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Winterized Homes
I'm curious if any of you have seen what some of these folks who are supposedly winterizing homes are doing to the supply lines at the meter?
Check out the picture below.
How do you handle your inspection when you arrive and find the home winterized?
Many I know just go ahead and turn the water back on at the meter if they have shut it down completely or padlock the valve. This is only after they have went through the house and made sure all the fixtures are off.
They start doing this every year here in the DFW area around November every year and it sure screws up the inspection for sure.
These guys are also I've noticed draining the water heaters but leaving the breaker in the on position in the panel. I always make notation of it on my report that it should have been turned off when the water heater was drained and the person who drained it should be responsible if damages have occured to the water heater.
Also watch those garage doors, the idiots are locking them also with the overhead opener still in operable mode.
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