After inspection today, I left before the buyer and agent.
About half an hour later, I got a text from the buyer asking if I noticed the leaking valve at the toilet, and if it was in the report.
He stated “after I flushed the toilet, this valve was leaking for quite a while, but it did eventually stop”
I was puzzled, because I didn’t see any leaks or dripping, but thought, “great, now he will think I might have missed other stuff too”.
So I texted him back and said “nothing was leaking when we were there, what valve”??
Years ago (or back in the day) my sister was going to school in St. Louis. On one occasion the power failed and she called our parents concerned that the toilet wouldn’t flush. She is now a lawyer; what do you make of that? True story.
Morning, Danial.
Typically, when I flush toilets, all the faucets are running to insure there is ‘functional domestic water supply flow’ feeding all the plumbing pipes in that room. My mind might get distracted seeing during that time I am looking and testing other components, so not to waste time, so one might miss a hissing toilet bowl flush/refill mechanism valve even if you lifted the lid to look inside the bowl. Seeing I am hearing impaired missing certain noise frequencies happens but nonetheless, whom was being nit picky, the agent or buyer???
Your answer was spot on but I would “write extra hard” as a solution.
I have had to return to several homes after the inspection because clients purchased the home and stated “there was low water pressure Mr. Young.” “You did not report that for bathroom sink faucets.” Once I arrive I remove the faucet aerator and presto functional domestic water supply pressure for the bathroom faucet. I wave the $125.00 dollar re-inspection fee and move on leaving happy clients behind.
Good luck!
