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HKI Building Inspections
Helping Home Buyers Make Smart Decisions
HKI.Serving the Beautiful
North Olympic Peninsula
Licensed Home Inspector,
Washington State Department of Licensing
#493
Licensed Structural Pest Inspector,
Washington State Department of Agriculture
#74915
Helping Home Buyers Make Smart Decisions
HKI provides thorough building inspection services at a reasonable price. We observe, investigate, educate, and inform. Whether you are a first-time homebuyer or a seasoned veteran of investment properties, an HKI report on the building’s condition enables you to make an intelligent decision on your purchase.
An HKI Inspection
Puts You in Control
• Home Inspections • Commercial Building Inspections• Single Item or Partial Systems
Inspections• Troubleshooting and Building Defect
Inspections• Expert Witness Testimony
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We…
• Prioritize Defects
• Include Maintenance
Recommendations
• Provide Personalized Service •Report on Unsafe Conditions
DOL License #493
WSDA License #74915
A storm drain line was never
installed for this downspout…
Do you need a home inspection
on new construction?
This is other side of the
foundation, inside. Water
from the downspout was
entering through this hole
and causing ponding in the
crawl space
Rotted steps at
same deck
Properly-made
deck…
…Improperly-made deck
What might happen when
the clothesline securing this
service neutral finally rots
out or comes untied?
Home-made
electric
fence
With the unsealed vent at the
chimney, and the makeshift vent
sleeve (nearer the camera), will
this gas water heater backdraft
carbon monoxide?
If the manufacturer of this
condensing furnace wanted
a vent cap, they would’ve said so
The concentration of moss to the
right matched readings of leakage
in the ceiling below
Deterioration in the
building paper
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Patching with exposed nails
Rot
Can you spot a problem in this photo?
No guardrail on the deck!
This deck
was built
over another
deck!
This
wood-
burning
Stove was
cobbled
together
using a
55-gallon
drum
This chimney damper is being held
open with a butter knife…
Safe venting of
combustion
gasses is a lot to ask
of a butter knife
Rotted wood
attracts wood-
boring insects
This stump should
be ground out