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Drain Problems: What To Look For- San Diego Home Inspection- Part 1
Drain Problems: What To Look For- San Diego Home Inspection- Part 1

 
First Choice Inspections is a San Diego County home inspection company owned and operated by Steve Stenros, a CREIA MCI home inspector (Master CREIA Inspector). Steve provides professional inspection services in San Diego, La Jolla, Del Mar, Coronado, Chula Vista, Encinitas, Carlsbad, Oceanside, San Marcos, Poway, Mira Mesa, Escondido, Fallbrook, and also in Orange and Riverside Counties.

 
A home inspector is a house detective- looking for clues or evidence- ways to find out the history of a home. I was conducting a San Diego home inspection at a 1950-built single family residence in La Mesa, CA. I was on the roof and one of the plumbing vents caught my eye. (The plumbing vents are the pipes you see sticking up through the roof.)
 
Clue #1: A home built in 1950 would have cast iron drain piping installed. The plumbing vents I was looking at were ABS piping (the black plastic drain piping used in modern residential construction) meaning either A) The original cast iron drain piping was deteriorated and was replaced with ABS, or B) The home had an addition/remodel. In this case, a ... more

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