For one reason or another, you might need your home inspected; or, it is obvious to request a home inspection before buying a new home. Right? However, for you to get a comprehensive, detailed, and charming home inspection, you need an experienced and award-winning home inspection company to do the job; and that is definitely what our company delivers.
When it comes to home inspection, there are several areas of interest. For instance, electrical wiring, plumbing system, and cooling system. The structural and mechanical components are also major things that need to be inspected. In this article, we will be looking at the structural components and the structural inspection checklist of major structures like Myrtle Beach.
What is a Structural Inspection?
A structural inspection is a form of home inspection that gives an opinion concerning the integrity and structural condition of the building. It inspects the structural elements such as the foundation, framing, beams, and floor joists. This type of home inspection is crucial and should only be performed by qualified registered structural engineers like the ones we have in our company.
What we Look for when Inspecting the Structure of your Building
For a building to be considered sound safe, our engineers will probe the building, giving a full structural inspection report of its soundness and structural integrity. Below are the major structural engineering inspection criteria used by our engineers, the criteria are the one used to come up with a detailed structural inspection checklist.
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Foundation
We all understand that the foundation is very critical when it comes to the soundness of the building. In this aspect, our engineers inspect all the visible and accessible portions of the foundation, which includes slab, walls, and floors. They look for any evidence of deterioration and distress such as cracks, bowing, and movements.
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Basement
The basement also includes crawl space water. Here, the surface drainage condition around the building is inspected. They will look for any evidence of leakage, water entry in the basement/crawl space.
