NEVER Close on a House Before You Flush a Toilet With the Tap OPEN (Retired Inspector Explains)

A showing gives you twenty polite minutes with a house that has already agreed on its answer. In this walkthrough, a retired inspector shows you the five-minute fixture test that reads a plumbing system under load - before the seller's story gets polished. In this video: 1) the rule that water only tells the truth under load - one tap at a time is the house at rest, 2) the simultaneous-demand test - open a second tap and watch the first stream, 3) the flush test - the toilet refill's sudden draw against an open faucet, 4) the tub's fill-and-drain read - strength in, speed out, and the gurgle that means air, 5) the under-sink cabinet floor where every leak records itself, 6) the shower's strength-and-temperature hold plus the water pooling at your feet, 7) the listening pass - the hammer, the whistle, and the hiss that is never normal, 8) reading the water itself - milkiness, rust, grit, and hot-water timing, and 9) the honest limits - what the five minutes can promise and what it cannot. Each answer is a written question for your inspector, not a verdict. Which of these nine reads would you run first on your next tour?