Principles of Home Inspection: Insulation

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This comprehensive text covers typical insulation and ventilation problems, their causes and practical implications, inspection strategies for finding them, installation issues, and improvement and repair options.

Basics of heat transfer and vapor movement are covered first to lay the groundwork for discussion of insulation and ventilation materials, systems and applications.

• Dozens of technically detailed illustrations parallel the text.
• Learning objectives, key terms, and margin notes highlight key topics.
• Inspection checklists summarize topics and serve as inspection field notes.
• Inspection procedures help readers develop a systematic approach and best practices.
• Topics and procedures discussed are consistent with ASHI