Plumbing Inspection in Ponte Vedra, FL
Ponte Vedra is a town that moves. 47% of its owner-occupied homes have changed hands since 2018, which puts the plumbing of a great many of them in front of an inspector inside the last few years.
The one-paragraph answer
In Ponte Vedra, where 47% of owners bought in 2018 or later, a great many homes have been inspected recently. A standard inspection looks at what can be seen and operated; the drain line under the garden is outside its published scope and needs a camera survey.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25038.
When Ponte Vedra moved in
On a turnover figure this high, most owners here bought recently enough that the inspection is within memory. The useful question is what was excluded from it, because that list has not changed and neither has the house.
| Owner households in Ponte Vedra | Share of all owners |
|---|---|
| Moved in 2021 or later | 15% |
| Moved in 2018–2020 | 32% |
| Moved in 2010–2017 | 44% |
| Moved in before 2010 | 9% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25038 (tenure by year householder moved into unit), 2023 release. Universe: 9,526 occupied housing units, of which 7,878 are owner-occupied. This counts when the CURRENT occupant moved in, so it measures recent moves as a share of the housing stock — not a rate of sales per year.
What the inspection will not cover
Water conditioning systems are excluded by ASHI outright, along with lawn irrigation, fire suppression and clothes washer connections. None of that is an inspector cutting corners; it is the published boundary of the service.
Source: InterNACHI Home Inspection Standards of Practice; ASHI Standard of Practice.
What it is required to cover
Sump pumps are in scope on both standards — InterNACHI for drainage pumps with an accessible float, ASHI for sewage ejectors and sump pumps. Accessible is the whole qualifier. A float nobody can reach is not a float anybody tested.
What is actually covered — because silence in a report means one thing about a covered system and something completely different about an excluded one.
What to do about it
Write down where the main water shut-off and the main fuel shut-off are. InterNACHI requires both locations to be described, and they are the two most useful lines in the document.
Both standards are public. Start with the exclusions, then the obligations, and read the sewer scope separately — it is ordered on its own for a reason.
Other Florida towns we route in
- Weirsdale 13% of owners moved in since 2018
- Saint Johns 35% of owners moved in since 2018
- Gretna 14% of owners moved in since 2018
- Sun City Center 36% of owners moved in since 2018
- Cape Canaveral 24% of owners moved in since 2018
Checking a plumber in Florida
Checking a credential in Florida
Florida licenses are issued by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. Florida distinguishes state-certified contractors from registered contractors, who are limited to particular counties.
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. We take Ponte Vedra requests that never appeared on any inspection.
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