INTERNACHI® CERTIFIED
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
Cleveland home inspector with over twenty InterNACHI certifications including certified Plumbing Inspector.
When choosing a home inspector in the greater Cleveland area, it is important to choose one that is certified and trained in how the home’s plumbing systems operate. Home Inspection in Lakewood, ohio is certified and trained as an International Association of Certified Home Inspectors® (InterNACHI®)Plumbing Inspector . This certification ensures that your home inspector has the additional knowledge, skills, and experience to accurately inspect the operability of the plumbing system. In addition to being certified as a Plumbing Inspector, with over 25 years of experience in home construction and inspections, your home inspector is proficient in all aspects of home inspection and provides thorough and accurate reports for every customer.
Choose Home Inspections of Lakewood, OH
When you choose HIC Home Inspection Cleveland, our customers can expect the highest quality service from experienced home inspectors when it comes to their plumbing systems or any other potential issues in residential properties. So if you need a Lakewood home inspector that is certified by InterNACHI®, choose HIC Home Inspection Cleveland for your next home inspection!
Why Choose a Home Inspector with an InterNACHI Plumbing Inspector Certification?
All InterNACHI certified home inspectors have access to the certifications offered by the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors, but not all home inspectors pursue these certifications. When you choose a home inspector with these additional certifications, you are selecting an inspector with a broader depth of knowledge and one who values the expertise required to deliver a higher level of service to the customer.
Before becoming certified as a plumbing inspector, individuals are tested on their comprehensive understanding of conducting inspections of the home’s plumbing system. This includes assessing leaks, inadequate water supplies, water contamination, and incorrect installations of components.
- Access to Plumbing System Components
- Air Valves
- Automatic Clothes Washer
- Automatic Dampers
- Bathtubs
- Bidets
- Breakage and Corrosion of Pipes
- Change in Drain Pipe Size
- Checklist for Bathroom Fixtures
- Chimney Connection
- Cleanouts
- Clearance for Water Closets, Lavatories
- Confined Space and Combustion Air
- Connections, Flanges and Joints
- Dip Tube Hole Inside Tanks
- Discharge Pipe on TPR Valve
- Dishwashing Machines
- Drain Valves
- Drainage System Sumps and Ejectors
- Dryer Exhaust System
- Dryer System
- Expansion Tank on Boiler
- Factory-Built Chimney Serving Fuel Gas
- Faucet and Fixture Temperature Control
- Faucets and Other Fixtures
- Fittings
- Fixture Tailpieces
- Fixtures
- Food Waste Grinders (Garbage Disposals)
- Fuel Connectors
- Fuel Gas Sediment Traps, Vent Terminations and Venting Systems
- Fuel Shutoff Valves or Electric Disconnect
- Glazing
- Gridded and Parallel Water Distribution
- Hot Water
- Hot Water Tank Defects
- Insulation Shields
- InterNACHI Standards of Practice
- Laundry Tubs and Trays
- Lavatories or Washbasins
- Lead Content of Pipes and Fittings
- Minimum Number of Plumbing Fixtures
- Minimum Trap Size
- Oil Storage Tanks
- Overflows
- Plumbing Support
- Potable Water
- Potable Water Contamination
- Procedural Inspection Checklist
- Prohibited Joints
- Prohibited Traps
- Protection
- Protection Against Pipe Damage
- Sacrificial Rod
- Sanitary Drainage
- Sanitary Drainage Pipe Material
- Seismic Supports for Tanks
- Separate Sewers and Sewage Treatment
- Showers
- Shut-off Valves for Fuel Gas Appliances
- Sinks
- Size of Water Supply Pipe to Fixture
- Slope of Drainage Pipe
- Solar Energy
- Storm Drainage
- Support for Fuel Gas Piping
- Tankless Coils from Boilers
- Thermal Expansion Control
- Traps: Trap Cleanouts and Trap Deficits
- Trenching
- Underground Fuel Gas Piping
- Urinals
- Vents, Vent Distances and Vent Terminations
- Water Closets
- Water Consumption
- Water Distribution Pipe and Material
- Water Heaters: Tankless Water Heaters, Water Heater as a Space Heater, Water Heater Tank Locations, Water Heater Labeling
- Water Leak Catch Pan
- Water Pressure, Friction and Others
- Water Valves for Tanks
- Wells
Plumbing Inspector Certification
In order to pass the plumbing inspector certification the home inspector must demonstrate a knowledge of
- How to most efficiently inspect the various components of the plumbing system;
- How to identify all components of a plumbing system;
- How the components of the plumbing system function and perform;
- How to best describe to clients any defects observed at the plumbing system.
