ASHI, the American Society of Home Inspectors, has posted a draft standard for deck inspections on their website and is seeking input from it’s members and non members alike.
From ASHI’s website- ”
The Standards Committee is accepting comments about the proposed ASHI Standard of Professional Practice for Residential Deck Inspections. The committee encourages members to read this proposed standard and provide comments to the committee. Please direct comments and questions to Bruce Barker at Bruce@DreamHomeConsultants.comBruce@DreamHomeConsultants.comBruce@DreamHomeConsultants.comBruce@DreamHomeConsultants.com. The comment period ends on 30 November 2016.
Click the link below to read the draft document.
proposed-deck-inspection-standards
The objective of this proposed standard is to provide the public with a valuable additional service that can improve deck safety. The intent of this standard is that members will provide this service to homeowners who want a thorough inspection of their deck using the most current deck construction guidelines.Date : 10/11/2016