Inspection Related Acronyms

[Brian Hannigan]

I am looking for a list of all inspection related acronyms that people put in their post.

Can you please help me with this?

[Rick Cantrell]

PITA
Personally Irritating, Tenacious Antics

[John Kogel]

I'll contribute the core items:
GFI, GFCI, AFCI, AAV air admittance valve, OSB, TPR, TPRV, PRV, HVAC, AC, HRV, heat recovery ventilation

SOP, COE, ASAP

[Rick Cantrell]

OCPD-Over current protection device

FPE-Federal Pacific Electric

IRC-International Residential Code
IPC-International Plumbing Code
IBC- International Building Code
NEC- National Electrical Code

[Brian Hannigan]

Thank you!

Keep posting them as you think of them.

[Mike Lamb]

AHJ - Authority Having Jurisdiction
DWV - Drain, Waste and Vent
OSB - Oriented Strand Board
POS - Piece of Sh*t

[Scott Patterson]

FPE is "Fire Producing Equipment"

[Vern Heiler]

PCO- Pest Control Operator

AMV- Adhered Masonry Veneer

[Jim Robinson]

PACM, EIFS, PEX, DHW

[John Kogel]

SEC service entry cables or conductors
EGC equipment grounding conductor
CB circuit breaker, and there are many more in the NEC
CEC is the Canadian Electrical Code

[Matt Fellman]

CPSC - Consumer Product Safety Commission
AWG - American Wire Gauge
UL - United Labratories
AFUE - Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
CMU - Concrete Masonry Unit
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
ASTM - American Society for Testing Materials
PVC, CPVC, ABS Plumbing

[Brian Hannigan]

PACM, EIFS, PEX, DHW

Come on Jim, are you going to make me look them up? ;)

[Aaron Miller]

PACM - presumed asbestos-containing material (never heard this actually used by an HI)

EIFS - exterior insulated finishing system (see also POS)

PEX - cross-linked polyethylene (see also POS)

DHW - domestic hot water (never heard this actually used by an HI)

[Aaron Miller]

UL - United Labratories

Should be Underwriters Laboratories :)


PVC, CPVC, ABS Plumbing

Polyvinyl chloride, chlorinated polyvinyl chloride, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene :)

[Chris McIntyre]

MWBC- multi wire branch circuit.
WH- water heater
LVL- laminated veneer lumber
PT- pressure treated

[Doug Campone]

PITA
Personally Irritating, Tenacious Antics

I thought PITA was Pain In The A$$

[Rick Cantrell]

I thought PITA was Pain In The A$$

With my way, when I call someone a PITA I have not violated forum rules.:D

[Aaron Miller]

With my way, when I call someone a PITA I have not violated forum rules.:D

Quite right. Like POS = probable obnoxious situation

[Raymond Wand]

WETT - Wood Energy Technology Transfer (Inspection organization in Canada used to inspect wood fireplaces, wood stoves)

NFPA - National Fire Protection Assc.

OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration

CDC - Centres for Desease Control

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

One other thing... I would never use the acronym in a report I would use the proper name as most readers of a report would not likely be familiar with the acronym.

[Jim Robinson]

I figured someone else would come up with the answers.

TPO = Thermo-Plastic Olefin - PVC (yet another acronym) roofing material that is used a lot here on low slope roofs.
EER - emergency egress requirement - may have been mentioned already

[CHRIS KRUSE]

CBS-Concrete Block and Stucco.

[Vern Heiler]

FVIR- Flammable Vapor Ignition Resistant

[David Wood]

NFG = Not Functioning Good
HVAC = Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
IR = Infrared
EPS = expanded polystyrene
XPS = extruded polystyrene

- - - Updated - - -

HI = Home Inspector :)
PE or P.Eng. = Professional Engineer

[Harry Janssen]

NFG,I have an other meaning,but can not post it.

[Jeff Euriech]

AAV(s): Air Admittance Valve
ABS: Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
A/C: Air Conditioning
AC: Alternating Current
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
AGA: American Gas Association
AHJ: Authority Having Jurisdiction
ALUM: Aluminum
AMP: Ampere, Ampacity
AMPY: Ampere
ANT: Antenna
ASB: Asbestos
AWG: American Wire Gauge
BKR: Breaker
BRKR: Breaker
BO: Building Official
BTU: British Thermal Units
BUR: Built-up Roof
CFM: Cubic Feet per Minute
CPVC: Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride
CSST: Corrugated Stainless-Steel Tubing
DBT: Drybulb Temperature
DC: Direct Current
DWV: Drain, Waste, Vent
EVAP: Evaporator
EXH AIR: Exhaust Air
FVIR: Flammable Vapor Ignition Resistant
GALV: Galvanized
GFCI: Ground Fault Circuit Interrupted
GFI: Ground Fault Interrupted
HVAC: Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning
J-BOX: Junction Box
MAX: Maximum
MIN: Minimum
PB: Polybutylene
PEX: Cross-linked Polyethlene
PRV: Pressure Relief Valve
PSI: Pounds per square inch
PSIG: Pounds per square inch gage
PVC: Polyvinyl Chloride
RMC: Rigid Metal Conduit
TJI: Manufactured I-joists
TPR: Temperature & Pressure Relief
UL: Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

[Scott Patterson]

Do folks really use acronyms like this when you write your reports? If so, why?

