Free Plumbing Inspection Report Template

Build and download a free plumbing inspection report — work through the system, mark each item, and every deficiency collects itself into the list your client reads first. Pressure and temperature readings are checked against the code as you type. PDF, Excel, or Word export.

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Work through the system, mark each item, and the deficiencies collect themselves into a list your client reads first. Pressure and temperature readings are checked against the code as you type.

Plumbing Inspection Report

Plumbing · 07/29/2026

1Report detailsWho inspected what, and under which standard.
Title
Inspection date
Scope
Report #optional
Inspectoroptional
License / certification #optional
Clientoptional
PropertyNothing set
Company detailsNothing set
2MeasurementsAuto-checkedChecked against the code as you type.
Static water pressure (psi)optional
Hot water temperature (°F)optional
Supply piping materialoptional
DWV piping materialoptional
3Inspection checklistMark what you inspected. Anything left blank is simply omitted from the report.
Water service & supply10 checks

The incoming service, the distribution piping, and what it is made of.

Supply source — public or private
Main water shut-off — located and accessible
Water meter — location and condition
Drain, waste & vent12 checks

Drainage performance, trap configuration, and venting.

DWV piping material identified
Functional drainage at all sinks, tubs and showers
All toilets flushed and operating
Water heater8 checks

The appliance, its relief valve, and its discharge.

Type, fuel and labelled capacity
Age from the serial number
Temperature and pressure relief valve present
Fixtures7 checks

Faucets, toilets, tubs, showers and their seals.

All fixtures and faucets run
Shower and tub valves — anti-scald type
Fixture shut-off valves present and sound
Gas piping & fuel6 checks

Fuel supply, shut-offs and appliance connections.

Main fuel shut-off — located
Gas piping material
Appliance shut-off valves
Site & exterior4 checks

Hose bibbs, irrigation and the sewer lateral.

Hose bibbs — operation and backflow protection
Freeze protection of exposed piping
Irrigation system and its backflow assembly

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What's included

  • Six inspected systems — water service, drain waste and vent, water heater, fixtures, gas piping, and site
  • Static pressure checked against IPC 604.8, with a low reading reported as advisory rather than as a code violation the code does not contain
  • Fixture temperature checked against the 120°F limit in IPC 412.3 and 412.5, with the CPSC burn time that makes a high reading mean something
  • The Inspected / Not inspected / Not present / Deficient schema from the Texas rule, the one condition vocabulary with a legal definition behind it
  • Every deficiency collected into a single list at the top of the report, ahead of the detail
  • A scope setting that marks anything outside the home inspection standards of practice — pressure, valves, shower pans, wells, septic
  • Code citations printed next to the findings they belong to, not gathered in a footnote
  • Your own items addable to any section, for whatever the checklist does not cover
  • Items you leave blank omitted from the report entirely rather than printed empty
  • Export to PDF, Excel (.xlsx), or Word (.docx)

How to use this template

  1. 1

    Set the scope first

    Choose whether you are working to a home inspection standard of practice or as a licensed plumber. It changes what the report says about the measurements you take, so set it before you start.

  2. 2

    Record the measurements

    Static pressure and hot water temperature are checked as you type. Both tell you what the code actually requires, and just as importantly where it requires nothing.

  3. 3

    Work the checklist

    Mark each item Inspected, Not inspected, Not present or Deficient, and add a note where it matters. Anything you leave blank simply does not appear on the report.

  4. 4

    Add anything missing

    Every section takes your own items. The checklist covers what the standards name; your job may include more.

  5. 5

    Download and send it

    Export to PDF, Excel or Word. The deficiency list sits at the top, with the code citations attached to the findings they belong to.

The line between an inspection and a service call

A plumbing inspection report describes an existing system on one day. That sounds simple until you notice that two different professionals produce this document under two very different sets of rules, and most templates in circulation ignore the difference entirely.

