Putting people before business
Putting people before business
Information about common home inspection plumbing issues.
Water softeners are a very necessary appliance in some parts of the country where the water is “hard”. In these places water softeners are a common occurrence. Around the Charleston Lowcountry area…. not so much. However we do see water softeners occasionally and sometimes well observe a system someone might mistake for a water softener. […]
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Without getting into too much detail this article will try to take the mystery out of the different ways plumbers can vent your plumbing system. If you’ve ever noticed the plumbing pipes sticking through the roof you probably knew they were there to vent the plumbing drain piping. While most people understand how an individual
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Both sump pumps and sanitary sewage pumps sit inside a pit and pump out fluids in a similar way but they function in very different ways and serve very different functions. One source of confusion is that the words sewer and sewage can be applied in very different ways. In this article we’re going to
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This article will discuss four popular types of water supply piping we find in modern homes and some surprising issues you probably didn’t know about, but should. Copper, Polybutylene, PEX (PEX A and PEX B) and CPVC. About Copper Piping Advantages of Copper Piping Copper piping in general has a very good track
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A sediment trap which is sometimes called a drip leg (although technically different) is a capped off section of gas line which is installed in such a way that any debris or moisture in the gas line will be caught in the trap where it can be cleaned out easily. The reason for this
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Purpose of Dryer Vents The purpose of clothes dryer vents are to reliably transfer the hot air, lent, moisture and in the case of gas dryers, combustion exhaust fumes outside the home. Often, especially on older home this is an afterthought and as a result a lot of functional and safety issues arise. Often
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CSST stands for corrugated stainless steel tubing. This type of gas line tubing is very popular among builders and contractors because of its ease of use, flexibility and its ability to save on labor installation costs especially over black iron pipe. Although there have been a few concerns with this type of pipe
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Combustion air is the air a fuel burning appliance needs to keep a fire burning. An appliance burns fuel but it also burns air. So for natural draft gas appliances the experts have calculated how much air it burns and how much air it will exhaust up the flue and wrote some requirements for
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What is a B Vent? A B vent is a double wall metal pipe used to vent gas appliances. There are other types of double walled vents too (like type L) but they are typically designed for other fuels. Minimum height of B vent is 5 feet. About Natural Gas Venting Of Gas APPLiances
A water heater is one of many areas a home inspector inspects and often it is one area where we find defects or safety hazards. Although some of the rules have changed over the years; water heater safety is still of upmost concern. Did you know for instance that if the safety features of
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P- Traps Home inspectors have to inspect the visible portions of the plumbing system to make sure there are no leaks, concerns or configuration issues. In the house, the traps for the sinks are visible below the sink in the cabinet under it. Under the home, typically the only traps which are visible
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Most modern homes are on a public utility but for those of us who live out in the country we might find out that the home we’re thinking of buying is serviced by a private well. I actually prefer well water and it comes with an added benefit of having no water utility bill.
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