Plumbing Inspection in Erie, CO
Owner-occupied homes in Erie change hands often: 40% of the people who own here moved in during 2018 or later. Where houses move, inspections happen, and so do the arguments about what the report found.
The one-paragraph answer
In Erie, where 40% of owners bought in 2018 or later, a great many homes have been inspected recently. A standard inspection looks at what can be seen and operated; the drain line under the garden is outside its published scope and needs a camera survey.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25038.
When Erie moved in
On a turnover figure this high, most owners here bought recently enough that the inspection is within memory. The useful question is what was excluded from it, because that list has not changed and neither has the house.
| Owner households in Erie | Share of all owners |
|---|---|
| Moved in 2021 or later | 12% |
| Moved in 2018–2020 | 28% |
| Moved in 2010–2017 | 36% |
| Moved in before 2010 | 25% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25038 (tenure by year householder moved into unit), 2023 release. Universe: 12,960 occupied housing units, of which 11,534 are owner-occupied. This counts when the CURRENT occupant moved in, so it measures recent moves as a share of the housing stock — not a rate of sales per year.
What the inspection will not cover
Neither standard requires an inspector to determine water flow, pressure, quality or potability. A report can be entirely clean on a house whose water arrives at a pressure nobody would live with, because that was never a defect it was looking for.
Source: InterNACHI Home Inspection Standards of Practice; ASHI Standard of Practice.
What it is required to cover
The water heater is covered in more detail than most of the system: InterNACHI takes in the energy source, the venting connections, the temperature and pressure-relief valve, seismic bracing where it applies, and the labeled capacity. What it stops short of is operating any of it.
The full covered list, and why the distinction between the two lists is the whole of reading a report properly.
What to do about it
Read the exclusions in your own report before the findings. The findings say what was looked at; the exclusions say what you still do not know, and only one of those two lists gets attention.
The published standards settle most arguments: excluded, covered, and the separate instruction for everything past the building.
Other Colorado towns we route in
- Longmont 24% of owners moved in since 2018
- Minturn 26% of owners moved in since 2018
- Fort Collins 25% of owners moved in since 2018
- Green Mountain Falls 8% of owners moved in since 2018
- Kiowa 36% of owners moved in since 2018
Checking a plumber in Colorado
Checking a credential in Colorado
Colorado licenses are issued by the Colorado State Plumbing Board, Division of Professions and Occupations, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.
Inspection report in front of you?Read us the plumbing lines and nothing else — we do not want the document. We will route you to a contractor covering your area who can quote the items on it, and you are never charged by us. Any Erie job at all can be put through here.
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