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Plumbing Inspection in Longs, SC
About 40% of the people who own a home in Longs bought it in 2018 or later. On a turnover figure that high, the question is less whether an inspection happened than what it was allowed to look at.
The one-paragraph answer
In Longs, where 40% 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 Longs moved in
A town that moves this much has a lot of reports in circulation, and reports get reused as reassurance long after the visit. What was outside the scope on the day is still outside it now.
| Owner households in Longs | Share of all owners |
|---|---|
| Moved in 2021 or later | 10% |
| Moved in 2018–2020 | 30% |
| Moved in 2010–2017 | 31% |
| Moved in before 2010 | 29% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25038 (tenure by year householder moved into unit), 2023 release. Universe: 6,786 occupied housing units, of which 5,809 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
ASHI asks for the predominant material of the water service, distribution and drain-waste-vent pipes to be described. Predominant is an honest word for a house that has been altered more than once, and it is not a complete answer about any single run.
Source: InterNACHI Home Inspection Standards of Practice; ASHI Standard of Practice.
What it is required to cover
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 full list of obligations is published here. Reading it once is what stops a standard note from looking like a finding.
What to do about it
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.
The published standards settle most arguments: excluded, covered, and the separate instruction for everything past the building.
Other South Carolina towns we route in
- Murrells Inlet 32% of owners moved in since 2018
- Trenton 20% of owners moved in since 2018
- Townville 29% of owners moved in since 2018
- Great Falls 16% of owners moved in since 2018
- Edgemoor 37% of owners moved in since 2018
Checking a plumber in South Carolina
Checking a credential in South Carolina
South Carolina licenses are issued by the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission, Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. South Carolina requires a residential plumber license for work over $500, according to the Commission.
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 Longs requests that never appeared on any inspection.
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