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HEATING SYSTEMS

AIR CONDITIONING & HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS

BACKDRAFTING HEATING EQUIPMENT
BACKUP HEAT for HEAT PUMPS
BANGING HEATING PIPES RADIATORS
BAROMETRIC DAMPERS
BASEBOARD HEAT
BLOWER FAN OPERATION & TESTING
BOILERS, HEATING
BOOKSTORE - InspectAPedia
BTU USAGE MONITORS

CARBON MONOXIDE - CO
CIRCULATOR PUMPS & RELAYS
COMBUSTION AIR
CONDENSING BOILERS/FURNACES

DIAGNOSE & FIX AIR CONDITIONER / HEAT PUMP
DIAGNOSE & FIX HEATING PROBLEMS-BOILER
DIAGNOSE & FIX HEATING PROBLEMS-FURNACE
DIRECT VENTS / SIDE WALL VENTS
DRAFT REGULATORS, DAMPERS, BOOSTERS
DUCT SYSTEM & DUCT DEFECTS

ELECTRIC HEAT, DIAGNOSIS, REPAIR
ELECTRIC MOTOR DIAGNOSTIC GUIDE

FAN, AIR HANDLER BLOWER UNIT
FLOODED HEATING EQUIPMENT REPAIR
FLUE SIZE SPECIFICATIONS
FURNACES, HEATING

GAS BURNER Flame & Noise Defects
GAS PIPING, VALVES, CONTROLS
GEOTHERMAL HEATING SYSTEMS

HEAT PUMPS, DIAGNOSIS, REPAIR
HEATING COST SAVINGS METHODS
HEATING OIL PIPING TROUBLES
HEATING OIL TANKS
HEATING SYSTEM NOISES
HEATING SYSTEM TYPES

LP & Natural Gas Safety Hazards

MANUALS & PARTS GUIDES - HVAC
MIXING / ANTI-SCALD VALVES
MOTOR OVERLOAD RESET SWITCH

NOISE, HEATING SYSTEMS

ODORS FROM HEATING SYSTEMS
OIL BURNERS
OIL FILTERS on HEATING EQUIPMENT
OIL ODORS, LEAKY OIL TANK PIPING
OIL SPILL CLEANUP / PREVENTION
OIL TANKS

PLASTIC HEATER VENT
PUFFBACKS, OIL BURNER

RADIANT HEAT
RADIATORS
RELIEF VALVE LEAKS
Reset Switch - Heater Primary Control
RESET SWITCH - ELECTRIC MOTOR
Reset Switch - Stack Relays

SAFETY, HEATING INSPECTION
SAFETY RECALLS, Chimneys, Vents, Heaters
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM DESIGNS
SOOT on OIL FIRED HEATING EQUIPMENT
STEAM HEATING SYSTEMS

TANKLESS COILS
THERMOSTATS, HEATING / COOLING

VIDEO GUIDES: Heating System Videos

WATER HEATERS
WINTERIZE A BUILDING
WOOD, COAL STOVES & FIREPLACES
WOOD STOVE SAFETY

ZONE VALVES

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Photograph of workers installing a concrete floor slab  © Daniel Friedman 2007 Radiant Heat Inspection Defects List & Home Inspection Education
     

  • DEFECTS LIST - HEAT RADIANT - Home inspection list of radiant heat defects
    • Lists of important defects for residential buildings
    • What does a home inspector need to know? Home inspection training and education curriculum recommendations
  • BUILDING INSPECTION CURRICUM & CHECKLISTS - home
  • RADIANT HEAT - separate article
  • RADIANT HEAT CONTROLS - separate article
  • RADIANT HEAT Floor Mistakes to Avoid - separate article
  • RADIANT HEAT TEMPERATURES - separate article
  • RADIANT SLAB FLOORING CHOICES - separate article
  • RADIANT SLAB TUBING & FLUID CHOICES - separate article
  • BUILDING DEFECTS LISTS - separate article
  • Questions & Answers about education & checklists for inspecting radiant heating systems
  • References

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  • HEATING SYSTEMS - home
  • AGE of HEATERS, BOILERS, FURNACES
  • AIR FILTERS for HVAC SYSTEMS
  • AIR HANDLER / BLOWER UNITS
  • BOILERS, HEATING - home
  • BOILER OPERATING PROBLEMS
  • BOILER CONTROLS & SWITCHES
  • CIRCULATOR PUMPS & RELAYS
  • CONDENSING BOILERS/FURNACES
  • DIAGNOSE & FIX AIR CONDITIONER / HEAT PUMP
  • DIAGNOSE & FIX HEATING PROBLEMS-BOILER
  • DIAGNOSE & FIX HEATING PROBLEMS-FURNACE
  • DUCT SYSTEM & DUCT DEFECTS
  • ELECTRIC HEAT, DIAGNOSIS, REPAIR
  • FURNACES, HEATING - home
  • FURNACE CONTROLS & SWITCHES
  • GAS BURNER Flame & Noise Defects
  • GAUGES ON HEATING EQUIPMENT
  • HEATING COST SAVINGS METHODS
  • HEAT PUMPS, DIAGNOSIS, REPAIR
  • NOISE DIAGNOSIS, HEATING SYSTEM
  • ODORS FROM HEATING SYSTEMS
  • OIL BURNER INSPECTION & REPAIR
  • OIL TANKS - home
  • OIL TANK PIPING & PIPING DEFECTS - home
  • PULSE COMBUSTION HEATERS
  • RADIANT HEAT
  • RADIATORS
  • RELIEF VALVES, BOILERS
  • RELIEF VALVES, STEAM BOILERS
  • RESET SWITCH, Primary
  • RESET SWITCH, ELECTRIC MOTOR
  • RESET SWITCH, STACK RELAY
  • STEAM HEATING SYSTEMS & Controls - home
  • THERMOSTATS, HEATING / COOLING
  • WOOD, COAL STOVES & FIREPLACES
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Radiant heat system defect list: this article lists significant radiant heat defects, definitions, and home inspection education topics.

