of buying and selling a property. It helps in negotiation and guides your weak areas at home. Even many many property owners choose to inspect their property for various reasons. If you too plan to inspect the property and want to meet property standard, it will great to hire a professional that can generate a building inspection report.
Like hiring an expert is important, the same way knowledge of essential tools is also important for owners. This will help them to know whether the inspection is authentic or not. Knowledge of equipment will also assist in checking equipment usage in the right direction. So, this write-up is framed for the assistance that guides various inspection equipment with their usage.
Mobile Equipment
- Flashlight
Flashlight assists in getting pictures in dark. Therefore, make sure the property inspector must come with an LED flashlight with adjustable brightness. Ensuring backup battery will make the inspection process smoother. If the inspector will have a small pocket size flashlight, it will help him to look into tiny holes.
- Ladder
Ladder ensure the inspector to reach places where it is hard to go by normal height. Therefore, check your inspector must visit either by Telescoping or Articulating Ladder. Both are scratch-free and do not harm the floor with scratches.
- Tool Belt and/or Vest
It is hard to carry each tool in hands. Therefore tool belt assists in handling tools properly. They do not need to visit the tool kit bag for every item. This will save the inspector’s and your time during the inspection.
Electrical Testers
- AFCI/GFCI Tester
GFCI Tester helps to detect ground-fault circuit interrupter outlets. If you want to inspect the new building then this device may not be important. But, if the inspector has it will ensure you inspect any outlet especially between 120-volt and 240.
- Voltage/Current Indicator
This tool is used to check the accuracy of electrical current flowing through wires or devices. Basically, depending on home or commercial use the level of voltage indicator varies. For example, if it varies between 20-volt to 90-volt means a low voltage supply. Whereas above 1000 refers to the high voltage supply.
Moisture Meters and Thermometers
- Infrared (IR) Thermometer or Camera
Infrared camera and thermometer are used to detect moisture in those areas which are not visible with naked eyes. Inspector uses a drone or helicopter to take pictures of the top house view and find the moist area. This helps the owners to take adequate action on a particular area rather than repairing a complete roof. On the same side, the inspector also takes pictures of the internal house view for moisture detection.
- Moisture Meters
The most common weakness or IR camera is that they can tell you about moisture, but it is really hard to detect level with the camera. Therefore, moisture meter comes in the way to check moisture levels. You can take relevant action against high moisture levels and protect your house from damage.
Moisture meters come in two forms pin style and pinless. In pin-style meter, you need to insert a pin into the wood to check the moisture level. Whereas in the second case, there is no need for inserting. It works by scanning and guides you for larger moisture levels are. Check what your property inspector brings at your place.
Some other tools
Your pre-purchase building inspection does not end here with these major tools. There are some more required to support the property inspection process. Here we have a list of them:
- Water pressure gauge
- Tape measure
- Pen knife
- Level
- Compass
- Toolkit to unscrew anything
- Smoke pen
- Telescoping magnet to pick up anything small that dropped
- Simple toolkit to unscrew anything
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