Room Description Tool: Lead/WDO Method

I. Introduction

The Room Description Tool: Lead/WDO Method (Nº 4) is one of the four room description methods included in the Room Description Tool, a very useful tool created by LICIEL Diagnostics to help you describe the property to be inspected. The other methods are:

Simple Method (Nº 1)
Grid Method (Nº 2)
Assisted Entry Method (Nº 3)

Note: These room description methods are explained in detail in independent WikiLICIEL articles. The Room Description Tool: Introduction, which help you describe the general structure and room components of the property subject to inspection, is also documented in a separated WikiLICIEL article. Kindly refer to those articles for more info.

This article is intended to show you how to use the Room Description Tool: Lead/WDO Method. You can use it together with the other room description methods. You can also easily export lead and termite data from this tab to the Lead Exposure Risk Assessment and Termites/WDO modules.

The Visited Rooms list, on the left, is determined by the List of Rooms you defined in the Field Section: Basics Tool: List of Rooms tab. You can also add a room using Assisted Entry (see section "II._AAdding a Room Using Assisted Entry", below). Rooms having elements that have already been described display in red.

The Components Description section allows you to select and describe the room's components.

I._A Entering Lead and Termite Information

To start the process of entering the Lead and Termite data, click in the Visited Rooms list on the left to select the room that you want to describe; then, take the following steps:

1. In Section 1, select a Component using the picture buttons, or the drop-down menu. If the Component isn't on any of the picture buttons, you can enter it in the text field. The software prefills the required Measurement Points in Section 3.

2. In Section 2, describe the Component using the drop-down menus, buttons, or use the drop-down menu as a text field to add and describe each Building Component. You can click on the corresponding (blank button) to clear the corresponding field. Click on to indicate that the element in question (window, ceiling, etc.) is located more than 3 meters above floor level, meaning it cannot be inspected using equipment regularly carried by a home inspector.

Note: You can customize these drop-down menus and buttons in: Tools > Software Settings > Databases: Drop-down Menus.

Enter lead measurements manually, or select from the drop-down menu. If you use an XRF device equipped with Bluetooth, you can import values directly into these boxes. Click on to display the Element's Description Termites Info tab (see below).

The behavior displayed in Section 3 depends on the setting you selected in the Random mode field (Tools > Software Settings: Field Section: Lead Exposure).

Complete the Measurement Points fields. When Random Mode is turned on, LICIEL generates random values in the Measurement Point fields after you have entered at least one genuine measurement.

4. Click on to send your input to the Summary section. LICIEL creates one line in the Summary section for each Measurement Point.

I._B Adding More Specific Data to a Line in the Summary Section

Double-click on the line you need to work with to display the Element's Description window. This window contains three tabs:

Lead Risk Info
Termites Info
Pests Info

I._B.1 Lead Risk Info Tab

1. Complete the fields on this tab. You may select from the drop-down menus or enter text in most fields. The Measures keypad, on the right, allows you to enter numeric values in the Measurement field.

2. When you have completed your entries, click on or click one of the other tabs to enter data in those areas.

I._B.2 Termites Info Tab

1. Check all applicable boxes in the Observations section.

2. When you have completed your entries, click on or click one of the other tabs to enter data in those areas.

I._B.3 Pests Info Tab

1. Check all applicable boxes in the Observations section.

2. When you have completed your entries, click on or click one of the other tabs to enter data in those areas.

Back on the Lead-WDO Method tab, after completing the description of an element, you can click on to clear the data from sections 1 and 2.

II. Summary Section

The Summary section displays the descriptions of the Components and Additional Features that were defined for the selected room.

You can click on to view the Summary section in full-page mode, which is helpful when working with many lines.

Use the following buttons to manage the Summary.

Note: Some options are available only in full-page mode.

	to sort the Summary lines. Be sure to save before you sort, as this also deletes unsaved lines in Summary.
	to import or export data from a spreadsheet.
	to move selected line(s) to reorder them.
	to minimize the Summary section.
	to duplicate the selected line(s).
	to delete selected lines from the selected room's Summary.
Send to section
	to send the selected line(s) to the Grid Method and Assisted Entry Method tabs.
	to sends the selected line(s) to the Lead Exposure Assesment Module.
	to send the selected line(s) to the WDO/Termites Inspection Module.

II._A Adding a Room Using Assisted Entry

The Assisted Entry window allows you to add rooms with a data entry interface, saving time by using the preset buttons and drop-down menus (kindly refer to section "II._C Configuring Options for Assisted Entry", below).

The buttons allow you to toggle the input mode between button mode and drop-down menu mode for each of the fields where it is available.

1. Double-click in any area of the Visited Rooms list to display the Assisted Entry window.

2. Complete the Location/Level and Room Name fields. You can choose from the drop-down menus, enter text, or use button mode.

3. Complete the Reason not inspected field if applicable. You can choose from the drop-down menus or enter text, or click on to clear the field.

II._B Deleting a Room Using Assisted Entry

1. Double-click in any area of the Visited Rooms list to display the Assisted Entry window (above).

2. Click in the Rooms List on the left to select the room you want to delete.

3. Click on (below the Rooms List) to delete the room.

II._C Configuring Options for Assisted Entry

1. On the Home screen's Menu bar, click on Tools > Software Settings to display the Software Settings window.

2. Click on Databases > Drop-down Menus to display the Drop-down Menus tab.

3. Select a Function from the drop-down menu to modify the Room List options.

Description Database Modification Options
This Function	modifies the options for...
Room List - Building Type and Venue Type (during input of Room information)	Location/Level (buttons or drop-down) Only the first 12 entries display in button mode, but all entries are available using the drop-down mode. You can reorder the the list in the Software Settings to be sure the ones you want display as buttons.
Room List - Room type (during input of Room information)	Room type drop-down Display of the Room type drop-down list (below the Name of Room/Area buttons) toggles on or off when you click the button on the bottom row.
Room List - Name of Quick Access Controls	Name of Room/Area buttons
Room List - Reason for non-inspection	Reason not inspected drop-down menu