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Old 04-05-2012, 03:01 PM   #47
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Now that Home inspectors have come up in this thread, lets make some comments on what Cate has stated and why a home inspector may have missed the issue....

The most important statement is that the systems in the house where shut down this past winter. If this was all done properly all the water was drained, As the system was brought back on line, all the plumbing really needed to be flushed, with things like mixing valves and heater coils by passed during the process. If this wasn't done then a large amount of sediment could have been trapped in the system. A home inspector has one shot to look at the house, He can't decipher that there is enough sediment in the water system to cause a problem a week, or two down the road. So when he did his testing things may have checked out ok....

As sediment from the well, and plumbing system work it way through during the initial start up, the setiment is going to collect in low spots.... plugging up valves, heating coils etc.

While I agree that in Normal circumstances a home inspector should have caught this, this situation with the major house system being shut down for an extended period of time, does have a baring on the situation.....
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