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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #30 on: July 05, 2008, 08:30:44 PM »

Just try it once Smiley I know lots of guys that still print on site AND add photos. Try it from home. When you print, print in draft mode which will speed up the print job.
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« Reply #31 on: August 03, 2008, 08:21:26 PM »

Hey Doug thanks for the template post. What do you do when there are less than 4 bathrooms? The bookmarks appear to show on the PDF and the headings print on the general info page that you would give to clients. You have a lot of detail listed have you thought about combining some areas to reduce the number of clicks? To me the bathroom part of the template is the most challenging as every house has at least one. Some have multiple half baths and bigger ones have more than four. Anyone have a maic wand?

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« Reply #32 on: August 03, 2008, 09:11:06 PM »

Roger, there is a magic wand, if you have more bathrooms you simply click Edit Template, click on one of the bathrooms and click the copy button. Your template really only needs one bathroom and bedroom as you can duplicate them as many times as you want instantly. Check out http://www.homeinspectorpro.com/Home-Inspector-Pro/How-to-move-copy-and-edit-items-in-your-template.html which is in the Animated Tutorials section for more detail.

Also many inspectors combine the bathrooms in just one section and the bedrooms in just one section. It creates a more condensed report. If you're going this method you just use the locations section to number the areas, like Master Bath #1, Downstairs West Bath #2, etc. Then within each tab you just number the comment, like under Sink tab you could put 'Moisture under sink was seen in #1,#2 (to say it was in both). This gives you a legend at the top of the page and the details under. This is especially good if you're printing on site as it cuts the number of pages down dramatically, plus in most homes you won't find that many things wrong in the bathroom/bedrooms so it makes the report fuller to combine them.

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« Reply #33 on: August 03, 2008, 09:16:28 PM »

Just noticed you said what do you do when there's less than 4 bathrooms! Go to Report Settings->Section Colors & Print Order. You can uncheck any section that you don't want to appear on the report.
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« Reply #34 on: August 03, 2008, 10:04:12 PM »

Hey Dominic, Thanks for the tip. Just a thought, if I use multiple bathrooms and I need to edit one in the template, it makes sense to delete all but one, make changes then copy the new bath to my favorite number of bathes.
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« Reply #35 on: August 03, 2008, 10:13:03 PM »

Exactly. That's why I recommend that you do the first bathroom, that way you'll have any new comments in it. Then duplicate it. We have it in the plans to eventually allow sections to be 'linked' so that if you add comments in one section it adds them in the other. This actually is how the program was 2 years ago but we got many guys who wanted the plumbing section in the attic to have different comments then the plumbing in the bathroom (for example). So we disconnected it all. Now we'll add in an optional sync so that you can have it either way.
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« Reply #36 on: August 04, 2008, 06:05:52 AM »

Hi Roger

I deal with the bathrooms like Dom said (above) 

I like to provide specific info on the usual trouble spots so that is why I use seperate bathrooms/ kitchens with specific comments. That way the client knows isues found in each bathroom without trying to discover which one is bath #1 #2 etc.  As for half baths just leave out the items not present or indicate not present.

As for bedrooms-- there are not so many things to point out so I cover them and the living room, dining room den etc. in the "other interior areas" section, like window hardware inoperative in master bedroom or fog in thermopane window in living room.

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« Reply #37 on: August 04, 2008, 09:09:05 AM »

I agree Doug. I like listing each bathroom separately. Dom has two easy ways to either add a bath on the fly or delete extra baths. I am thinking for my template I am going to set up two full baths and one half bath since that covers about 40% (the largest percentage) of the homes I inspect. Large homes I will add on the fly and smaller ones I will select not to print extra baths. In my area the realtors list 2 1/2 baths on the sales literature. If I say there are three baths (one being the half bath) I will get a phone call from some confused party. Thanks for your hel Doug.

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« Reply #38 on: August 04, 2008, 10:33:59 AM »

Some people are really picky I Guess...
I've never had a problem like that ...but in my neck of the woods there are not so many lawsuits.   

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