Why a home inspector will not turn the water on at a house.....

We get asked this question all the time.... Why won't you turn on the water? Sometimes people don't understand and sometimes they get mad - but, when we give the example of "why" most understand...

How would YOU be feeling after you made the decision to go in to someone elses home and turn on the water..... you can hear water running, assume someone left a faucet open - but, nope - this is what you find

What? Water on the floor? Then you look up and you see.....

Yep, water pipe broke, blew-out the drywall.  You run as fast as you can back to the water main, get the water turned off.  Go back in the house to survey the damage.....

Can you see all the damage potential from just turning on the water? Hope this helps you understand the home inspectors postion on this now. 

(And, by the way, this water was not turned on by the inspector.)