Air Conditioning & Heating System Inspections for Closing
The Air Conditioning and Heating System is the most under inspected item on the whole house inspection.
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The job of your home inspector is NOT to catch every issue with your HVAC
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5 good reasons to have an HVAC expert inspect your potential new home:
1. HVAC is the costliest month-to-month expense
Heating and cooling accounts for nearly half your annual energy bill. With that much money at stake, you want to make sure your new home’s HVAC systems is running efficiently as possible.
Heating and cooling accounts for nearly half your annual energy bill. With that much money at stake, you want to make sure your new home’s HVAC systems is running efficiently as possible.
2. Assumption that "functional" means good condition
An HVAC unit can still be functional while hiding problems. Home Inspectors verify only if the system is operating. They do not poses the expensive tools to fully evaluate the condition of these systems and even include disclaimers on many home inspection forms attesting to that fact.
An HVAC unit can still be functional while hiding problems. Home Inspectors verify only if the system is operating. They do not poses the expensive tools to fully evaluate the condition of these systems and even include disclaimers on many home inspection forms attesting to that fact.
3. Heating & AC repair or replacement is expensive
No other appliance in the home is as expensive as the HVAC, replacement is a major financial investment. Knowledge is savings.
No other appliance in the home is as expensive as the HVAC, replacement is a major financial investment. Knowledge is savings.
4. Home Warranty? .
Home warranties claim that over 50% of the calls they receive are heating & ac calls. You will wait weeks to have a third party come look at the machine, the deductible cost more than most AC companies service call and most of the heating & air conditioning claims are denied by the home warranties. If all this wasn't bad enough..the Home Warranty companies do not always send a state license HVAC contractor.
Home warranties claim that over 50% of the calls they receive are heating & ac calls. You will wait weeks to have a third party come look at the machine, the deductible cost more than most AC companies service call and most of the heating & air conditioning claims are denied by the home warranties. If all this wasn't bad enough..the Home Warranty companies do not always send a state license HVAC contractor.
5. The Sellers Disclosure
If there is a lack of routine maintenance, the report may not be an accurate depiction of the current age and condition of the home’s heating and cooling systems.
If there is a lack of routine maintenance, the report may not be an accurate depiction of the current age and condition of the home’s heating and cooling systems.
6. Home Inspectors will not open your air handler and are
unable to tell you if there is microbial growth, mold and animal deposits present.
This can be costly to mitigate and buyers should want to know what they are breathing before they buy the home.
unable to tell you if there is microbial growth, mold and animal deposits present.
This can be costly to mitigate and buyers should want to know what they are breathing before they buy the home.
Rusted Through Heat Exchangers still produce heat when switched on.
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Dead rodents may be lining your air handler
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You may be breathing this
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This will cause failure
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