mikesh: Help me out, please. I'm wondering if this is a worthwhile standard for me. I don't do many home inspections and I'm a very poor inspector, so I could dearly use a guide. My concern is that I don't need a book of old code rules and obvious suggestions. What do you think?
For a person that does this a lot it is a practical application so I think this is a good standard for an electrical contractor. It is written so that it could be used with or as a checklist. Obviously a well developed checklist based on the standard would do. One thing I notice with the development of Standards.
They start out as voluntary, The customers for this survey are likely Insurance companies and realtors (customers of realtors). After a few years the standard becomes the defacto evaluation document. Since it caries a regulatory weight it will become compulsory after a few years if the industry takes notice and places faith in the document.
Probably the first edition will get some substantial rework in the first years following adoption as additional input and work is done under the standard.
