Plumbing Inspection

Plumbing Inspections Show When Pipe Dreams Become Nightmares

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / January 19, 2022 /

Most of us can manage to unclog a toilet, retrieve a wedding ring when it falls down the drain, or pour some Drano in that slow-draining tub, but most plumbing problems are beyond the scope of the average homeowner. Too often, when we decide to call a plumber, it’s way past the time when we should…

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Plumbing Inspections Uncover Hidden Problems Before They Become Catastrophic

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / December 22, 2021 /

Plumbing is one of the most important systems of a house, so one of our jobs as a home inspectors is to put that system through its paces to make sure everything is working properly. Plumbing problems might be obvious — an overflowing toilet — or hidden —a disconnected pipe in the crawl space. Those hidden problems that…

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Some Home Inspection Reports Reveal DIY Fails That Will Make You Facepalm

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 20, 2021 /

Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in for “Upon Closer Inspection.” In the home inspection business, most days have a few relatively clean reports,  and some with notable but common issues- nothing to write home about. But…

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Some of Y’all Aren’t Taking Good Care of Your Homes … And it Shows

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 25, 2021 /

Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in  for “Upon Closer Inspection.” You know who you are. You’ve walked past that leaky faucet a hundred times thinking you’ll fix it later. You haven’t changed your air filters…

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Weird Finds That Can Stump Any Home Inspector

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / July 29, 2020 /

Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in  for “Upon Closer Inspection.” As home inspectors, we are considered “generalists” meaning we know a lot about a wide range of home systems, and we can point you in…

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