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The InterNACHI House of Horrors, a full-size, defect-ridden home built inside a special NACHI.TV studio.
Model of full-size mock house being built indoors, inside a NACHI.TV studio.
The International Association of Certified Home Inspectors (InterNACHI) is pleased
to announce that it is building the ultimate inspection training facility... The
InterNACHI House of Horrors TM.
The project is designed to provide inspectors with very real hands-on training using
an actual home intentionally built to contain hundreds of real defects. The full-size
mock house is being built indoors, in a NACHI.TV studio and will be used to produce advanced, online video training courses. An online inspector obstacle course using the House of Horrors TM is also being developed and will include a video game-style, virtual exam to test defect recognition skills.
InterNACHI and NACHI.TV have already teamed up and created next-generation online education with NACHI.TV streaming video technology and InterNACHI’s state-of-the-art online
education and testing systems. Each course includes:
- free, downloadable course materials (yours to keep).
- inexpensive online video class.
- free online, final exam.
- free printable certificate of completion.
- InterNACHI, MICB, IAC2, and state continuing education approval.
The House of Horrors TM will be intentionally modified to include:
- Improperly wired outlets.
- Plumbing code violations.
- An electrical service full of violations
- 6 different sidings & stucco exterior finishes.
- A dozen different roofing systems.
- Cut-away drywall to expose framing members.
- Environmental hazards.
- Various insulations of various R-values.
- Improper gutter/downspout systems.
- Heating systems with defects.
- Green building features.
- Over 40 different safety concerns.
- And a glass floor that allows students to see structure.
The House of Horrors TM will also have a set of stairs with a deck for visiting inspectors to access the roof and chimney, and will even have a sprinkler to simulate rain. Various inspection tools and meters will be available for use. Because the house will have many times the defects found in a typical inspection, visiting inspectors will be provided with an experience superior to ride-a-longs, online aids, classroom training or correspondence courses. The house will also include defects commonly found on commercial inspections and new construction.
The specially dedicated NACHI.TV studio, host to the House of Horrors TM, will also have an indoor classroom and an industry vendor display room (see
Sponsors below). The training facility will be available to ALL home inspection
schools, community colleges, seminars, field trips, vocational schools and of
course InterNACHI events. And like all of InterNACHI's existing education, courses developed using the House of Horrors TM be submitted for state continuing education approval.
A wax dummy of a real estate agent has yet to be procured.
PLEASE be generous with your thoughts and ideas regarding this project. A thread
on the message board for industry input can be found by clicking here.
Sponsors:
InterNACHI's House of Horrors TM project is expected to get tremendous national and even international media coverage.
Sponsorship opportunities are available by contacting fastreply@nachi.org
House of Horrors TM is a U.S. Federal Trademark 77481794.
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