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This is an encyclopedic public information website which provides © protected in-depth information on detecting, diagnosing, correcting a full range of residential and light-commercial building defects, failures, & hazards, indoor environmental hazards, indoor air quality problems, energy conservation, and alternative/renewable energy sources for buildings. Major topics provided at this website include the following:

• Air Conditioning systems & heat pumps, including no-cooling diagnosis and repair, product safety notices, air conditioning and heat pump duct systems, duct defects
• ART CONSERVATION including PAINT FALURE, DIAGNOSIS, CURE, PREVENTION and our MOLD INFORMATION CENTER.
• Diagnosing & repairing problems on buildings & building mechanical systems, including special topics such as AGE of a BUILDING - how to determine and ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING COMPONENT ID and NOISE / SOUND DIAGNOSIS & CURE and ODORS & SMELLS DIAGNOSIS & CURE and STAIN DIAGNOSIS on BUILDINGS or WATER ODORS, CAUSE CURE
• Electrical Systems in buildings, including wiring & electrical devices, including product safety notices, and special topics such as aluminum electrical wiring, unsafe electrical panels, defective electrical system products, including specialties such as LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEMS
• Energy Conservation in buildings, including various ways to cut building energy costs and increase building heating and cooling efficiency
• Environmental concerns on and around buildings including toxic mold, allergens, pathogens, gases, chemicals, and  other contaminants, including discussion of the validity of various inspection and testing methods, and special topics such as OIL TANKS INSPECT LEAK TEST ABANDON REGS
• Exteriors of Buildings including site design, site drainage, siding, exterior trim, building windows, doors, roofs, chimneys, walks, retaining walls and special topics such as PAINT FALURE, DIAGNOSIS, CURE, PREVENTION
• Heating systems including boilers, furnaces, steam systems, heating piping, heat and air conditioning duct systems, heating system controls, no-heat diagnosis, product safety notices
• Home Inspection education classes, online training, home inspection methods, home inspection standards, ethics, education and advanced techniques, including listings of qualified, certified, & licensed professional building inspectors, including specialties such as LOG HOME GUIDE and MOBILE HOME INSPECTIONS
• Indoor Environment describes how to inspect, test, detect, and correct most indoor environmental hazards.
• Insulation materials & insulation systems in buildings, including types of insulation, asbestos hazards, fiberglass hazards, ventilation and moisture problem diagnosis, cure, and prevention, ice dam prevention, basement water entry, building flooding, flood damage repair, prevention, and control methods
• Interiors of Buildings including choices of building materials, inspection of windows, doors, walls, ceilings, floors, trim, stairs, railings, platforms, for defects, damage, stains, mold, insect damage, pet damage, environmental hazards, or other safety concerns, and special topics such as MOISTURE CONTROL in BUILDINGS and SOUND CONTROL in BUILDINGS
• Mold Inspection & Test Methods and other environmental hazards: how to find, diagnose, prevent mold contamination
• Plumbing Systems in buildings including water supply systems, water supply and drain piping, pumps, wells, water heaters, water softeners, water testing, water treatment, drain piping materials, methods, problem diagnosis, and septic systems including septic system design, inspection, testing, maintenance and repair, and alternative septic system designs
• Roofs on Buildings & Roofing systems, including how to inspect, diagnose, and repair problems in various roofing materials, roofing methods, and the inspection and repair of roof installations such as slate, asphalt roof, membrane roofs, wood shingle roofs, metal roofs
• Safety inspection and hazard prevention in, on, and around buildings, including BUILDING SAFETY HAZARDS GUIDE, and FLOOD DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, SAFETY & CLEANUP and Safety Recalls and STAIRS, RAILINGS, LANDINGS, RAMPS
• Septic Systems & Onsite Wastewater Disposal, including septic system design, septic system inspection, septic testing, septic tank maintenance, septic system repair, and alternative septic system designs
• Solar Energy systems for buildings including design, problem diagnosis, repair. Also WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS.
• Structures of Buildings, including how to inspect, diagnose, and repair foundation problems, foundation cracks and foundation movement, pre-fab foundation materials, site problems affecting building structures such as settlement and water entry.
• Ventilation and building ventilation systems for indoor air quality improvement, moisture control, avoiding mold, and energy conservation
• Water & Well Systems, including water pipes, water pumps, water wells, water supply systems, piping, wells, water testing, water treatment, drain piping materials, methods, problem diagnosis

The website provides authoritative, un-biased, in-depth research articles on construction defect recognition, analysis, and repair data for building owners, inspectors, engineers, architects, construction managers. Information is provided with the assurance that there are no conflicts of interest – the website and its authors have no financial relationship with the providers of any building products, materials, or services which may be discussed.

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• InspectAPedia Bookstore lists recommended books, organized by topic & available for purchase. Most of our articles also include a list of recommended books for the specific article topic as well as other references, and information sources.
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Books & Articles on Building & Environmental Inspection, Testing, Diagnosis, & Repair

• Our recommended books about building & mechanical systems design, inspection, problem diagnosis, and repair, and about indoor environment and IAQ testing, diagnosis, and cleanup are at the InspectAPedia Bookstore. Also see our Book Reviews - InspectAPedia.
• Book Reviews - InspectAPedia
• InspectAPedia ^® BOOKSTORE
• Other Publications

The Home Reference Book - the Encyclopedia of Homes, Carson Dunlop & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, 2010, $69.00 U.S., is available from Carson Dunlop, and from the InspectAPedia bookstore. The 2010 edition of the Home Reference Book is a bound volume of more than 450 illustrated pages that assist home inspectors and home owners in the inspection and detection of problems on buildings. The text is intended as a reference guide to help building owners operate and maintain their home effectively. InspectAPedia.com ® author/editor Daniel Friedman is a contributing author. Field inspection worksheets are included at the back of the volume.

• Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction, by Steven Bliss. John Wiley & Sons, 2006. ISBN-10: 0471648361, ISBN-13: 978-0471648369, Hardcover: 320 pages, available from Amazon.com and also Wiley.com. See our book review of this publication.
• Decks and Porches, the JLC Guide to, Best Practices for Outdoor Spaces, Steve Bliss (Editor), The Journal of Light Construction, Williston VT, 2010 ISBN 10: 1-928580-42-4, ISBN 13: 978-1-928580-42-3, available from Amazon.com
• The Journal of Light Construction has generously given reprint permission to InspectAPedia.com for some articles at this website. All rights and contents of those materials are ©Journal of Light Construction and may not be reproduced in any form.
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