Not a home inspection today…a winterizing for a RELO home…
I started to drain the WH into the floor drain into the (thankfully) unfinished basement…It began to overflow almost immediately. There wasn’t anywhere else to drain this WH and I didn’t have my pump as I have a new truck and it isn’t set up yet…(PITA)…I digress…
Pictures are of the crap in the drain…the depth of the plug (which explains the difficulty of getting that crap out)…and the crap from the drain…
I didn’t get all of it out…recommended a Rooter come finish the job…but I got enough out to allow me to drain the WH…
What if this had happened after an inspection? Lets say the homeowner moves in…watches HGTV…they tell him he should drain his WH once a year to get rid of sediment…he actually gets up (not football season)…and starts to drain the WH…the drain overflows and he calls the HI…bitc*ing and moaning…
I’m considering bringing a water jug of some sort on my inspections and dumping water quickly into the drain to observe.
I’m also changing my boilerplate to use when there are drains such as this to read something to the effect that the drain screen should be ATTACHED so as little kids cannot do this.
Thoughts?