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Condo Entrance From Enclosed Staircase, Hallway or Garage
Let's start your condo inspection from the unit entrance doors.
The entrance to your condominium from an enclosed staircase, hallway or a garage must comply with the City of Chicago building / fire code requirements.
The condo…
Chicago New Condo Electrical Requirements | Condo Inspection
This section of my Chicago Condo Inspection Manual will help you to ensure that your property developer / electrical contractor followed local electrical code requirements while wiring your brand new condo or a gut-rehabbed property.…
New Hot Water Heater Installation Guide & Condo Inspection Tips
To start your inspection of a new water heater installation in a Chicago condominium you have to determine what type of a water heater you actually have.
The following water heater installation guidelines will most likely apply in any…
Water Heater Inspection Guidelines & Home Inspector Tips
Water Heater Inspection Guidelines
The following water heater inspection guide covers 3 types of the most popular water heater installations:
Gas, natural draft, tank water heaters utilizing galvanized steel vent pipe
Gas, power vent…
Don’t Make These 3 Rookie Mistakes When Buying Your First Home
Buying a home, especially your first home, can be one of the most exciting and proud moments of your life – but it can also be stressful and overwhelming if you aren’t careful.
More than likely, purchasing a house is the largest and most…
Top Ten New Condo Safety Issues & Defects
Fitting New Condo Safety Issues and defects into the Top 10 list is going to be a little tight, but you can find out about many other bad things from the Chicago condos by checking entire Chicago Condo Inspection Manual.
You would think…
Chicago Condo Furnace Installation Most Common Problems
This chapter of the Chicago new condo inspection covers most common furnace installation issues (based on my inspections). Furnace air return port must be located at least 10’ from the combustion chamber(s) (where the burners are) of gas…
Chicago Condo Inspection Firewall Separation or NOT
Even if you know very little about Chicago history, I'm sure you have heard of the Great Chicago Fire that started on October 8, 1871 ... maybe you didn't remember the date ...
This chapter of your Chicago new condo inspection covers…
Chicago Condo Inspection & Combustion Air Requirements
This part will cover Chicago condo inspection combustion air requirements for the gas furnace and water heater installed inside your condo closet / utility room (not in the building common areas) – this is an extremely important…
Chicago New Condo Laundry Room Inspection
Chicago new condo laundry room electrical
You can start your Chicago new condo laundry room inspection by looking at the electrical panel circuit breakers labels.
Laundry room requires a dedicated (no other rooms, outlets, lights on…