See CHIMNEY CLEANOUT CLEARANCE to COMBUSTIBLESħ. This permits sweeping ashes from the fireplace into an ash pit for later cleanout improper construction risks a house fire. Fireplace ash pit door or opening is found in the floor of the fireplace, usually near the back (if present at all). Chimney Flashing seals the roof penetration to avoid leaks into the structure.Ħ. See CHIMNEY 'CAP' CROWN / TOP SEAL INSPECTION for detailed photos of these components.Ĥ. Chimney crown or chimney top seal, seals against leaks around the flue. See CHIMNEY RAIN CAP / RAIN COVER INSPECTIONģ. Chimney flue top or chimney rain cap (if present), required for safe, proper draft and to avoid water damage to flues. Chimney - used to vent flue gases from fireplaces or heating equipment.Ģ. For more complete, more-eloquent detail about each house part or system, click the links given by various house parts in this list.ġ. Note: for brevity this list of house parts, keyed to the illustration shown here, is condensed to keywords and phrases. See BASIC HOME INSPECTION DEFINITIONS OF TERMS, found below. Glossary of Common House Partsīecause we have found the the page top sketch (US Commerce Department Phelan 1931 cited at REFERENCES) published in several forms with and without a consistent key to the numbered house parts or even consistent numbers, we have made up our own glossary list keyed to that sketch - below.ĬONTACT us with suggested changes or additions to these terms and definitions. We also provide an ARTICLE INDEX for this topic, or you can try the page top or bottom SEARCH BOX as a quick way to find information you need. A key to the numbered items in this house parts list is just below. department of commernce (Phelan 1931), used later by US DHEW and also by New York State in 1955 ( Basic Housing Inspection) or earlier.

Our page top sketch was published in 1931 by the U.S. This is a public, consumer information document containing a glossaryĭefining some key terms regarding home inspectors in the United States Terms defined here may also appear in home inspection standards and home inspection licensing laws. This article provides a glossary of the main parts of a house and house structure and we give definitions of common home inspection terms used during home inspections or in home inspection reports. Names & Definitions of the Parts of a House: We have no relationship with advertisers, products, or services discussed at this website. She needs to know that I love her and I care and I will continue to “show up.InspectAPedia tolerates no conflicts of interest. More than words of counseling that may be said, this precious girl just needs my attention and the many hugs that follow. My response may not be in the most eloquent Spanish, but it is from my heart. But, I “showed up.” Like my father, I am available. I sit there so intently trying to understand the words through her tears, but the reality is, I don’t get it 100%. My fear is that my ears won’t translate every word correctly. I know that 9 times out of 10, it is a case of brokenness and pain that they will share with me, situations that will be hard to take in. This is where fear and trembling overtake me. Almost every afternoon, there is someone who “needs to talk.” It is being there so the girls know I care. There are many things to take care of in my department, but more than that, it is being there. Most afternoons during the week, I am at the Hope House. One very vivid memory that I have as a child, was being in my bed and hearing my father, very late at night, talking on the porch to a very broken man who had shown up at our house because he needed words of love and encouragement. Funerals, weddings, church services multiple times a week, youth service, men’s meeting, women’s meeting, and the list goes on. “Just show up”Ī big part of success in ministry is just “showing up.” For me, being in ministry for most of my life with my father being a pastor, I know all to well how we had to “show up” at everything.

Eloquent words for a front porch