[Jeff Euriech]

Scott,

Brian was looking for acronyms that people put in their post. (he did not say report) A lot of the mentioned acronyms are common ones.

In my report, the first time I use an acronym in a paragraph, I will list the acronym and the complete words. Thereafter, I may use only the acronym. Example: PEX (Cross-linked Polyethlene), AWG (American Wire Gauge)

I also list all acronyms that may have been used throughout the report at the end of the report for further reference.

Jeff

[Brian Hannigan]

These are great. Thank you all and keep them coming.

[Brian Hannigan]

Thanks everyone!

Here is the cleaned up list I now have. Do you see any corrections or more that you add to this list?

A/C => Air Conditioning
AAV => Air Admittance Valve
ABS => Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
AC => Alternating Current
ADA => Americans with Disabilities Act
AFUE => Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
AGA => American Gas Association
AHJ => Authority Having Jurisdiction
ALUM => Aluminum
AMP => Ampere, Ampacity
AMPY => Ampere
AMV => Adhered Masonry Veneer
ANSI => American National Standards Institute
ANT => Antenna
ASB => Asbestos
ASHI => American Society Of Home Inspectors
ASTM => American Society for Testing Materials
AWG => American Wire Gauge
BKR => Breaker
BO => Building Official
BRKR => Breaker
BTU => British Thermal Units
BUR => Built-up Roof
CB => Circuit breaker
CBS => Concrete Block and Stucco
CDC => Center for Disease Control
CEC => Canadian Electrical Code
CFM => Cubic Feet per Minute
CMU => Concrete Masonry Unit
CPSC => Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPVC => Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride
CREIA => California Real Estate Inspection Association
CSST => Corrugated Stainless-Steel Tubing
DBT => Drybulb Temperature
DC => Direct Current
DHW => Domestic hot water
DWV => Drain, Waste and Vent
EER => Emergency egress requirement
EGC => Equipment grounding conductor
EIFS => Exterior insulated finishing system
EPA => Environmental Protection Agency
EPS => Expanded polystyrene
EVAP => Evaporator
EXH AIR => Exhaust Air
FPE => Federal Pacific Electric
FVIR => Flammable Vapor Ignition Resistant
GFI => Ground Fault Interrupted
HI => Home Inspector
HVAC => Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
IBC => International Building Code
interNACHI => International Association of Certified Home Inspectors
IPC => International Plumbing Code
IR => Infrared
IRC => International Residential Code
J-BOX => Junction Box
LVL => Laminated veneer lumber
MAX => Maximum
MIN => Minimum
MWBC => Multi wire branch circuit
NAHI => National Association of Home Inspectors
NEC => National Electrical Code
NFPA => National Fire Protection Association
OCPD => Over current protection device
OSB => Oriented Strand Board
OSHA => Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PACM => Presumed asbestos-containing material
PB => Polybutylene
PCO => Pest Control Operator
PE => Professional Engineer
PEX => Cross-linked polyethylene
PRV => Pressure Relief Valve
PSI => Pounds per square inch
PSIG => Pounds per square inch gauge
PT => Pressure treated
PVC => Polyvinyl chloride
RMC => Rigid Metal Conduit
SEC => Service entry cables or conductors
TJI => Manufactured I-joists
TPO => Thermo-Plastic Olefin
UL => Underwriters Laboratories
WETT => Wood Energy Technology Transfer
WH => Water heater
XPS => Extruded polystyrene

[Brian Hannigan]

I'll contribute the core items:
GFI, GFCI, AFCI, AAV air admittance valve, OSB, TPR, TPRV, PRV, HVAC, AC, HRV, heat recovery ventilation

SOP, COE, ASAP


John, I see a couple in your list that I did not get. I will get them later.

[Aaron Miller]

Brian:

While it may be a hair-splitting point to make, most of those are not actually acronyms, but rather abbreviations. The difference being that acronyms are abbreviations that are pronounced as words. Some on the list that qualify would be AMP, ASHI, CREIA, HVAC (maybe), InterNACHI, J-Box, NAHI, and OSHA. I have not heard any of the others used as acronyms.

Thanks,

Aaron

[Gunnar Alquist]

It's pretty clear that Brian has made it so you can hover your mouse cursor over the acronym/abbreviation to find out the meaning. Pretty helpful, particularly to the newer inspectors who don't know terms like AHJ. Just hover over the letters and you will see the definition.

[Trent Tarter]

Here's a few

WDO - Wood Destroying Organism
WDI - Wood Destroying Insect
SPI - Structural Pest Inspector
PB - Polybutylene
SIP - Structural Insulated Panel
ICF - Insulated Concrete Forms
CMU - Concrete Masonry Unit
DWV - Drain-Waste-Vent
PWF - Permanent Wood Foundation
FUBAR - Flubbed up beyond all recognition