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Everybody's Building Code is a textbook that helps you understand and use the International Residential Code. The extensive Table of Contents and Index help you find the IRC provisions you need. The easy to read text and over 850 illustrations and pictures help you understand the often confusing IRC. Everybody's Building Code is for home inspectors, homeowners, real estate agents, contractors, students, instructors, and everybody who wants to have a safe home. This book is also a great study guide for those who wish to take exams such as the National Home Inspector Examination, state contractor license exams, and certification exams offered by the International Code Council.
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The primary objective of this commentary is to provide guidance to home inspectors who
use the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) Standard of Practice for Home Inspections,
version effective 1 March 2014 (HISOP). This commentary is intended to be used
by home inspectors. This commentary is not intended to be used by others to interpret or
explain the HISOP, to interpret or explain other Standards of Practice (SOPs), or to reduce or
expand the scope of the HISOP. In the event of a discrepancy or conflict between this commentary
and the HISOP, the HISOP shall govern.
Many home inspection SOPs are based on a version of the HISOP. When other SOPs are
similar to the HISOP, home inspectors may wish to use this commentary. It is important to
note, however, that when a SOP is mandated by state law or regulation, the state regulatory
authority is the best source of guidance about how to interpert and apply the SOP in that
state
