New to the industry? This book can be your saving grace, giving you virtually everything you need to diagnose, explain and even recommend what to do to remediate the general defect. With this book, new and seasoned inspectors alike may be able to reduce their work load by hours a day. No more referencing several different codes to assess a single area or to comprise a single comment. All the narratives were painstakingly thought out so as to reflect on both residential and commercial/residential buildings, in both terminology and the legal aspects in the framing of the narratives, while still providing a lengthy detail to express the issues. Many comments are also included to provide building owners with a general understanding of the materials and systems in the structure such as pipe materials, water heaters, gas system and appliances, cladding and siding, roofing, drainage, electrical system, HVAC systems and exhaust, fencing, driveways and parking lots, sidewalks, foundations, porches, decks, windows, doors, fireplaces, patios, lanais, gutters, and various other systems material types and descriptions. This is especially useful with a newer home that may have little to no defects. With little to reference in the report, the client may feel cheated or short changed, even though you provided everything you should have. However, when some references to materials and there common benefits and attributes/defects are added to a report, it provides the "beef" to help your client feel they left with something informative as they expected and more. As a Professional Home Inspector and Catastrophic Adjuster, I have seen countless times through the years in my business, referrals increased substantially as I perfected my style of integrating these descriptions into the report. I have spent years of my life compiling these narratives in the hopes that others do not have to."Life is worth living." With this book you can start living life, not working!