Plumbing inspection before buying a house in Greenville, SC: a buyer's checklist
What a licensed SC home inspection checks and skips, why older homes need a sewer scope, what to look at yourself, and how to use the seller's disclosure.
Greenville has a lot of housing from the 1940s through the 1990s, and each era came with its own pipe. Mill village homes may still have galvanized supply lines. Homes from about 1978 to 1995 may have polybutylene. Copper holds up well here, but pinhole leaks still happen.
Our older homes guide sorts this out by decade, and repiping covers what replacement involves and costs.
Pinhole leaks in copper pipes: causes, Greenville water and when to repipe
Why copper pipes get pinhole leaks, what Greenville Water's own numbers say about corrosion, quick fixes that hold, and when repeat leaks mean it's time to repipe.
Water hammer: why your pipes bang, and how to stop it for good
That bang when the washer stops is water hammer. What causes it, how high pressure and loose straps make it worse, where arrestors go, and when the old drain-down trick works.
Polybutylene pipe in Greenville County homes: how to spot it and what to do
How to identify polybutylene pipe, why it fails, what happened to the class action, and how it affects insurance, a home sale and the repipe decision.
Mobile home plumbing in Upstate SC: freezes, heat tape, water heaters and wells
How manufactured home plumbing differs, how to keep the riser from freezing, why mobile home water heaters are special, and who to call in rural Greenville County.