A-Pro Home Inspections include a comprehensive analysis of the home’s foundation system as part of the Structural Systems Analysis. Your A-Pro 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 – 65
Post and Tensioned Slab on Grade                             100+
Poured-Concrete Footings and Foundation               100+
Slab on Grade (concrete)                                             100
Wood Foundation                                                         5 – 40
Permanent Wood Foundation (PWF: treated)             75