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There's A Pipe Protruding from the Ground. What Could It Be?
When buying  house, it is very easy to miss potential hazards or concerns. This is why every home buyer should have an inspection of the property structure, systems and grounds. Agents do their best to alert buyers or sellers of any potential issues that could affect the sale or value, but we are not perfect and we can too miss things. A trained professional inspector is not only a separate set of eyes, but impartial to the sale and should be focused solely on the property to inspect.
So it comes as no surprise that something mysterious is discovered at a home inspection. On a recent inspection a thin vent pipe was discovered about a foot next to the property. The inspector in his report noted the presence of an underground oil tank (now, I don't understand the verbiage as he only observed a pipe, unless he purchased those new CIA branded x-ray goggles). The seller did not know anything of this as they purchased the property a few years back and it has always been gas heat. Tall grass and shrubbery made it easy to miss seeing that pipe. Nonetheless a plan of action was required.
Since locating a pipe, ... more

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