How sad that you’d have to belittle those skills.

I was not ignoring your comment I’ve been locked out of my blog…

Engineers do not make the best Home Inspectors just as an Electrician or a Plumber do not make good home inspectors. Home Inspectors are generalists. Engineers and trade specific individuals have been trained specifically at their respected diciplines.

Home builders and general contractors have an obvious broad range of knowledge and they make the best home inspectors in my humble opinion. At least that is how I see it here in Cincinnati OH.

Just as a home inspector at times needs to rely on the specific professional opinion of a structural engineer when 12% of the main support beam exhibits rot and another 15% has prior termite damage. By referring to a structural engineer, a home inspector is saying that he is not certain on whether the main beam needs replaced since additional damage within the beam may be present and that structural calculations are outsie the scope of the inspection. By doing this he is trying to save the homebuyers and sellers money by having the situation further evaluated instead of saying, “replace the main beam” (a $15,000 job) that may not be necessary after further invasive analization.

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