New Jersey home inspection NJ home inspectors perform  Certified New Jersey home inspections in NJ.

EARTH TO WOOD DISTANCE QUESTIONABLE OR INSUFFICIENT: 
Dirt is built up too close to the wood portion of the building or deck. When untreated wood and earth are very close there is increased risk of wood damage from moisture and/or wood boring insects. Try to maintain at least 2 inches between earth and wood. The optimum distance between earth and untreated wood is 8 inches with the absolute minimum being 2 inches. Remove the excess soil around the building, but in such a fashion as to not cause water to stand against the foundation. Water should always drain away from the structure for at least three feet and have a swale (or small ditch) carry it to a yard drain or to the street. A Landscape Service or a Landscape Contractor can be helpful in undertaking this task, as can a competent Handyman Service. Under the building excess soil may simply be scraped aside. This can be done by a Handyman Service.

The above information was provided by TWI Systems Copyright 1995-2005 1-800-553-5660

 

Home Inspection Checklist - New Home Inspection Checklist - Home inspector training - lung cancer asbestos - How to become a home inspector - Home Inspection Business - Mortgage loan rates - mortgage rate, second mortgage, refinance home rate information - SiteMap - list SarasotaFloridaRealEstate.html
This file was last updated on Saturday, 29-Dec-2007 18:28:45 EST * Copyright © 2008 All rights reserved by: Accurate Inspections, Inc. A New Jersey home inspection firm providing New Jersey Certified Home Inspections in NJ, by New Jersey Licensed home inspectors. Inspector of record Michael Del Greco, New Jersey Home Inspector License GI 0121.
New Jersey Home Inspection Del Greco