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Buyer Beware

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Just when you thought it was safe to use the toilet.
"You can get drains that don’t drain,” Miner told Yahoo Finance, noting that buyers should get a sewer scope done to make sure the toilet is properly connected to the sewer.

“That’s a big deal,” he said. “Otherwise, you could get backups and it could cause real damage to your house.”
 
I always recommended a home inspection, even on homes I inspected. Codes only cover so much and private inspectors can bring up issues related to workmanship that are outside of the scope of the code that I as a building official can't.
 
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