Home Inspectors just never know what they might find during a Home Inspection….
During a Raleigh NC Home Inspection, and just after testing/operating the plumbing fixtures of an upstairs bathroom, the Inspector (along with everyone else that was present) was amazed to find water leaking from the downstairs ceiling and into a light fixture! No…. we don’t think this is where the plumber had in mind for the water to go when the bathtub was filled and drained. The cause of the leakage was that there was a crack in the plastic over-flow drain piping piping connected to the hall bath tub. The home was just over three years old. As it turned out, the tub had only rarely been filled to capacity (maybe once or twice according to the owner)….and when it was filled enough for any significant amount of water to flow into the piping, well, it leaked…..allot. It was much better for our client to find this out before they bought the home rather than later. The buyer avoided the expense of the repairs because the issue was made known during the Home Inspection and repairs were negotiated to be completed prior to closing. Our clients saved themselves a good bit of money because they chose to have the home inspected. 
