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Plumbing Inspection in Arizona

Across the 47 Arizona towns we route calls in, 28% of owner households moved in during 2018 or later. Every one of those sales came with an inspection, and every one of those inspections excluded the same list of things.

The one-paragraph answer

Across the 47 Arizona towns covered here, 28% of owner households moved in during 2018 or later. Nearly every one of those sales involved an inspection, and every one of those inspections excluded the buried sewer lateral.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25038.

PresalePipe is a referral service, not a contractor or a home inspector. We connect homeowners and buyers with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands. Every state page sets out who licenses plumbers there and where to check, so you can confirm before work begins. We carry out no inspections and no work, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call.

Turnover across Arizona

Towns in ArizonaCount
Change hands often (28% of owners or more since 2018)28
About the middle (16–28%)18
Rarely change hands (under 16%)1

The spread inside the state is the point. Florence is highest at 45% of owners having arrived since 2018; Fort McDowell is lowest at 9%. A state figure describes neither of them.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25038, 2023 release. Weighted across 2,241,970 occupied housing units, of which 1,475,483 are owner-occupied. This measures recent moves as a share of the housing stock, not sales per year.

The largest towns we route in Arizona

TownOwners who moved in since 2018Occupied homes
Phoenix26%545,009
Tucson24%372,096
Mesa29%214,247
Scottsdale25%137,970
Chandler25%116,455
Glendale23%109,530
Gilbert28%92,211
Tempe25%78,584

What is excluded, everywhere

The exclusions do not vary by state. Both InterNACHI and ASHI describe the inspection as covering readily accessible, visually observable systems and state that it is not technically exhaustive. Both exclude wells and pumps, septic and wastewater treatment, water quality and potability, fire sprinklers and gas leak testing. InterNACHI additionally names water flow and pressure, floor drains, shower pan testing and polybutylene piping.

What varies by town is how many people here have recently had a report in their hands to read the exclusions in. The full list is on its own page.

Source: InterNACHI Home Inspection Standards of Practice; ASHI Standard of Practice.

Checking a plumber in Arizona

Checking a credential in Arizona

Arizona licenses are issued by the Arizona Registrar of Contractors, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. Arizona licenses plumbing contractors rather than individual journeymen.

Towns we route in Arizona

Inspection report in front of you?Read us the plumbing lines and nothing else — we do not want the document. We will route you to a contractor covering your area who can quote the items on it, and you are never charged by us. Inspections are the theme here; calls of every kind are routed.

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