Plumbing Inspection in Gwynedd, PA

The consequence of a low turnover figure is not that the housing is worse. It is that far fewer people here have ever had a third party examine their plumbing, and the ones who did, did it a long time ago.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25038 (tenure by year householder moved into unit), 2023 release. Universe: 367 occupied housing units, of which 74 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.

The water heater is covered in some detail by both standards — and InterNACHI is equally explicit that nobody is required to measure its capacity, temperature or adequacy, or to test the relief valve. It is looked at, not operated.

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

Both standards cover the interior drain, waste and vent system, and ASHI asks for the predominant material of the service, distribution and DWV pipes to be described. A report naming one material is describing the majority of the house, not every run in it.

The covered list in full. Most people read the exclusions and stop; the two only mean anything against each other.

Read the exclusions in your own report before the findings. The findings say what was looked at; the exclusions say what you still do not know, and only one of those two lists gets attention.

Before you accept a report, read what it did not have to cover against what it did. Then decide whether the drains outside need their own visit.

• Strasburg 14% of owners moved in since 2018
• Bala Cynwyd 11% of owners moved in since 2018
• Bally 13% of owners moved in since 2018
• Glenville 10% of owners moved in since 2018
• Glen Mills 20% of owners moved in since 2018

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Checking a credential in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has no state license for plumbers. Its Department of Labor and Industry states it has no jurisdiction and keeps no records of which municipalities require one, so the only reliable answer is your own city or township. Start here. Ask the contractor which municipality licenses them and confirm it with that office before work begins.