A-Pro Home Inspections include a comprehensive analysis of the home’s foundation system as part of the Structural Systems Analysis.
Your A-Pro North Home Inspector will describe through their reporting the visible conditions discovered relating to the foundation such as:
- Comprehensive Foundation Level that shows the high and low points of the foundation
- Foundation Cracks
- Visible Foundation Deflections
- Slopping Floors
- Floor Movement
- Cracks within interior and exterior wall systems
- Doors and windows negatively impacted by home movement
- Framing components and trim negatively impacted by home movement
LIFETIME VALUE FOUNDATIONS | YEARS |
Baseboard Waterproofing System | 50 |
Bituminous-Coating Waterproofing | 10 |
Concrete Block | 100+ |
Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) | 100 |
Post and Pier | 20 to 65 |
Post and Tensioned Slab on Grade | 100+ |
Poured-Concrete Footings and Foundation | 100+ |
Slab on Grade (concrete) | 100 |
Wood Foundation | 5 to 40 |
Permanent Wood Foundation (PWF; treated) | 75 |