National exam
posted on November 18, 2009 08:39:43 am
What is a good national exam to take to be certified as a home inspector? NACHI or ASHI?

Inspection Refund fee
posted on November 18, 2009 07:15:58 am
Hi Guys, Good morning to all! Hey, I need a couple of things, and I hope you can help. First, I need a good, generic "hold harmless" form. You'll know why when I get to the second part. Secondly, I want your opinion on something that probably could, or has happened, to every inspector. I did an inspection, I'm just going to hit the highlights here to save time. In AZ the A/C is pretty important. So I ran the unit, got a good split. The rest of the house was in fairly good shape, less than 10 years old. Two weeks later the client contacts me, says that the A/C doesn't work, wants me to pay like a $500 bill from a HVAC company. He also asks why I put the disconnect in back-wards, and asks why I say the unit was working. To make matters worse, he's an HVAC guy of 32 years. (no offense to HVAC guys. But a guy in the business must see units that work one day, and break the next - that's how they get work!) He says the unit was free of all freon. So I look at my notes and explain the "good" readings I take from the registers. And how I don't put the unit in shut-down mode. The unit didn't have a fuse block, so I explained I didn't even have a reason to pull the disconnect out! I explain, "Someone has obviously touched the system since the inspection". He says "You were the last one there". So, I am going to refund the inspection fee (it's less than the HVAC bill!) just to get this guy off my back, I don't have time to deal with his "getting something for nothing" attitude. Has this happened to you? Thanks guys!

Halfway to IRC Combination License
posted on November 17, 2009 07:03:28 pm
As you are my second family (though I've never seen most you or had you over for Thanksgiving....) I passed the B1 and M1 test today for the ICC.:) Along the same vein, as the state trooper said to me some 30 yrs ago..."Young man, just because you passed your driving exam DOESN'T MAKE YOU A GOOD DRIVER" (and yes he yelled that at me). So it follows that just b/c I passed two ICC exams.... Preparing to take the E1 and P1 in December...anyone want to share helpful hints. I hear the E1 is super hard. Tooting my horn, Bruce