The InterNACHI Standards of Practice exclude, in their own words, determining "the exact flow rate, volume, pressure, temperature or adequacy of the water supply". They exclude operating "any valve". They exclude testing "shower pans, tub and shower surrounds or enclosures for leakage". ASHI likewise does not require pressure or flow measurement. So a form with a bare "static pressure ___ psi" box is asking a home inspector to step outside their standard of practice, which is a real liability exposure rather than a pedantic distinction. A licensed plumber on a service call has no such constraint. This builder asks which one you are, and marks the out-of-scope measurements on the report rather than hiding the fields or pretending the issue does not exist.

The measurements themselves are the other place these forms go wrong. IPC 604.8 requires a pressure reducing valve above 80 psi, and that is a genuine code deficiency. There is no corresponding minimum. The 40 to 60 psi range everyone quotes is trade convention — the code governs minimum flow pressure at fixture outlets under peak demand in Table 604.3, which is a different measurement taken a different way. So a low reading here is reported as an advisory that says plainly it is not a code deficiency. Similarly, 120°F is a limit on what a shower or bathtub valve must be capable of being set to under IPC 412.3 and 412.5, and a CPSC recommendation for a water heater. It is not a storage temperature cap, because the IPC does not contain one. Printing folklore as a code citation on a document a client may act on is the failure this report is built to avoid.

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Inspection Report FAQs

What is the difference between the two scopes?

A home inspection standard of practice — InterNACHI or ASHI — excludes measuring pressure, flow and temperature, operating any valve, testing shower pans, and inspecting wells, septic systems and water treatment. A licensed plumber doing a service call or condition assessment is not bound by those exclusions. Choosing the home inspection scope does not remove those fields; it marks anything you record in them as beyond the standard, and quotes the exclusion on the report.

Because it is the one condition vocabulary with a legal definition behind it. Texas mandates it by rule for every inspection in the state, and defines Deficient as a condition that adversely and materially affects the performance of a system or component, or constitutes a hazard to life, limb or property. The Satisfactory / Marginal / Defective scales common in inspection software are a product convention — neither InterNACHI nor ASHI defines them, and both use only a binary "report as in need of correction". We would rather ship the vocabulary that means something.

It is not. The IPC sets a maximum — 604.8 requires a pressure reducing valve where static pressure exceeds 80 psi — but it sets no minimum static pressure at all. What it does set is minimum flow pressure at individual fixture outlets under peak demand, in Table 604.3, which ranges from 8 psi at a lavatory to 45 psi at a blowout water closet. That is a different measurement. So this report flags a low reading, because it is worth knowing, but says explicitly that it is not a code deficiency.

No, and this is one of the most repeated errors in the trade. The IPC contains no maximum storage temperature for a water heater. 120°F appears in the code as a limit that shower and bathtub valves must be capable of being set to, under 412.3 and 412.5 via ASSE 1016 and ASSE 1070. It is separately a CPSC consumer recommendation. Those are three different things, and only the fixture valve limit is a code requirement. This report checks the delivered temperature against that limit and cites it correctly.

They are omitted from the report entirely. An untouched checklist item is not a finding, and a report padded with fifty blank rows buries the four things that actually matter. Only what you recorded is printed.

Yes, in any section. The checklist covers what the standards of practice name and what the code most commonly turns on, but no fixed list survives contact with a real building. Your own items carry the same condition options and print alongside the standard ones.

They appear as items, marked as outside a home inspection standard of practice, because that is what they are — both InterNACHI and ASHI exclude wells, septic and water treatment, and sewer laterals fall outside by way of the general underground exclusion. If you offer them as ancillary services, record them here and the report will note the scope. It does not attempt to grade a sewer camera run; that is NASSCO PACP territory and requires a certified operator.

No. It is a condition assessment on the date shown, and every export says so. Code citations appear to explain why something was called deficient, not to certify the installation. Approval of an installation rests with the authority having jurisdiction.

Your report writes its own deficiency list. Larry answers the phone while it does.

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