Green links show where you are. © Copyright 2013 InspectAPedia.com, All Rights Reserved. Author Daniel Friedman.

Home Inspection Education Curriculum - Heating, Radiant

Radiant floor heating zone manifold (C) D Friedman R ArlyckThis article series, beginning at BUILDING DEFECTS LISTS, provides lists of common building defects and basic defect knowledge that also outline recommended curriculum content for home inspector education. The building defects and inspection points listed in these articles also guide homeowners and home buyers to building areas that merit careful attention and often point areas of safety concern or important maintenance and repair tasks.

Readers should see RADIANT HEAT and HEATING SYSTEMS for our complete list of articles on this topic. Also see HOME & BUILDING INSPECTORS & INSPECTION METHODS. Use the Search Box at the top or bottom of these pages to find in-depth information about building, energy savings, and indoor environment inspection, diagnosis and repair at this website. Watch out: these inspection lists do not list all possible defects for the systems discussed, and not all home or building inspectors will examine all of the items listed here. CONTACT us to suggest corrections or additions to articles at this website.

Also see these radiant heat articles:
RADIANT HEAT
RADIANT HEAT Floor Mistakes to Avoid
RADIANT HEAT TEMPERATURES
RADIANT SLAB FLOORING CHOICES
RADIANT SLAB TUBING & FLUID CHOICES

RADIANT HEAT Defects List                              

  • RADIANT HEAT - separate article
  • RADIANT HEAT CONTROLS - separate article
  • RADIANT HEAT Floor Mistakes to Avoid - separate article
  • RADIANT HEAT TEMPERATURES - separate article
  • RADIANT SLAB FLOORING CHOICES - separate article
  • RADIANT SLAB TUBING & FLUID CHOICES - separate article
  • Damaged ceiling panels, electric radiant heat; e.g. holes in ceiling - damaged electric radiant heat panels
  • Improper installation: tubing not properly placed, too deep in slab (not normally visible, detect by adequacy complaints)
  • Improper installation: insulation incomplete, improperly placed, missing at slab perimeter (not normally visible, detect by adequacy complaints)
  • Inadequate heat
  • Leaks: (not normally visible, detect by adequacy complaints, wet areas, thermal or IR scanning)

THERMOSTATS for radiant heat systems

      • Anticipator problems

      • Damaged

      • Loose

      • Not level

      • Poor adjustment or calibration

      • Poor location

Readers should see RADIANT HEAT and HEATING SYSTEMS for our complete list of articles on this topic. Also see HOME & BUILDING INSPECTORS & INSPECTION METHODS. Use the Search Box at the top or bottom of these pages to find in-depth information about building, energy savings, and indoor environment inspection, diagnosis and repair at this website. Watch out: these inspection lists do not list all possible defects for the systems discussed, and not all home or building inspectors will examine all of the items listed here. CONTACT us to suggest corrections or additions to articles at this website.

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  • These curriculae and building defect lists are based on smilar curriculum documents first prepared by Joe Scaduto, an ASHI member who prepared course material for Northeastern University's Building Inspection Certificate program in 1988, subsequently by DF, InspectApedia's editor, for New York University ca 1988 and later, with others, recommended to ASHI, the American Society of Home Inspectors. ASHI did not adopt this material though currently that association as well as others offer extensive HOME INSPECTOR EDUCATION material. The curriculum and lists of defects are informed by additional analysis of the process of home inspection that was developed beginning Calgary, AB for Canadian and U.S. home inspector education and certification examinations in 1997. Other early contributors to home inspection education in the U.S. and Canada include Dr. Jess Aronstein, Alan Carson, Mike Casey, Mark Cramer, John Cox, Dwight Barnett, Douglas Hansen, Rick Heyl, Larry Hoytt, Bill Merrill, Kevin O'Malley, Dennis Robitalille, Keith Peddie, Pat Porzio, Roger Robinson.
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  • John Cranor is an ASHI member and a home inspector (The House Whisperer) is located in Glen Allen, VA 23060. He is also a contributor to InspectApedia.com in several technical areas such as plumbing and appliances (dryer vents). Contact Mr. Cranor at 804-747-7747 or by Email: johncranor@verizon.net
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  • Home Reference Book - Carson DunlopThe Home Reference Book - the Encyclopedia of Homes, Carson Dunlop & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, 25th Ed., 2012, 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. Field inspection worksheets are included at the back of the volume. Special Offer: For a 10% discount on any number of copies of the Home Reference Book purchased as a single order. Enter INSPECTAHRB in the order payment page "Promo/Redemption" space. InspectAPedia.com editor Daniel Friedman is a contributing author.

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