What does the home inspector look for in the plumbing system?
Your At Home Inspections, Inc. professional checks all the fixtures and most of the cutoff valves in the house. Water volume flow rate is checked as a function of the total number of fixtures that can be operated at the same time. The type of material used in the plumbing system is checked. (For example, the supply pipe from the street main is identified as copper, polyethylene, lead, polybutylene or galvanized steel, while the supply pipes in the house are identified as copper, polyethylene, lead, polybutylene, galvanized steel, or chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC)). Water heaters are checked for age, size, recovery rate, burner, and exhaust system condition. On well systems (private water), the well pump compression tank, switch control and gauge are checked, and the plumbing connections for filtration equipment are checked. Some typical defects in plumbing systems are leaking washers (valve stem seals), leaking/rusted traps and pipes, wastewater/supply-water cross-connections, l
