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Grading and drainage, foundation types, roof flashing, attic ventilation, the main panel, the tank water heater, the gas furnace, egress windows. Each topic has its own page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. 69 illustrated pages.
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Every page has one big drawing and a box with the parts, defects and numbers you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 9 parts and 65 topics.
You're on a practice question: a house on a slab, and it asks what you can't evaluate. You've poured footings yourself. You still hesitate between two answers.
Why? The course manual covers slab, crawlspace and basement in page after page of paragraphs. Three foundations described in words blur into one by the next morning.
In this book, that's one page. Slab, crawlspace and basement drawn side by side, each one cut open, with what you can inspect and what stays hidden written next to it.
Same with grading and drainage, roof flashing, the main panel, the water heater's TPR valve and the gas furnace: each one has its own page.
You see the difference, you get it, and you answer without going back to the manual.
The NHIE and the inspection order, site and exterior, structure and foundation, roof and attic, electrical, plumbing and gas, heating and cooling, interior and garage, and the report with an exam review: 69 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
The exam shows you a tank water heater and asks where the TPR valve sits and where its discharge pipe should end. Two answers look almost the same.
You open the water heater page and there it is: the tank cut open, the TPR valve on top, the discharge pipe running down, and the defects to spot in the box beside it.
Same with the main panel, attic ventilation, roof flashing, the gas furnace and egress windows: each one on its own page.
Home Inspector Exam Illustrated is 9 parts and 65 topics, all drawn, and it ends with the numbers to know on one page, the most frequent mix-ups and an exam day plan.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
What the NHIE looks like, its three domains, why your state sets its own rules, one inspection order for every house, observing without diagnosing and how to read a question.
Grading and drainage, gutters and downspouts, siding clearance, windows and doors, the deck ledger, stairs and guards, driveways and retaining walls, and trees.
Slab, crawlspace and basement, foundation cracks, basement moisture clues, floor, wall and roof framing, and wood-destroying insects and rot.
Roof coverings, asphalt shingle defects, a flashing map, the chimney from the roof, attic ventilation, insulation depth and what should never vent into the attic.
Overhead and underground service, inside the main panel, clearance and access, panel defects, grounding and bonding, wiring by era, GFCI and AFCI, and what the receptacle tester tells you.
The house water system, supply pipe materials, water pressure, traps and vents, the tank water heater and its TPR valve, gas piping, wells, septic and the sewer line.
The gas furnace and its venting, boilers and hydronic heat, heat pumps, central air, ducts, fireplaces and wood stoves, and CO and smoke alarms.
Walls, ceilings and floors, egress windows, kitchen and bathroom, dryer exhaust, the attached garage and the environmental concerns to recognize.
Writing a finding, safety vs repair vs monitor, the pre-inspection agreement, ethics and conflicts of interest, numbers to know, the most frequent mix-ups and an exam day plan.
At the end of the book: The numbers to know on one page, the most frequent mix-ups and an exam day plan.
Multiple-choice questions by house system, each with a short explanation, so you practice reading questions the way the NHIE asks them.
The most frequent defects and mix-ups by system on printable cards, to review in minutes before the exam or before a walk-through.
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Next to the course manual, you get each system as one drawing you can review in a minute, always in the same inspection order.
You go through the house system by system, see the defects the outline names, and practice reading questions the way the exam asks them.
You already know how a house goes together. The book puts it in the order the NHIE asks about it, so what you know comes out under the clock.
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Yes. It's not a beginner's book: it takes what you know and lays it out one system per page, in inspection order, with the defects to recognize. Next to your course manual, it's the version you can review at a glance.
Exam facts are checked against the NHIE candidate information and content outline published by the EBPHI. Code references are checked against the 2021 IRC and NFPA 70, and cited only where they can be verified.
No. It's an independent study book. It isn't published, endorsed or approved by the EBPHI, PSI or any state licensing board.
No. It's a study companion for the national NHIE content: the house systems, the defects and the inspection order. Many states that license home inspectors use the NHIE. Some add their own state section (state laws, rules and standards of practice) or use a different exam, and this book doesn't cover those state-specific rules. Training hours, field work and exam requirements vary by state: check yours with your state licensing board.
No. They're written for this book, in a multiple-choice style, each with a short explanation, so you practice reading questions by house system.
The book and the 2 bonus books arrive as a PDF by email, at the address you enter at checkout.
No. It's a one-time payment.
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Foundations, panels and furnaces: you see them drawn, and that's it.
You walk into the NHIE knowing where everything is.
Drawings make studying faster.
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