# Bathtubs **URL:** \ **Category:** Plumbing Inspections\ **Created:** [May 16, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603 "2010-05-16T10:59:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bjeffrey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/bjeffrey/32/174340_2.png) [@bjeffrey](https://forum.nachi.org/u/bjeffrey)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/1 "2010-05-16T10:59:45Z")
This question was asked back in 2005. How many inspectors out there fill the bathtub to the overflow drain? Regards: Bryce Jeffrey ---
**Author:** ![mcyr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mcyr/32/173319_2.png) [@mcyr](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mcyr)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/2 "2010-05-16T11:26:27Z")
I disclaim the overflow on tubs in my agreement due to so many in this area that are inaccessible. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bjeffrey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/bjeffrey/32/174340_2.png) [@bjeffrey](https://forum.nachi.org/u/bjeffrey)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/3 "2010-05-17T15:31:31Z")
83 people have looked at this thread and only Marcel answered! I could surmise that 82 inspectors do noy check bathtubs!:roll::roll::roll: ---
**Author:** ![mnahrgang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mnahrgang/32/2365_2.png) [@mnahrgang](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mnahrgang)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/4 "2010-05-17T15:37:11Z")
never even considered it… ---
**Author:** ![jfunderburk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jfunderburk/32/187920_2.png) [@jfunderburk](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jfunderburk)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/5 "2010-05-17T15:40:54Z")
I’ve done houses with 5 or more bathtubs. I suppose I could balance my checkbook while they all fill up, but I don’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![jjonas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jjonas/32/301755_2.png) [@jjonas](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jjonas)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/6 "2010-05-17T19:55:36Z")
> [@bjeffrey](#): > > I could surmise that 82 inspectors do noy check bathtubs!:roll::roll::roll: … or that 82 inspectors do not see value in responding to this (vaguely intended) thread! :mrgreen::twisted: ---
**Author:** ![ldapkus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ldapkus/32/58272_2.png) [@ldapkus](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ldapkus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/7 "2010-05-17T21:08:26Z")
> [@bjeffrey](#): > > 83 people have looked at this thread and only Marcel answered! I could surmise that 82 inspectors do noy check bathtubs!:roll::roll::roll: I actually take a bath at each inspection. The laundry appliances are also run through a complete cycle while I am bathing. Kill 2 birds with one stone.😉 ---
**Author:** ![jmckee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jmckee/32/211009_2.png) [@jmckee](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jmckee)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/8 "2010-05-17T21:21:50Z")
> [@ldapkus](#): > > I actually take a bath at each inspection. The laundry appliances are also run through a complete cycle while I am bathing. Kill 2 birds with one stone.😉 I’d heard that about you…awesome time management… ---
**Author:** ![belliott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/belliott/32/57038_2.png) [@belliott](https://forum.nachi.org/u/belliott)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/9 "2010-05-17T21:24:11Z")
I check them the same way I check the TPR valve and main water shutoff. ---
**Author:** ![ldapkus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ldapkus/32/58272_2.png) [@ldapkus](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ldapkus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/10 "2010-05-17T21:25:49Z")
> [@jmckee](#): > > I’d heard that about you…awesome time management… Thanks Jim, some people just don’t get it!! ---
**Author:** ![mcyr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mcyr/32/173319_2.png) [@mcyr](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mcyr)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/11 "2010-05-17T21:44:05Z")
> [@jmckee](#): > > I’d heard that about you…awesome time management… :mrgreen:That was funny Jim. ---
**Author:** ![belliott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/belliott/32/57038_2.png) [@belliott](https://forum.nachi.org/u/belliott)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/12 "2010-05-17T21:44:06Z")
Please do not tell us how you inspect toilets. ---
**Author:** ![mcyr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mcyr/32/173319_2.png) [@mcyr](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mcyr)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/13 "2010-05-17T21:50:24Z")
Well, Bob, I hope he checks to make sure the Black water wasn’t used for the tub water instead of the potable water. And the grey water wasn’t piped in to wash his clothes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![belliott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/belliott/32/57038_2.png) [@belliott](https://forum.nachi.org/u/belliott)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/14 "2010-05-17T21:58:03Z")
> [@mcyr](#): > > Well, Bob, I hope he checks to make sure the Black water wasn’t used for the tub water instead of the potable water. > And the grey water wasn’t piped in to wash his clothes. 😉 It all ends up in the same place over time anyway. Come to think of it ,what is the whole idea behind water conservation. Is there not the same amount of water on this planet as 1,000 years ago.? ---
**Author:** ![jjonas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jjonas/32/301755_2.png) [@jjonas](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jjonas)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/15 "2010-05-17T22:47:21Z")
> [@belliott](#): > > It all ends up in the same place over time anyway. > > Come to think of it ,what is the whole idea behind water conservation. > Is there not the same amount of water on this planet as 1,000 years ago.? Possibly… only there are 6 billion more people using it!!! ---
**Author:** ![mcyr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mcyr/32/173319_2.png) [@mcyr](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mcyr)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/16 "2010-05-17T23:29:12Z")
Seventy % of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, but less than 1% of that water is fresh water. Only 1% of that 1% is accessible for human use. If the current conditions continue, two out of every three people will live in a water-stressed conditions by the year 2025. Like Jeff said, there is more people. The population has doubled between 1950 and 2000. The Energy Policy Act of 1992 established water conservation standards to save the United States an estimated 6.5 billion gallons of water per day. I helped to contribute by installing a 1.28 gpf flush in my home. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![belliott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/belliott/32/57038_2.png) [@belliott](https://forum.nachi.org/u/belliott)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/17 "2010-05-18T00:04:57Z")
> [@jjonas](#): > > Possibly… only there are 6 billion more people using it!!! Guess it takes longer to recycle and people insist on moving where it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_A.MacNeish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90db22/32.png) [@Brian\_A.MacNeish](https://forum.nachi.org/u/Brian_A.MacNeish)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/18 "2010-05-18T00:29:55Z")
> [@mcyr](#): > > Seventy % of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, but less than 1% of that water is fresh water. Only 1% of that 1% is accessible for human use. > If the current conditions continue, two out of every three people will live in a water-stressed conditions by the year 2025. > > 🙂 If you check the water technologies sub-index of the stock market, you will see that it has returned better gains than oil!! Notice that GE has it listed on their home page under “Products and Services”. Jack welsh was no financial fool!! [http://www.ge.com/products\_services/water.html](http://www.ge.com/products_services/water.html) [http://www.gewater.com/index.jsp](http://www.gewater.com/index.jsp) ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_A.MacNeish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90db22/32.png) [@Brian\_A.MacNeish](https://forum.nachi.org/u/Brian_A.MacNeish)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/19 "2010-05-18T00:32:57Z")
> [@belliott](#): > > Guess it takes longer to recycle and people insist on moving where it isn’t. Or too much is, by times,…like along the banks of rivers that flood regularly!! ---
**Author:** ![mcyr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mcyr/32/173319_2.png) [@mcyr](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mcyr)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603/20 "2010-05-18T00:36:13Z")
Glad to see some people are working on the solution for a water problem in the future Brian. \*\*TREVOSE, PA.—March 17, 2010—\*\*According to the United Nations Development Program, more than 1 billion people, or about one in six worldwide, do not have safe drinking water and more than 2 billion lack access to adequate sanitation. If current water usage trends continue, by the year 2025 two-thirds of the world’s population won’t have enough clean water. [Next page](https://forum.nachi.org/t/bathtubs/49603.md?page=2)