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Illustrations from "The Illustrated Home"

Air Conditioning

Electricity

Exterior

Structural

Actual Inspections

Exterior

• Possible Causes: water dripping directly on to fascia from roof run off.

• Possible Causes: settlement of cement pad away from block.

• Possible Causes: water dripping directly on to fascia from roof run off, drip edge not functioning properly.

Structural

• Possible Causes: high humidity/moisture exchange at register.

• Possible Causes: settlement, possible lack of good ground or proper footing.

• Possible Causes: soil pressure cracks due to ground behind retainer wall having excessive water drainage and movement.

• Possible Causes: typical block home settlement, small and at weakest points

• Possible Causes: typical block home settlement with plastered walls.

Roofing aspects

• separation of clay tile filler from wall

• Gutter filled with debris making drainage slow and over flow possible.

• fasteners on clay tile showing, rapid deterioration of fasteners highly possible.

• temporary sealing tape on cracked seams.

• temporary sealing tape on cracked seams.

• seams separation/cracking possible leakage.