Featuring over 1,700 technically precise illustrations of a home’s major systems, The Illustrated Home, 2nd Edition provides a one-of-a-kind resource to home inspectors, homeowners and real estate professionals alike. Each image in the book is referenced by number, which can then be accessed on the CD-ROM and used in your home inspection reports.

This must-have reference book and accompanying CD-ROM provides an impressive collection of detailed home illustrations developed by expert home inspectors and engineers.  Special features include:  

• CD-ROM contains both full-color and black-and-white JPEG clip art at 300 dpi of all the book's 1,700 illustrations allowing for more professional looking reports that can be used with any report writing program
• Over 100 new and revised images on sensitive topics (EIFS, leaky basements, crack repairs, etc.), emerging building trends (steel-framed structural components), and appliances
• Your computer accesses the illustrations right off the CD-ROM, without having to save to the hard drive
• Image index makes searches quick and easy
• Detailed notes on each image enrich understanding of systems and components

Contents:

• Structural
• Heating 
• Electrical 
• Plumbing 
• Exterior 
• Roofing 
• Interior
• Air Conditioning & Heat Pumps
• Insulation 
• Appliances
• Index
• Report Instructions 

384 pages, 2006 copyright, 8 1/2 x 11"  

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