A home inspector walks into a house and knows within ten minutes where the trouble is likely to be. Not because of a gadget, but because they know which parts hold water, which parts move air, and what a stain on a ceiling means about the room above it. Most of that is looking, and looking is learnable.
Twelve investigations across four systems, air handling, high-moisture rooms, water-holding appliances, and the building envelope. Each one covers what the part is, where to look, what to circle, and why it matters, with a sketch box and a line for one thing you did not know before. The detail is real rather than simplified. MERV ratings, condensate lines, the toe kick test, and what a white bloom on concrete tells you about water that already moved through it.
Every investigation is looking only. Nothing opens, attics and crawlspaces stay shut, and four pages carry an adult flag. Five field rules come first with a place to sign. A tracker page holds all twelve in one view, so everything flagged sits in a single column to hand an adult.
For ages twelve and up. If your family has already been through a mold problem, this book does something a guide cannot. It hands them the vocabulary, so a return air intake stops being the scary thing in the hallway and becomes a part with a job, a filter, and a date on it. The back holds a materials sorting page, a field report in their own words, a record of completion, and a page of notes for parents.
Receive the free workbook to download after checkout and print it at home.
A home inspector walks into a house and knows within ten minutes where the trouble is likely to be. Not because of a gadget, but because they know which parts hold water, which parts move air, and what a stain on a ceiling means about the room above it. Most of that is looking, and looking is learnable.
Twelve investigations across four systems, air handling, high-moisture rooms, water-holding appliances, and the building envelope. Each one covers what the part is, where to look, what to circle, and why it matters, with a sketch box and a line for one thing you did not know before. The detail is real rather than simplified. MERV ratings, condensate lines, the toe kick test, and what a white bloom on concrete tells you about water that already moved through it.
Every investigation is looking only. Nothing opens, attics and crawlspaces stay shut, and four pages carry an adult flag. Five field rules come first with a place to sign. A tracker page holds all twelve in one view, so everything flagged sits in a single column to hand an adult.
For ages twelve and up. If your family has already been through a mold problem, this book does something a guide cannot. It hands them the vocabulary, so a return air intake stops being the scary thing in the hallway and becomes a part with a job, a filter, and a date on it. The back holds a materials sorting page, a field report in their own words, a record of completion, and a page of notes for parents.
Receive the free workbook to download after checkout and print it at home.
