It is important to know why a P.E. is a wise choice for your home inspection. A P.E. can offer you opinions not available from a non-engineer home inspector.
No two houses are alike, each home has unique characteristics which may require the home inspection engineer to call upon their engineering educational background; this is a background that
non-engineers do not posses.
The professional engineer home inspector seeks alternatives to discovered problems that may not be apparent to non-engineer home inspectors because the very nature of the engineering education
and training is problem solving. Technical skill and professional judgment are the very essence of a licensed engineer’s decision making process.
The licensed engineer has achieved a level of engineering competence not found in the non-engineer home inspector. In fact, the NSPE (National Society of Professional Engineers) code of ethics
specifies that the professional engineer “undertake engineering assignments for which he/she will be responsible only when qualified by training or experience.”
The licensed engineer is pledged to protect the public; the health, safety and welfare of the public is fundamental to the licensed engineer’s work ethic. A P.E. is licensed to practice
engineering in much the same way as a doctor is licensed to practice medicine; home inspections are much like a visit to the doctor’s office.
The P.E. home inspector is a professional and is proud of that profession. P.E.s have been widely recognized for the contributions they have made to the quality of life of every man, woman and
child and that includes making America’s homes a better place to live.
The P.E. (Professional Engineer) home inspector is your agent and acts completely on your behalf; the relationship is a professional one.
Be sure to ask if your home inspection report will be stamped with the licensed professional engineer’s P.E. seal, that is your assurance that your home
inspection was conducted by a licensed professional engineer home inspector.
