Over the past 10 years, I’ve found there are still a lot of people out there who think because they’ve had a code enforcement inspector look at their home, or an appraiser tell them the value of their house, they’ve had a home inspection. I also hear other home inspectors say we are not code inspectors. Let’s discuss a few misnomers. But first, let’s talk about the history of building codes. A Plethora of Codes In 1915, the Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) formed to develop the first national building code. The compilation of their code did not actually publish un ...
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