Seems like the week for T&P stories ... thought I'd toss this one in:
In Texas we (HIs) are expected/required to test the T&P valve on the W/H unless there is a good reason for "not" testing same.
Well ... I could not come up with any good reason why I could not test the T&P valve at a property I was inspecting. Ergo ... twist, turn and trip the lever. Water flows lever 'resets' ... aahhh ... , but won't fully seat and seal. Constant dripping and during remainder of my HI I keep checking and trying to reset T&P. No luck ... continues dripping ... actually more than just a minor drip.
Oh well ... I wait until seller comes home and I advise her of the situation and how T&P valves are to be tested and so on. Seller says she is calling plumber and will get it handled.
Great. Two days later I get a call from the buyer's agent (she had heard the information from me already) and told me that the seller's agent (BTW a 'new' agent) was demanding I pay for causing the failure and that I should not be causing such damages/destruction and that they were thinking about legal action and even a complaint to TREC about not doing the job correctly.
WELL ... that set me off, but I cooled down and told the buyer's agent that I would provide them with the number to TREC and that there would not be a problem as I was simply doing what the SOP said to do.
All that being said ... turns out to be a non-issue as the seller's agent was strutting her stuff trying to impress her client and even the sellers didn't respect her and it has all been worked out okay. Sellers have since e-mailed and asked for a HI referral to the another city in Texas they are moving to.
Gotta love it.
