![]() To be efficient, I typically start filling the tub and then I inspect everything else in the bathroom while the tub is filling. Some bathtubs can take a really long time to fill, especially those two-person tubs. The other potential problem is forgetting about the filling bathtub. Thankfully, it only leaked down into an unfinished basement. He got distracted on his phone and forgot to watch, and a ridiculous amount of water leaked out of the overflow before I came to check on things. I once made the mistake of leaving my client in charge of the overflow at a bathtub that was taking a particularly long time to fill. The first is that if the overflow leaks, you better be there to see it leak the second the leak starts, or you’re going to ruin something. There are two potential problems with testing a bathtub overflow. Just remember though, these standards are minimums. Side note: testing bathtub overflows is not required by the Standards of Practice put forth by the American Society of Home Inspectors, nor the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors. I blogged about this here: testing bathtub overflows. Why don’t I? What if I paid close attention to the overflow while testing it, and made sure that I didn’t ruin anything? This might be a good thing to do and could have saved one of my clients a ruined ceiling. I didn’t catch that leak because I followed what I was taught and didn’t test bathtub overflows… but that got me thinking. I didn’t question why at the time, but I followed that advice and didn’t test overflows for a long time.Įventually, I received a complaint from a client who said their bathtub overflow leaked the first time they used the tub, and it ruined their ceiling. I was taught that home inspectors should never test the overflow at the bathtub. While I may be a second-generation home inspector, I also attended some formal home inspector training back in the day. I’ve been warned about many of these mistakes by more experienced home inspectors, but I guess I’m just stubborn. ![]() Surely more mistakes than most other home inspectors. I tell a lot of stories because I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I tell this story because I think that stories are more powerful motivators than simply saying “always do this” or “never do that”. ![]() ![]() I’ve told this story to everyone in my company who I’ve trained to be a home inspector. Yeah, that sucked.īefore I tell the story though, let me tell you why I’m telling you. I found out about it when my client asked me why there was water dripping out of the basement ceiling. One of my worst days as a home inspector was the day I flooded a second-floor bathtub. ![]()
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