Standards of Practice

  • Inspect
    • Floors, walls, and ceilings
    • Stairs, steps (including pull-down steps) and railings
    • Countertops and a representative number of installed cabinets
    • Representative number of readily accessible doors and windows
    • Fireplaces and solid fuel-burning appliances systems and components
  • Describe
    • Fireplaces and solid fuel-burning appliances
  • Not required
    • Carpeting except in areas in which condition presents a safety hazard (stairs and landings)
    • Paint, wallpaper, and other finish treatments
    • Window treatments
    • Interiors of flues or chimneys
    • Fire screens, fireplace doors, seal, gaskets, mantles, and surrounds
    • Automatic fuel feed devices and combustion make-up air devices
    • Heat distributions assists (gravity or fan assisted)
    • Ignite or extinguish fires
    • Determine draft characteristics
    • Move fireplace inserts, stoves, or firebox contents