A New Home Warranty Inspection is performed before the one year aniversary of the closing and delivery of a new home, that you as the homebuyer purchased from your builder. There is an implied warranty where a builder is required to construct a well built home and a safe home according to industry standards including the International Residential Code (IRC) and the local Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) requirements along with all manufacturers product installation specifications. Your builder provides a one year warranty that includes all components of the newly built home including workmanship. You also have your direct manufacturer’s warranties for various lengths of time for many different products in your home. These manufacturers warranties in many cases require that their installation instructions were followed.

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The image above @ left shows a gas line to a water heater missing the drip leg (sediment trap). The image at right shows the required drip leg at the gas line as is usually required by the manufacturer of gas water heaters. This is usually clarified in the manufacturers manual for installation. If manufacturers instructions are not followed your manufacturers warranty may be voided if you end up having problems. This is just an example of how your warranty inspection can reveal not just workmanship quality and structural issues but issues that may void your manufacturers warranty due to improper installations by the builders tradesmen.

You, as a homeowner should make sure you received all direct product warranty information from the builder and should register all the products with the manufacturer.                                                                                          
On your Warranty Inspection, JWK Inspections will examine for proper construction techniques being present in your home along with checking for code violations, safety issues and manufacturers requirement violations. The Warranty Inspection will include a review of the quality of workmanship, materials, proper installations as well as performance of all components including structural inside and outside of the home.