Principles of Home Inspection: Hot Water Boilers is a comprehensive text that is designed to give industry veterans a more in-depth understanding of their craft while also providing a text for beginners to learn a systematic introduction to hot water boiler inspection. This book covers the advantages and disadvantages of hot water heating while also discussing the differences between furnaces and boilers. The book addresses the sequences of operation, life expectancy in the efficiency of hot water boiler systems. The text gives an overview of hot water boilers and heat exchangers, controls, distribution systems, radiators, conductors and baseboards. The text also goes over radiant heating and thankless coils, as well as high-efficiency boilers and combination systems. Included in this 203 page book is a list of inspection tools, inspection procedures and an inspection checklist.

Principles of Home Inspection: Hot Water Boilers - Table of Contents:

• Overview of Hot Water Boilers and Heat Exchangers
• Controls
• Distribution Systems
• Radiators, Convectors and Baseboards
• Radiant Heating and Tankless Coils
• Mid- and High-Efficiency Boilers and Combination Systems
• Life Expectancy, Capacity and Sequence of Operations
• Inspection Tools
• Inspection Checklists
• Inspection Procedure
• Answers to Review Questions